The war involving Iran is disrupting global plastics supply chains, driving shortages and higher costs worldwide while giving ...

The CD&R private equity firm first announced plans to purchase Sealed Air Corp. last fall in a $10 billion deal.

Companies can soon begin applying for refunds of the Trump administration tariffs that were tossed out by the Supreme Court.

In this week’s Material Insights, senior reporter Frank Esposito breaks down a sharp rise in PET and other plastic resin ...

A group of industry veterans has banded together to provide a speedy solution to precise micro-molding challenges in a new ...

Industrial Plastics Group LLC is laying off workers at a golf ball making faciilty in South Carolina. The facility provides ...

The scheme aims to eventually install 2,500 reverse vending machines and 8,000 return points to reach a 90% collection rate by 2029, as mandated by the EU’s Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD).

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC) study found that the primary obstacle to scaling automotive plastic recycling is not ...

California state legislation that would limit some mass balance recycled content claims for chemical recycling of plastics is ...

A Trump administration change to metals tariff rules puts plastic injection molding machines and some molds into a lower ...

A would-be engineer turned finance leader, Steven Bender helped transform Westlake through disciplined growth and strategic deals — and now caps his career as Plastics News’ 2026 CFO of the Year.