by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Europe
The European Commission recently presented an ambitious new directive to tackle marine litter by introducing a number of measures, including reduction and restriction of selected single-use plastic products, such as disposable balloon sticks, straws, cutlery, plates,...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Global
HAY! Straws are made from natural wheat stems and are 100% biodegradable, which means they won’t linger in landfills, polluting our land or oceans. They are similar in feel and function to the plastic straws we’ve all become so accustomed to, but without the toxins...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Film Extrusion, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Packaging
There are certainties in life: birth, death and Sigma Plastics Group continuing to grow. The Lyndhurst, N.J.-based company is at it again, this time acquiring Poly Pak America Inc. of Los Angeles. Poly Pak extrudes, prints and converts heavy-duty outdoor bags as well...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Extrusion, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
ALPHARETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 24, 2018–Spectrum Plastics Group, the market leading medical extruder with complementary injection molding, silicone, and assembly capabilities, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fermatex Vascular...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Scrap Plastics
I haven’t seen Blue Planet II. I may be the only person in the country who hasn’t. But I’ve heard about it. Of course I have. Because now we are at war with plastic. We will fight plastic on our streets, we will fight plastic in our supermarkets and we will fight...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | Daily News, North America, Polymer Science
The plastics industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. The global plastics demand in 2015 was over 300 million tons, and this number is growing steadily each year. The low cost of production and the ease with which they are processed combine to make...
