by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 7, 2019 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Extrusion
PlasticsToday.com — What do you feel guilty about? Since you’re reading PlasticsToday, you’re obviously connected to the plastics industry in some way, which means you are probably smarter than the average bear when it comes to plastics technology. A new survey of...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Consumer, Daily News, Europe, Part Design
France — Since it was acquired by Groupe Gorgé in 2013, Prodways has been growing and transforming at a rapid pace, developing new 3D printers and materials while acquiring numerous smaller companies and expanding its product portfolio. All the while, some have been...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 22, 2019 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Part Design
New York Post — Mugs, cups, silverware, hot sauce — you name it: If it’s in a restaurant, people will steal it, owners say. But in NYC, patron pilfering has taken a new, environmentally conscious turn: Metal straws — those trendy, sustainable cocktail accouterments —...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Consumer, Daily News, Global, Part Design
Laura Stec — Yeech! I was just cleaning up around the house and it hits me – all these indestructible, single-use, plastic, food items live in my house. They are everywhere. I wash a lot of kitchen towels, and I encourage you to too. Change your kitchen towel daily....
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Consumer, Daily News, North America, Packaging
Seafoodsource.com — “A picture is worth a thousand words.” It’s an idiom that seafood packagers around the world can get behind – and even in front of – with innovations in the sector transporting product presentations to new dimensions and heights. Vacuum skin...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 18, 2019 | Bioplastics, Business, Consumer, Daily News, Extrusion, North America, Packaging, Profile
Tiger Packaging — Boca Raton, Florida — Peter Horwitz was rather quietly building his Tiger Packaging company when the Plastic Straw Convulsion hit late last year: American consumers rather suddenly were rejecting the idea of plastic straws to sip their Cokes because...
