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...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 7, 2019 | Business, Consumer, Daily News, North America
Plastics Recycling Update — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave a New England plastics reclaimer the thumbs up to recycle a polyolefin blend for use in cutlery and food packaging. That was one of two letters of no objection (LNOs) the FDA issued over the past...
