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 | May 29, 2018 | Business, Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Packaging, Recycling
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 21, 2018–Dole Food Company announced today that Recyplast S.A., an innovative plastic recycling company based in Costa Rica and with joint ownership including a subsidiary of Dole Fresh Fruit, recently...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 28, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Europe, North America, Packaging
Ireland – IPL Plastics is eyeing a number of acquisition opportunities in continental Europe and is likely to move on them after its long-awaited IPO, which is now set to happen late next month. Speaking after IPL’s agm in Dublin, chief executive Alan Walsh said...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 14, 2018 | Business, Consumer, Daily News, Film Extrusion, North America, Packaging
MORRISTOWN, TN (WJHL) – A local plastics manufacturer plans to invest $29.6 million in its existing facility and add 70 jobs over the next five years. Petoskey Plastics is an environmentally-focused film, bag and resin manufacturer. The company supplies the...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 9, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Global, Packaging, Recycling
UK – Sustainability, the marine plastics crisis, microplastics and carbon wastage are all important factors for consumers, politicians and the plastics industry alike, and out of all of these groups, it is the plastics industry that is left screaming into the...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 7, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Packaging
Tekni-Plex has acquired both packaging manufacturer Commodore Plastics and Commodore Technology, which will now operate under Tekni-Plex’s subsidiary Dolco. Commodore Plastics is known for its range of traditional and custom polystyrene foam trays, padded food trays,...
