by Plastics.com Staff | Feb 15, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Global, Packaging
Plastics Technology — As the plastics industry adjusts to 2018’s higher orders volume, capital expenditures in the industry have increased significantly. Using the financial data submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), along with forecasts provided...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Film Extrusion, North America, Packaging
Toray Plastics (America),has expanded its portfolio of white films and now offers consumer product goods companies and converters five new Torayfan white-pigmented metallized biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films. The new films encompass sealable and...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 6, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Global, Packaging
UK — The biggest topic in UK packaging – plastics – is set to take centre stage at Packaging Innovations, Luxury Packaging and ADF London 2018, when it returns to Olympia London later this month (12–13 September). The 2018 edition of the show will host the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Packaging
How much would it cost to switch to plastic alternatives? Richard Gray crunches the numbers. More than 78 million tonnes of plastic packaging is produced worldwide every year by an industry worth nearly $198 billion. Just a fraction of that is recycled while the vast...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Global, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Packaging
Merger and acquisition activity in the plastics industry and, in particular, in the plastic packaging segment, continued apace during the first half of 2018, as evidenced by some recent transactions by major players as well as an industry report. The largest recent...
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...
