by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Thailand — A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold. U.S. exporters sent 1.5 million pounds of recovered plastic to Thailand in July, the most...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, North America
NEW YORK (ICIS) — As the third round of US-China tariffs looms, China finished plastics products will be in the crosshairs, along with additional US exports of commodity chemicals. The proposed third round of tariffs, which the US plans to put on an additional $200bn...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Business, Daily News, North America, Polymer Science, Profile
DRACUT, Mass — Dr.Aldo Mario Crugnola, 90, passed away, Tuesday, September 4th, at Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, Ma. Aldo was born in Boston, on April 5, 1928, a son of the late Orlandina (Lippi) and Vito Crugnola He graduated from English High School...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe
At 11 PM on March 29, 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the EU. With just months to go and so much debate still going on, there is a great deal of uncertainty in British industries as to how doing business will look on the morning of March 30. As political debates...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Extrusion, North America
A Chinese company will open a plastics recycling facility in Georgia, the latest instance in a growing trend of Chinese investment in North American processing infrastructure. Yunnan Xintongji Plastic Engineering plans to open a plant in Montezuma, Ga., where the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Additives & Modifiers, Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
NEW YORK—SK Capital Partners is creating a major additives player with its latest acquisition. The firm agreed to purchase SI Group for an undisclosed price. Based in Schenectady, N.Y., SI produces plasticizers, flame retardants and antioxidants with more than $1...
