by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 6, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Profile
Canplastics.com — Paul Caprio, president of processing machinery maker Krauss-Maffei Corp., is leaving the company effective June 7. Caprio has been with the Florence, Ky.-based company for the past 25 years, and has served as president since May 2009. In a June 5...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Profile
Nasdaq.com — Celanese Corporation CE is set to hike selling prices for Ateva EVA Polymers in Asia by $80 per MT. The company stated that the price hike is effective immediately for orders shipped to Asia or as contracts permit. Celanese is undertaking price-increase...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Business, Daily News, Europe, Profile
Tel Aviv — Startup Nanofabrica announced that it has developed an additive manufacturing (AM) platform that provides an end-to-end bespoke process for manufacturers seeking micron and sub-micron levels of resolution and surface finish. To date, key AM platform...
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 18, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Global, Polymer Science, Profile
AZoM — In this interview, AZoM talks to Dirk Leister from Thermo Fisher Scientific about the role of torque rheometers in the field of polymer compound development. To start, could you give a brief overview of Thermo Fisher Scientific and the role that you play in the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 8, 2019 | Daily News, Extrusion, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Profile, Thermoforming
Portage, WI — New owners say they won’t change the family atmosphere of Portage Plastics. That means more Christmas turkeys. “Kevin cooks turkeys outside in the freezing cold for both shifts, every year,” Human Resources Manager Lisa Persack said of company partner...
