by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Business, Daily News, North America, Polymer Science, Recycling
Oregon — Agilyx is already processing scrap PS into a feedstock for prime plastics production. Now, the Oregon company says it can do the same thing for recovered PE and PP. Agilyx announced last week it is capable of processing the polyolefin recyclables into a...
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 | 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...
