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...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Business, Daily News, North America
The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) has given its support to the US’ recent bilateral agreement with Mexico, announcing as a ‘step in the right direction’ for the plastics industry. The support from Plastics is for the revised deal between the US and Mexico...
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 | Aug 16, 2018 | Business, Commodity Polymers, Consumer, Daily News, North America, Part Design, Profile
When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way. Tupperware has a staying power that most plastic products don’t. So far, it has evaded the anti-plastics...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 16, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, North America
NEW YORK — Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans’ love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to earth can be deadly to...
