News

Film Extrusion

Pregis Begins Production at New S.C. Plant

$80 million investment in blown-film plant will create 120 new jobs.  

Read More
Additives

Biobased Plasticizer for Extruded Flexible PVC Products

Cargill’s Biovero targeted to home and commercial flooring as well as wire and cable, film and sheet.  

Read More
Medical

Tessy to Nearly Double Its Space

The pending acquisition would add a campus with three buildings covering roughly 1.5 million ft2 one hour from its existing facilities in Upstate New York.

Read More
Automation

Robot Orders Return to Pre-Pandemic Demand Levels

North American Q2 robot orders jumped 67% compared to year-ago levels, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), with systems for plastics & rubber rising 51%.

Read More
sustainability

Stanley Black & Decker to Use Eastman's Tritan Renew for Power Tools

With 50% certified recycled content in the enclosures, the Black+Decker reviva line will launch in early 2022.  

Read More
sustainability

First Headphones to Market Made of Sustainable Materials

thinksound’s new over-ear headphones made with Eastman’s Tr膿va Engineering Bioplastic

Read More

Bunting Buys U.K. Magnet Maker

Acquisition of MagDev will expand the range of magnetic solutions and technical expertise it offers as a global magnetics group.  

Read More
Extrusion

Tekni-Plex Expands Footprint in Medical Devices

Acquires tubing processor Johnson Tubing Products.

Read More
Blow Molding

First Milk Jug with PCR Coming Soon

Claimed to be a first in the U.S., organic milk in HDPE gallon jugs with 30% PCR are due on market shelves by March.

Read More
Electronics

BP and Lanxess in Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Raw Materials for Production of Nylon 6

BP will provide sustainably produced cyclohexane to Lanxess’s production site in Antwerp, Belgium.  

Read More