Packaging

Amcor Opens Packaging Design and Development Center in Ohio

Amcor’s new Ohio Innovation Center will help home-  and personal-care brands design and develop new packaging.

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Additives

Additives: Novel Process Aid for rPET and PET Preforms

PolyOne’s ColorMatrix SmartHeat RHC Reheat boosts thermal stability and color stability of rPET.

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Testing

PET Packaging Technologies Debut at K 2019

SACMI will show its latest for compression, injection and blow molding—mainly of PET.

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ExxonMobil to Highlight New Sustainable Solutions and Innovative Applications at K 2019

Look for new recyclable full PE laminated packaging solutions and new ‘extreme performance’ and high-heat resistant PE and PP films.

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Packaging

ExxonMobil to Highlight Sustainability in Packaging, Consumer Goods, Automotive & More at K 2019

Look for new recyclable full PE laminated packaging solutions and new ‘extreme performance’ PE and PP films.

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PVC

Generally Flat Pricing Projected for Volume Resins Heading into 4th Quarter

PET and nylons 6 and 66 could see further downward pricing

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Materials

Legal Resource Discusses Proposed Plastics Bill

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) announced that they plan to introduce legislation this fall that will tackle the plastic waste crisis. Maureen Gorsen, partner in Alston & Bird's Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group, talks about the potential impact of the plan.  

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K 2019 Preview: Resins & Additives for Sustainability in Cars, Electronics & Packaging

Material suppliers are committed to the ‘Circular Economy,’ as evidenced by their adoption of new technologies, product introductions and collaborations.

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Construction

Flat or Softer Prices Ahead

Ample resin supplies outstripping demand are likely to keep commodity resin prices flat to lower.

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Automotive

Milliken Boosts Investment in Asia

State-of-the-art specialty chemical plant and knowledge center in Singapore set to open in Q1 2021.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling