Plastics Blog
Perhaps some retail bag makers will be able to make a case to California that they've made the investments necessary to make their products sustainable. If so, flexible packaging makers should be paying attention.
Lenders are still willing to back smaller transactions, "which make up the lion's share of private-equity activity." That may be good news for plastics company owners looking to cash out.
Research says modern Americans work more days each year than medieval peasants. Apparently they had the whole work-life balance thing figured out, centuries before we thought about it.
In automotive, the race to replace internal combustion engines with EVs offers opportunity and uncertainty to plastics companies.
The plastics industry has a new roadblock on its path to circularity: public opposition to new recycling plants.
Many U.S. industry leaders tend to want someone with plastics experience to lead the association. But when it comes to dealing with D.C. decision-makers and other industry allies, there's also an obvious need for the political skills that come from trade association executives.
Critics today point to plastics' explosive growth since a PR campaign. But they didn't grow because of TV ads; they grew because they offer convenience and value, and because of the combined efforts of thousands to find new applications and to replace metal, glass and paper with plastic.
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