Plastics News
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Plastics News is a weekly, 46,000-circulation trade newspaper delivering global news to a primarily North American market. Founded by Crain Communications Inc. in Akron, Ohio, in 1989, it covers the business of the global plastics industry.
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In Freeport, Texas, 112 high school students signed job offers on April 23 with petrochemical companies in the area through the Brazoria County Petrochemical Council ..read more
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Dan Regovich: "The ironic thing is that many companies want to hire from their competition but frown upon their employees leaving for the competition. They will often do what they can maneuver around a candidate's noncompete, yet have strict noncompetes themselves ..read more
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Standard recycled resin prices have continued on an upward trend during the last two months, driven by the rising cost of virgin material and a tight supply of post-consumer scrap ..read more
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LyondellBasell Industries showed a small sales drop in the first quarter of 2024, even as the firm's profit was flat vs. the same quarter in 2023 ..read more
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Consumer spending is up, with more emphasis on services than goods. Higher interest rates corresponded with lower plastics manufacturing output, but it's unlikely the Fed will consider a lower rate while GDP decelerated. What does this mean for the plastics industry? Economics Editor Bill Wood has an idea of what could happen next. ..read more
Plastics News
9h ago
Standard recycled resin prices have continued on an upward trend during the last two months, driven by the rising cost of virgin material and a tight supply of post-consumer scrap ..read more
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11h ago
Australia's competition watchdog is taking action against another plastic product manufacturer for allegedly making false claims about the origin of recycled content in its products ..read more
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12h ago
Asahi Kasei will spend $1.1 billion to build an integrated battery component plant in Ontario while Syensqo breaks ground on a PVDF resin plant in Georgia ..read more
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The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance maker began job cuts in March and will terminate 1,000 employees by the time it's done, "in an effort to reduce complexity and simplify our organization model ..read more
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Australia's only ethylene manufacturer and a major polyethylene producer, Qenos Pty. Ltd., has gone into voluntary administration only days after its Chinese owner sold the company ..read more