The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has launched a MAR600,000 ($0.18m) public education campaign aimed at reducing litter. MPMA said its campaign would rely on newspaper advertisements and printed plastic shopping bags ...
Tags: Plastic Waste, education campaign, bag ban
Blow molding and custom injection molding manufacturer, Currier Plastics plans to invest $20.8m to construct a new 55,000ft2 production and storage facility in Auburn, New York, in a bid to double the size of its existing operation. The ...
Tags: blow molding, injection molding, plastic, invest
US-based company engaged in sustainable reusable packaging, ORBIS has completed the acquisition of Cartonplast’s interest in the CORBI Plastics joint venture. Cartonplast and ORBIS formed a joint venture creating CORBI Plastics, in ...
Tags: reusable packaging, integrated product line, plastic reusable pallets
UK-based Industry association PAFA backs call for reprocessing investment. The Packaging & Films Association (PAFA) has welcomed the recent call from Beth Winkley, the head of WRAP Cymru, the Welsh branch of the UK's Waste and Resources ...
Tags: Recycling Investment, reprocessing investment, plastics industry
The first barrel of ethane from the Bakken field will go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta facility to be value added and converted into polyethylene next year, which explains why CEO Randy Woelfel described himself at an industry event in ...
Tags: Shale gas, Petchems, petrochemicals
NextLife Asset Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextLife Enterprise is all set to open a new headquarters and processing facility in Rogers, Arkansas, US with an investment of more than $10m. Post-consumer plastics will be ...
Tags: Plastics Processing Facility, plastic waste, sustainable resins
Various environment protection and health groups in Taiwan have sought a ban on expansion of the naphtha cracker operated by the Formosa Plastics Group in Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township. Representatives of the Changhua Medical ...
Tags: naphtha cracker, environmental impact, environment groups
US-based Universal Protective Packaging (UPPI) and Belgium-based ANL Plastics have completed an agreement for the production, sales and marketing of custom, thermoformed HDPE fragility packaging solutions. As per the agreement, ANL ...
Tags: Packaging Solutions, HDPE fragility, plastic packaging
ADAC Automotive, a company involved in painting vehicle parts, is planning to invest $4.7m in its Muskegon plant in Michigan, US to supplement its plastics operations. The new 70,000 sq ft plant will have a paint system, adjacent to an ...
Tags: ADAC Automotive, painting vehicle parts, paint system, paint facility
Austrian chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis has announced the launch of the new transparent polypropylene (PP) grade, Borpact SH950MO for the frozen food packaging sector. Borpact SH950MO, which is based on Borealis ...
Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied 200ml barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to spirit company in the US Beam for the launch of its Skinnyminis, a four-pack offering of the Skinnygirl Margarita ready-to-serve cocktail. The new ...
Tags: Pet Bottle, Skinnyminis, PET containers
Australia-based Viscount Plastics has introduced pallets made from post consumer waste. Viscount developed the innovative new pallet, which is environmentally sustainable for the Australian market, according to ferret.com.au. The light ...
Tags: Plastic Pallets, pallets, Viscount Plastics
Global packaging company Sonoco's unit Sonoco Recycling has invested $4m in its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina, US allowing it to accept additional types of materials. The facility will enable residents in ...
Tags: recycling, invested, MRF, materials, household materials, composite cans
Plastic Ingenuity, a US-based custom thermoformer has teamed up with the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) to fund a grant program to collect and process PET thermoformed ...
Tags: Pet Recycling Program, PET thermoformed packaging, recycling facilities
Chemical and plastics solutions provider in Austria, Borealis has launched new polypropylene (PP) grade BorPure RF490MO for transparent and non-opaque colored closures. The grade offers a stiffness/impact balance with transparency and ...
Tags: Borealis, polypropylene grade, closure