First-quarter sales at Avon Lake, Ohio-based Avient essentially were flat at $826.6 million vs. the same quarter in 2024. But ...

Mold Maker of the Year Robbie Earhardt started Superior Tooling in his garage. Last year it was acquired by SHL Medical AG.

Plastic pipe giant Advanced Drainage Systems has acquired a 10-year-old Illinois pipe maker specializing in agricultural ...

After years of development, construction delays and startup efforts, PureCycle Technologies Inc. is now booking its ...

Lee's Summit, Mo.-based Creative Blow Mold Tooling has acquired Big 3 Precision Mold's Centralia, Ill.-based injection ...

Igus developed the Iggy Rob to help with its own injection molding, but now is selling the collaborative robot to others.

Plastics News Economist Bill Wood describes the current economic climate as “The Great Disturbance,” marked by sharp contrasts between soft and hard data. While consumer and business confidence has ...

A national policy shift has reignited debate over plastic straws, as President Donald Trump’s administration defends ...

Kraton Corp. will shutter the Dover, Ohio, site and discontinue production of dimer fatty acids and specialty nylon resins.

Texas, called the "largest untapped resource" for recyclables in the U.S., is debating a bipartisan bottle bill proposal.

The drop in April comes after a 4-cent decline in March. Prices had been on the upswing in the first two months of 2025.

Switzerland's Holcim Ltd. spent several years and billions of dollars building a company that could supply nearly all of the ...