Plastics machinery M&A activity topped $900 million in the first half of 2025, led by Dover’s $624 million acquisition of ...

The value of shipments of primary plastics machinery for injection molding and extrusion increased to $432.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 in North America — up 4.4 percent from the ...

The European Union finalized a second list of US goods including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and bourbon worth 72 ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

U.S. seaborne imports of goods from China dropped 28.5% year-over-year in May, the sharpest decline since the pandemic, as President Donald Trump's 145% tariffs took hold, supply chain technology ...

The European Union has finalised a second list of countermeasures to target US goods worth €72 billion ($84 billion), ...

Many of the chemicals are used in plastics like toys and food packaging, as well in personal care products and household ...

It’s time to surrender. The innumerable types of plastic pop rivets now used to hold instrument panels, body trim or body panels in place on modern farm equipment or vehicles have taken over the ...

Star Plastics LLC, a compounder of engineered thermoplastics and its platform company Akoya Capital Partners LLC have ...

The US government is the world’s largest buyer of consumer goods, spending around $600 billion annually. The plan follows a 2022 initiative to not allow single-use plastics on public lands.

In closed-door briefings with industry and advocacy groups on Aug. 14, a White House representative announced that the US is no longer against supporting global goals to cap plastic production ...

“APR’s state-of-the-industry report tells the true story of plastic recycling in the United States,” said Steve Alexander, President and CEO of the Association of Plastic Recyclers.