Advances in machinery, resins, and tooling are enabling the use of thermoforming in new applications. But some challenges remain to this well-established process.

The U.S. plastics industry turned from a trade surplus in 2023 to a deficit of $2.1 billion in 2024, according to the new report from the Plastics Industry Association.

Slide Products has named Aaron Gibson as its new president, replacing Michael Muth, who is now serving as chief strategist ...

The Quebec-based packaging supplier is divesting its Ontario facility to Texas-based Five Star Holding for $31 million.

If Nigeria can incorporate the use of recycled plastics in its textile industry, it may serve as an example to other poor ...

Austrian injection molding machine manufacturer Engel has acquired Trexel Inc., the Wilmington, Mass.-based developer of the MuCell microcellular foaming process. The announcement was made at the K ...

This next-generation product helps converters and brand owners adapt to evolving legislation that eliminates the use of ...

The investment in the new Ottawa office furthers AEM’s attempts at supporting North American equipment manufacturers ...

The Society of Plastics Engineers will become a division of the plastics association, and SPE members will retain their ...

The company's new resin stabilization technology prevents the thermal and oxidative degradation of polyolefins during mechanical recycling and molding processes.

The Start-up Zone, which successfully debuted at the last edition of K, will be continued in 2025 and extended to provide a ...

The investment will allow Langley, B.C.–based Cascadia to expand its manufacturing capacity and accelerate adoption of its fiberglass technologies.