Coworkers and close friends
A connection between people is a big part of what keeps employees staying at a manufacturing company, cutting down on the dreaded problem of turnover. They care about each other. And now, I know this first-hand.
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Forget about the mousetrap. Who can build better sustainability?
What's in the future for plastics? I don't mean for next quarter, or even the rest of the year. You can ask an economist and get an intelligent guess about the short-term outlook for any market, material or process.
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One Good Resin
AdvanSix helps firefighters in Virginia
The materials firm donated funds to buy communications equipment for Hopewell Fire & Rescue.
Viewpoint
Forget about the mousetrap. Who can build better sustainability?
What's in the future for plastics? I don't mean for next quarter, or even the rest of the year. You can ask an economist and get an intelligent guess about the short-term outlook for any market, material or process.
How plastic-bag makers lost the war in New York
In late March, news broke that the state would ban disposable plastic grocery sacks next year. For manufacturers, it was the political equivalent of a dozen eggs plunging through a torn bag to the sidewalk below.
South Africa takes on straws, plastics waste
It was good to see South Africa, with all of its infrastructure challenges (there’s a water shortage and periodic power outages), still tackling plastic waste.
'They didn't mean to be discriminatory'
Plastics News is proud to share stories of successful women in the plastics industry. This issue marks the fifth year in a row that we've published our Women Breaking the Mold special report, and we've profiled nearly 125 women over the...
'They didn't mean to be discriminatory'
Plastics News is proud to share stories of successful women in the plastics industry. This issue marks the fifth year in a row that we've published our Women Breaking the Mold special report, and we've profiled nearly 125 women over the...
Plastics News welcomes reader opinions
This week's Viewpoint column originally appeared in Steve Toloken's BRICS and Plastics blog on Feb. 14. The column generated two letters to the editor — both were published in the March 25 isssue of Plastics News — plus healthy debate ...
Distance is more critically dangerous than a few driving miles
Week by week, month by month, quarter by quarter, year by year ... gads, decade by decade ... plastics are being banned, taxed and regulated out of the market, all the while the enviro-NGOs, news media and "educators" encourage the spread of...
Matmos makes plastic music for the 21st century
The electronic music duo Matmos has recorded an album of music played exclusively on plastic products.
I'm at my end game and it's vinyl
I'm sure some architectural and design professionals are recoiling in horror picturing our homestead with two structures bearing "hideous" siding seams and J-channels.
I'm at my end game and it's vinyl
I'm sure some architectural and design professionals are recoiling in horror picturing our homestead with two structures bearing "hideous" siding seams and J-channels.
Mining data nuggets from thermoforming
In researching our recent 24th annual thermoformers ranking, which ran in February, I started gathering some data points from 1994 to compare with the reported 2018 fiscal year.
Coming to the Tour de France: Team Ineos
Think of Ineos becoming the sponsor of Team Sky as the cycling equivalent of the New England Patriots suddenly becoming known as the M. Holland Patriots. Or the Extreme Tool & Engineering Patriots. (Sorry. Employees at the Upper Penninsula of...
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