Viking Group, which acquired the facility and BlazeMaster product line from Nibco Inc., will retain some of the 97 employees.

Innovia Films has developed a new range of transparent high barrier packaging films which it says are ready to be recycled.

A strong design takes into account how a device can be used comfortably, by using the physiology of the human hand and understanding how tool shape impacts precision and control.

Polyethylene provided the most drama in commodity resin markets for April, as North American PE makers needed considerable effort to push through a 3-cent-per-pound price increase.

Automotive cockpits will continue to evolve as more advanced technologies enter the interior in preparation for fully autonomous vehicles.

Aveda packaging executive Edmond Irizarry: "You can be both sustainable and aspirational and that's the journey we're on today from a packaging point of view."

For recovery and reuse of plastics to advance, it will need help from people all along the lifecycle of products, including plastic processors, brand owners, consumers and the recyclers themselves.

Materials firms are trying their best but are confronted with negative images — like a plastic bag stuck in a tree along a busy highway.

The PowerStak family of fully powered stackers from Presto ECOA Lifts offer significant performance advantages over manual stackers and savings versus forklifts, according to the company in Norton, Mass.