Rhoda Miel

Hoffer Plastics Corp. is one of the best plants in the U.S., according to Industry Week.

A lot of this year's Rising Stars had no exposure to polymers or molding while they were growing up. But then they visited a plant and saw parts in production, or worked with a professor on a research project touching on plastics. And they saw possibilities.

Consumer medical giant Bausch + Lomb may be preparing to sell off its eye care business, which would include contact lens manufacturing taking place in Rochester, N.Y.

Medline is tripling its office space at Chicago's Merchandise Mart complex while industry watchers say the private equity owners are looking at taking it public in 2025 in an initial public offering that could be worth $50 billion.

The National Association of Manufacturers is calling for the White House to step in and help prevent a looming strike at shipping ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast and East Coast.

Berlin Packaging launched the 1Berlin Shared Ownership Program on Sept. 19, providing all of its workers with at least two years of continuous employment an ownership stake.

Perhaps you're wondering how forecasters seem so certain storms like Helene will develop and move so fast. The answer? Balloons. Lots and lots of weather balloons.

While courts, companies and negotiators look at the big overarching global trends in plastics, packaging and recycling, down at the level where we all live day to day, recycling programs continue on.

A mile-long set of inflatable PVC booms has been deployed to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

While we wait to see exactly how much damage Hurricane Milton caused in Florida overnight, we can check in with the cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which hit the U.S. nearly two weeks ago.

Sustainability needs champions who are in positions to drive improvements. This week's print issue of Plastics News includes our second annual Notable Leaders in Sustainability special report.

This is not a normal year for exhibitors at Fakuma, especially for a European plastics industry that has been dealing with harsher economic results than U.S. and Asia-based competitors.

If you're a machinery maker who wants to stand out from the crowd, you may want to go very big. Or very small. Both sides of the spectrum have gotten time in the spotlight at Fakuma 2024.

A set of stickers is making it possible for more people to clean their clothes, run the dishwasher or set the oven to the right temperature.

A Milwaukee brewery will get its winter season of indoor Wiffle ball baseball leagues started in just a few weeks, with teams competing until March for bragging rights at the indoor venue.

A New Jersey vinyl record pressing plant is recycling unsold albums into new ones.

If you want to toss a coin into Rome's Trevi Fountain during the next few months, you'll have to clear a clear plastic barrier and aim for a small fiberglass pool that's been pressed into service for tourists.

Nearly 30 Girl Scouts from the Chicago area have a little more information about engineering, packaging and sustainability. They even have a patch to prove it.

The amount of resin purchasing power of a combined Amcor and Berry is hard to imagine.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for the creation of a national extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework for plastics, an increased emphasis on the environmental and health impacts for communities near plastics plants and a more thorough accounting of plastics that end up in waterways.