A new WRAP study released today, 19th August 2008 has found that selling the UK’s used plastic bottles and paper for recycling in China actually saves carbon emissions. Shipping these materials more than 10,000 miles produces less CO2 than sending them to landfill at home and using ...

US demand for plastic containers will advance 5.4 percent annually through 2012 to nearly $32 billion, creating demand for 15.7 billion pounds of resin. Gains will be bolstered by plastic’s many benefits relative to other packaging media, including light weight, shatter resistance, ...

Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.13m tonnes in 2007, an increase of about 20% on 2006.In 2007 just about 40% of all PET bottles in the market were collected for recycle.The overall share of fibres as an end use for recycled PET decreased ...

Rexam, a global leader in consumer packaging, today announced the closure of the Bowling Green, Ohio, plastic packaging manufacturing plant. The closure further aligns the company's manufacturing capabilities, improves overall asset utilization and helps balance industry capacity and ...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has formed PolyOne Polymers India Pvt. Ltd. to import, manufacture and sell PolyOne products in India and neighboring markets.The Company’s new ...

The new subsidiary, Rosti Technical Plastics India PVT Limited, has already signed a three-year lease on a purpose-built, 28,000 sq ft facility in the Poonamalee District of Chennai.In a similar move to the Company’s start-up in China, the decision to invest in India was prompted by ...

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced additional investment in its industry-leading services and sales network with a new, expanded customer technical center that will open in Minami Machida, Japan by autumn 2008.“This new facility will allow us to better meet the ...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has formed PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (PolyOne Japan Ltd.). The new company, which has established an office in Tokyo and named Mr. Masato Sakuma ...

US demand for caps and closures will increase 4.9 percent annually to $9.6 billion in 2012, representing over 276 billion units. Gains will be bolstered by the popularity of value-added designs such as child-resistant closures (CRCs) and dispensing closures, with the latter offering ...

On May 29, 2008 Husky Injection Molding Systems hosted the second annual Medical and Health Care Day. The event was held at Husky’s Luxembourg European headquarters and was attended by medical molders, OEMs and mold makers. The day was a great success with a turnout of more than 100 ...