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PLASTICS Report: Another Year of Trade Surplus for the U.S. Plastics Industry
/article/plastics-report-another-year-trade-surplus-us-plastics-industryThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) released its annual Global Trends report today at the 2020 Global Plastics Summit (GPS). The report, which analyzes trade data from 2019 and the first six months of 2020, paints a complex but promising portrait of the U.S. plastics industry in the... -
New Market Watch Report Confirms Plastic’s Leadership and Utility for Bottling and Packaging
/article/new-market-watch-report-confirms-plastics-leadership-and-utility-bottling-and-packagingA new report released today by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) explains why plastics, notably Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), and Poly Propylene (PP), have become the leading material for bottling and packaging of products around the world. Watching... -
PLASTICS Responds to Save Our Seas 2.0 Act
/article/plastics-responds-save-our-seas-20-actToday, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) President & CEO Tony Radoszewski issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act: “We applaud the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. It is a... -
2020 Size & Impact Report: Plastics Industry 8th Largest in U.S.
/article/2020-size-impact-report-plastics-industry-8th-largest-usThe U.S. plastics industry accounted for an estimated $432 billion in shipments and 1,003,000 jobs last year, according to the 2020 Size & Impact Report, an annual publication of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS). Including its upstream effects, plastics industry employment grows to... -
Plastics Machinery Shipments Increased in the Second Quarter
/article/plastics-machinery-shipments-increased-second-quarterSecond quarter shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America increased, according to statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). The preliminary estimate of shipments value... -
Danimer Scientific and WinCup Named Winners of the 2020 Innovation in Bioplastics Award
/article/danimer-scientific-and-wincup-named-winners-2020-innovation-bioplastics-awardThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Bioplastics Division today announced Danimer Scientific and WinCup as the joint winners of the 2020 Innovation in Bioplastics Award. Together they developed the first commercially sold straws made of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a material verified as a... -
2020 Global Plastics Summit Highlights An Industry in Transition with Two New Tracks
/article/2020-global-plastics-summit-highlights-industry-transition-two-new-tracksThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) and IHS Markit will host the eighth annual Global Plastics Summit (GPS) virtually on October 21–23, 2020, the organizations announced today. The event connects plastic industry decision-makers to address leading topics like global competition, plastics...
