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Atlanta Fashion Students Create Couture from Recycled Plastics
/article/atlanta-fashion-students-create-couture-recycled-plasticsOne-of-a-Kind Designs to Take Center Stage at SPI’s NPE2015 Trade Show As society becomes more environmentally conscious, the fashion industry – like the plastics manufacturing industry – is rethinking some of its recycling rituals to ensure that Mother Earth doesn’t feel negative effects from its... -
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Students Win All-Expenses Paid Trip to NPE 2015 in SPI’s 2014 Student Video Contest
/node/5241January 27, 2015 SPI and the Future of Plastics Foundation received a record number of submissions in this year’s contest, which asked students from around the country to make a video that envisioned what the future held in store for plastic materials and plastics manufacturing. WASHINGTON—SPI: The... -
SPI, APBA Applaud Huntington Beach’s Move to Repeal Plastic Bag Ban
/node/5356A great deal of attention has been paid to how much public support plastic bag bans and taxes supposedly enjoy, and how effective these statutes allegedly are. But the recent experience of Huntington Beach, CA might go a long way toward disproving this pernicious myth. Huntington Beach, CA – also... -
NPE2015 to be the Largest NPE Ever—And It Will Feature More than 400 Exhibits with Machinery in Full-Scale Operation
/node/5246January 26, 2015 Through the Support of a Surging Plastics Industry, NPE2015 Already Surpasses the Largest Previous NPE in Exhibit Space, and More Will Be Added by Opening Day WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., January 26, 2015: It’s official: NPE2015 has surpassed the previous NPE record for exhibit space,... -
SPI Hires Marine Intelligence Officer as New Equipment Council Industry Affairs Director
/article/spi-hires-marine-intelligence-officer-new-equipment-council-industry-affairs-directorJanuary 26, 2015 WASHINGTON—SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association recently welcomed David Palmer as the organization’s new director, industry affairs for SPI’s Equipment Council, which represents all equipment manufacturers and moldmakers operating in the plastics industry. Palmer’s... -
SPI Welcomes New Director to Support Rigid Plastics, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Groups
/article/spi-welcomes-new-director-support-rigid-plastics-pharmaceutical-and-medical-device-groupsJanuary 26, 2015 WASHINGTON—SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association announced this week that George Southworth joined the organization as its new director of industry affairs, specifically for SPI’s Rigid Plastics Packaging Group (RPPG) and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Applications... -
SPI’s Flexible Film and Bag Division Welcomes Three New Board Members from Petoskey Plastics, Dow Chemical and Hosokawa Alpine
/node/4181July 23, 2015 WASHINGTON—SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association’s Flexible Film and Bag Division (FFBD) announced the election of three new board members Friday. Following a 30-day ballot period during which all members of the FFBD could vote, the FFBD Executive Board welcomed Jason...
