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Teknor Apex Tops List of Six Finalists with Terraloy® PLA Compounds
/article/teknor-apex-tops-list-six-finalists-terraloy®-pla-compoundsContact:Michael Salmon 202-974-5249 JBarron@plasticsindustry.org WASHINGTON –SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association will present the second annual Innovation in Bioplastics Award to Teknor Apex for the development of Terraloy® PLA compounds which exhibit both high impact and heat resistant... -
Inaugural SPI Bioplastics Council Award Recognizes Outstanding Creative Leadership and Contribution to the Growth of the Industry
/article/inaugural-spi-bioplastics-council-award-recognizes-outstanding-creative-leadership-andContact:Barry Eisenberfg 202-974-5210 KCoghill@plasticsindustry.org Washington, DC -- The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, is pleased to announce that Avantium has won the first annual Innovation in Bioplastics Award presented by the SPI... -
SPI’s Flexible Film and Bag Division Welcomes Berry Plastics to Executive Committee
/node/3536August 2, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C.—SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association’s Flexible Film and Bag Division (FFBD) announced the election of Phil Stolz, Berry Plastics' vice president of Product Management & Product Development for the Core Films segment of the Engineered Materials Division... -
Panelists Needed to Judge EPA Awards on Greener Manufacturing and Plastics
/article/panelists-needed-judge-epa-awards-greener-manufacturing-and-plasticsOctober 13, 2016 Qualified experts are needed to serve on a virtual peer review panel that will evaluate research proposals for “the development and commercialization of innovative environmental technologies” under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2016 Small Business Innovation Research... -
SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association & SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) Partner
/article/spi-plastics-industry-trade-association-spe-society-plastics-engineers-partnerOctober 13, 2016 SPE to Host Track at SPI’s Second-Annual Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit October 13, 2016 – WASHINGTON – SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association announced today that the Sustainability Division of SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) is an official partner for... -
PLASTICS Celebrates International Womens Day
/node/8461Each year on March 8, people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day. In industries dominated by science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), like the plastics industry, women are typically underrepresented. Thanks to organizations that have increasingly committed to raising... -
How the President and Vice President Came to Visit SPI Member Techmer PM
/article/how-president-and-vice-president-came-visit-spi-member-techmer-pm-0January 20, 2015 Three carloads of Secret Service personnel arrived at Techmer PM's plant on Jan. 3, and they didn't leave for another six days. "They never left our plant until the president was gone," said John Manuck, Techmer's chairman and CEO. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe...
