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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... -
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... -
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’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... -
SPI and Allied Industry Groups to Demonstrate Unique Medical Uses of Flexible PVC in “Vinyl Saves Lives” Booth and Demo at NPE2015
/node/5271January 22, 2015 Booth to Feature Ebola-Patient Isolation Unit and Ancillary Medical Equipment WASHINGTON – To demonstrate how plastics, and specifically PVC or vinyl, saves lives, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, and its affiliate, the Flexible Vinyl Alliance, will feature a special... -
SPI President and CEO William R. Carteaux Responds to the 2015 State of the Union
/article/spi-president-and-ceo-william-r-carteaux-responds-2015-state-unionWilliam R. Carteaux, President and CEO, SPI Like many of you, I was pleased when President Obama highlighted America’s positive economic growth during his annual State of the Union address last night. The declining unemployment rate and more affordable gasoline prices boost consumer confidence,...
