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Third Largest Manufacturing Sector Poised to Meet Growing Demand for its Innovative Products In our report “Market Watch: Plastics in the Fast Lane,” SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association discusses an anticipated increased use of plastics in automobiles as consumers and the government demand...

October 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...

July 23, 2015 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture recognized the Bioplastics Division of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association recently for its contributions to their report, titled “An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: A Report to the Congress of the...

January 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...

January 13, 2015 The program recognizes above average safety records in facilities owned by companies operating throughout the entire plastics supply chain while collecting important statistical data about occupational illnesses and injuries industry-wide. SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade...

Each 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...