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Steve Petrakis to Lead Plastics Industry Association Equipment Council
/article/steve-petrakis-lead-plastics-industry-association-equipment-councilPLASTICS Taps Industry Veteran WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2017 – Bringing over 40 years of plastics industry experience and insight, Stephen (Steve) Petrakis will join the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) as vice president of its Equipment Council. Currently, Petrakis is the vice... -
NPE2018 Sells Out Exhibit Space at Space Draw
/article/npe2018-sells-out-exhibit-space-space-drawShow Returns to Orlando May 7-11, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced today that exhibit space for NPE2018: The Plastics Show—the association’s triennial, international plastics manufacturing exposition returning to Orlando May 7-11, 2018—sold-out for the... -
Recycle to Be a Job Creator
/article/recycle-be-job-creatorThe economic impact that consumers have when they toss their bottles into their blue bins and haul them out to the curb every week is routinely overlooked. Recycling has an environmental impact for sure, but it also makes a difference in the lives of workers who are the lifeblood of the recycling... -
Trump Signs Executive Orders on Trade
/article/trump-signs-executive-orders-tradeOn March 31, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders regarding trade enforcement and unfair trade practices, issues about which he spoke extensively during his presidential campaign. The first executive order calls for Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the United States Trade... -
Trump Administration Floats Draft Notification Letter to Congress Regarding NAFTA Renegotiation
/article/trump-administration-floats-draft-notification-letter-congress-regarding-nafta-renegotiationActing United States Trade Representative (USTR) Stephen Vaughn has sent to members of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee a draft notification letter declaring its intention to renegotiate the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The draft letter does not start... -
PLASTICS Responds to Department of Commerce Request for Information on Manufacturing Regulations
/article/plastics-responds-department-commerce-request-information-manufacturing-regulationsAs directed by the January 24, 2017 Presidential Memorandum, “Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing”, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a request for information (RFI) “on the impact of Federal permitting requirements on the construction and... -
EPA Proposes Further Delay in Implementation of Risk Management Program Rule Amendments
/article/epa-proposes-further-delay-implementation-risk-management-program-rule-amendmentsOn April 3, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to further delay the effective date of amendments to the “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act.” The proposed effective date of February 19, 2019 is to allow EPA more time to... -
PLASTICS Hires Chief Economist
/article/plastics-hires-chief-economistPerc Pineda to Serve as Staff Expert on Economics, Statistics and Industry Research WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) today announced the hiring of its Chief Economist Perc Pineda. In a new role slated to help the association bolster its in-house data-driven counsel,... -
PLASTICS Scores Victory for Pharmaceutical Packaging Suppliers with Delay in Electronic Filing Requirement
/article/plastics-scores-victory-pharmaceutical-packaging-suppliers-delay-electronic-filingThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), working on behalf of our member companies in the pharmaceutical packaging supply chain, met with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year to urge them to grant waivers and/or exemptions from the electronic filing format (or eCDT) submission... -
EPA Invites PLASTICS to Meet and Weigh in on Regulatory Reform
/article/epa-invites-plastics-meet-and-weigh-regulatory-reformOn April 5, Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) president and CEO William R. Carteaux met for hours at the request of senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking to understand the impact of federal environmental regulations on the plastics industry and identify...
