The “Next is Now” theme emphasizes adoption over aspiration, positioning the plastics industry as forward-thinking and actively shaping its future.

Film and sheet manufacturer Polykar Industries Inc., based in Saint-Laurent, Que., has announced a $20 million expansion of its Edmonton region facility. Supported by $770,000 through the Alberta ...

Advances in machinery, resins, and tooling are enabling the use of thermoforming in new applications. But some challenges remain to this well-established process.

The company's new resin stabilization technology prevents the thermal and oxidative degradation of polyolefins during ...

The U.S. plastics industry turned from a trade surplus in 2023 to a deficit of $2.1 billion in 2024, according to the new report from the Plastics Industry Association.

The Society of Plastics Engineers will become a division of the plastics association, and SPE members will retain their ...

Austrian injection molding machine manufacturer Engel has acquired Trexel Inc., the Wilmington, Mass.-based developer of the MuCell microcellular foaming process. The announcement was made at the K ...

The Quebec-based packaging supplier is divesting its Ontario facility to Texas-based Five Star Holding for $31 million.

The Start-up Zone, which successfully debuted at the last edition of K, will be continued in 2025 and extended to provide a ...

The investment in the new Ottawa office furthers AEM’s attempts at supporting North American equipment manufacturers ...

Davis-Standard LLC, a Chicago-based maker of extrusion, converting and thermoforming equipment, is buying FB Balzanelli S.p.A., a manufacturer of automatic and semi-automatic coilers serving the ...

The investment will allow Langley, B.C.–based Cascadia to expand its manufacturing capacity and accelerate adoption of its fiberglass technologies.