Chino, Calif.-based Ferco supplies colourants, additives, resins, and end-product troubleshooting. In a move that boosts its West Coast manufacturing footprint and widens its portfolio, Chroma Color ...

Massachusetts-based Trexel is known for its MuCell microcellular foaming technology. Austrian injection molding machine manufacturer Engel has acquired Trexel Inc., the Wilmington, Mass.-based ...

If Nigeria can incorporate the use of recycled plastics in its textile industry, it may serve as an example to other poor economies facing similar circumstances. On any street in Lagos, Abuja or Port ...

The facility in Sarnia supplies Vamac-brand elastomers. Specialty materials maker Celanese Corp. is closing a plant in Sarnia, Ont., that supplies Vamac-brand elastomers. In its second-quarter ...

Addex will continue independently under its existing name, with new leadership. Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. (W&H) has acquired Addex, Inc., a supplier of blown film extrusion equipment with a ...

Headline inflation rose 2.7% in June, while core inflation was up 2.9%. Both measures were slightly higher than their year-over-year rates in May—2.4% for headline and 2.8% for core inflation. The ...

Beall was an engineer, consultant, educator, and editor who played a key role in improving plastic design. Based in Illinois, Beall was an engineer, consultant, teacher, and editor who played a key ...

The Canadian manufacturer added 10-colour flexographic press and a solventless laminator at its plant. Flair Flexible Packaging Corp. is expanding its Canadian manufacturing capabilities with the ...

Andrew Hider is leaving the company and chief financial officer Ryan McLeod will become interim CEO. Andrew Hider, the CEO of Cambridge, Ont.-based automation supplier ATS Corp., is leaving the ...

Headquartered in Ridgetown, Ont., KSR makes brake, clutch, and accelerator pedal modules. KSR International, a Ridgetown, Ont.-based automotive parts maker, has been acquired by Angstrom Automotive ...

In Canada, plastic recycling tracking suffers from the same lack of standardization and transparency as recycling in general. My research demonstrates that more local waste tracking through ...

Altium Packaging, said to be one of North America’s largest rigid plastic packaging manufacturers, has appointed industry veteran John Mooers as its new president and CEO. Mooers is replacing Sean ...