Archive for the ‘Materials’ Category
Some short takes…
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Here are some short takes on plastics headlines from the past week: "Lego gets snapped at over girls' line of toys," from the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com. According to the story, "a pair of feminist activists" is unhappy with the...
Auto sector takes nylon 12 shortage seriously
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
It's not surprising that the auto industry is taking the looming shortage of nylon 12 resin seriously. Remember, this industry has first-hand experience with what a fractured supply chain can do to OEMs and suppliers alike, following natural disasters in...
Wal-Mart accused of greenwashing
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has put a lot of muscle behind its sustainability campaign -- global plastics companies are well aware of the company's supplier scorecards. But the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance is questioning the retailer's committment to the cause...
Automakers serious about composites
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
The auto industry is getting serious about using plastic composites to reduce weight and improve fuel economy. Every week, it seems, we're seeing stories about automakers and suppliers using or studying ways to use plastics and/or composites to make vehicles...
Orlando feels the love for NPE
Friday, April 6th, 2012
A funny thing happened on the way to Orlando airport. At 6:30 am today, on the day after the NPE2012 show wrapped up at the Orange County Convention Center, Plastics News' Robert Grace piled into a metered taxi at the...
Bottled water ban back on Concord’s agenda
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Jean Hill, the 84-year-old Concord, Mass., grandmother of six, is at it again -- trying to ban sales of single-serve plastic water bottles. According to the Boston Herald, Concord residents will vote at an April 25 town meeting on a...
Kyra Sedgwick speaks against single-use plastics
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Add actress Kyra Sedgwick to the list of celebrities who are crusading against single-use plastics. Last week Sedgwick, star of TV's "The Closer," moderated ""A Global Call to End Plastic Pollution" at the United Nations in New York. Lisa Kaas...
What will new crackers mean to plastics processors?
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Increasing availability of natural gas in North America has the potential to make a big difference in the plastics industry in the next decade. But how exactly will it change? North American processors may be salivating over the prospects for...
Orlando is gearing up for NPE
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Take this as a sign of Orlando, Fla.'s interest in the plastics industry -- specifically NPE. The Orlando Sentinel posted a story last night about NPE2012, saying North America's largest plastics show "could become the next undisputed heavyweight champion of...
‘The woman the plastic industry can’t beat’
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Who's Emily Utter? She's an anti-plastics activist who helped pass a ban on plastic bags in San Francisco, and now she's working to help other cities and towns do the same. Utter is making "huge progress ... in spite of...