Archive for the ‘NPE’ Category
Prosecutor explains HPM decision
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Today Plastics News senior reporter Bill Bregar wrote about the decision by Morrow County, Ohio, Prosecutor Charles Howland not to file charges against Christopher Filos, the former owner of the now-shuttered HPM machinery company. Because so many readers are interested,...
A balanced story on plastic vs. paper
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
We've seen this story hundreds of times -- which type of bag is better, paper or plastic? Frequently the coverage is not complimentary to plastic. Toronto's The Globe and Mail deserves credit for bringing some balance to its Feb. 1...
Author describes challenges of living in a plasticized world
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Journalist and author Harold Johnson has posted a column on the perils of plastics pollution that's worth a look, even for readers who are unapologetically pro-plastics. You may remember Johnson -- he's the writer who researched and debunked the oft-cited...
Author describes challenges of living in a plasticized world
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Journalist and author Harold Johnson has posted a column on the perils of plastics pollution that's worth a look, even for readers who are unapologetically pro-plastics. You may remember Johnson -- he's the writer who researched and debunked the oft-cited...
Report: Chicago’s high costs were an ‘excuse’ to move NPE
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Our sister newspaper Crain's Chicago Business has a report on what went wrong in the city's convention business, resulting in McCormick Place losing several events, including the 2012 and 2015 NPE trade shows. Among the findings: internal memos from the...
Chicago picks up a solar power convention
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Chicago's McCormick Place picked up some good news today: Solar Power International announced that Chicago will be home to its 2013 conference, the largest of its kind in North America. According to the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, the event...
Relax, NPE is still in Orlando
Friday, September 24th, 2010
A blog post caused a minor disturbance in some plastics circles yesterday, after a political reporter wrote that a plastics show was moving back to McCormick Place. The reference to plastics turned out to be a mistake, and the post...
Housewares show sticks with McCormick
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Crain's Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune are reporting that the International Home + Housewares Show is going to stay in Chicago's McCormick Place. Earlier this week the International Housewares Association had threatened to find a new location for the...
Law credits SPI for kick-starting McCormick reforms
Friday, May 28th, 2010
The plastics industry played a key role in jump-starting the reforms at Chicago's McCormick Place that Illinois legislators approved yesterday. The proof -- the plastics group is actually mentioned in the law itself. The bill became law yesterday when the...
Housewares show gives Chicago an ultimatum
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The International Housewares Association has given Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn until Friday to sign legislation that will reform how business is done at the McCormick Place convention center -- or risk losing the International Home + Housewares Show. That's the...