The Gardner Business Index (GBI) measures the current state of plastics processing activity through survey responses covering ...

The trajectory of prices for four of the five commodity resins — polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and ...

While PE price reductions were not as apparent, they too were following the year-end price trajectory of PP, PS, PVC and PET.

The end of the first quarter marked higher prices for polyolefins and relatively flat pricing for nearly all other resins.

Members of the moldmaking community were recently honored for excellence at the Plastics Technology Exposition (PTXPO) 2025. The Mold Technologies Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers ...

One of Poland’s leading film processors has reaped the benefits of production automation by virtue of its recent investment in Reifenhäuser's PAM (precise, autonomous, mechatronic) technology for flat ...

March was a busy month for the industry! We hope the molders and moldmakers who joined us at PTXPO enjoyed the show and have returned engaged and inspired! Whether you attended the show or not, there ...

Dr. Joseph Scuralli, former president of Wayne Machine & Die Co., Totawa, N.J. has formed his own sales representative firm, Extrudamerica LLC, which specializes in plastic, silicone and rubber ...

The Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) released fourth quarter shipment data for primary plastics machinery, covering injection molding and extrusion ...

Net Impact announced its third Circular Plastics Challenge with a case prompt that encourages emerging business professionals to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to maximize circularity in the ...