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WASHINGTON – The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Bioplastics Division today announced Eastman as the winner of the 2021 Innovation in Bioplastics Award. The company developed Aventa™ Renew a cellulose-based compostable material, created to help the foodservice industry achieve its…

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) released its annual Global Trends report today at the 2020 Global Plastics Summit (GPS). The report, which analyzes trade data from 2019 and the first six months of 2020, paints a complex but promising portrait of the U.S. plastics industry in the…

The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada’s (CIAC) new Plastics Division is pleased to announce it has officially joined the American Chemistry Council (ACC), Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) and 29 other international trade associations in Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS). This important…

Shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America increased by double-digits in the third quarter, according to statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). The preliminary…

The U.S. Senate has approved the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, legislation the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) supports, that would improve domestic infrastructure to reduce marine debris, further research into detection and clean-up, and enhance international cooperation to solve the problem….

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), producers of NPE: The Plastics Show, announced that NPE2021 will be home to 13 distinct Technology Zones offering attendees the chance to see firsthand how the power of plastics will transform tomorrow through demonstrations of the latest machinery and…