Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

Lilli Sherman is a contributing editor for Plastics Technology Magazine. Lilli started with PT in 1987, and has reported on ever-evolving materials and additive technologies.  She also is responsible for PT’s resin pricing column.

Other interesting topics she regularly covers include advances in biopolymers, thermoplastic composites as well as testing & measurement, decorating & printing, and welding technologies. She also enjoys being a regular blogger on interesting technologies and studies that emerge in the news beats she covers.

For the last five years, Lilli has been invited to serve as a participating judge in the annual Blue Ribbon Automotive Awards by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division. 

She has also served as moderator in sessions of PT’s Extrusion and Molding conferences and one on Thermoplastic Composites, which included recruiting appropriate speakers from materials and additives companies.

Lilli also attends and reports on, among other events, on the annual SPE  International Polyolefins conference and the IHS Markit Global Plastics Summit (GPS).

She is a graduate of Hofstra University (Hempstead, N.Y.) and the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), and has attended several writing courses at the University of Connecticut.

Packaging

Packaging Converter Adopts PE-Based Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) for Food Applications

Videplast and ExxonMobil collaborated on the development of this cost-effective VSP film solution that contains no ionomers.

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Medical

Medical Grade TPEs for Biopharmaceutical Tubing

Teknor Apex expands its Medalist TPE portfolio.

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PET

Light-Blocking Additive for PET Dairy Packaging

Avient’s Lactra LX additive enables blocking of 100% visible light in monolayer PET.

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Medical

OCSiAl Opens First Large-Scale Graphene Nanotube Plant

The new facility in Serbia will serve Europe, North America and Asia to drive advances in plastics and rubbers.

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INEOS Styrolution to Close ABS Production in Addyston, Ohio

Company will commence a safe and responsible decommissioning process in the second quarter of 2025.

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Biopolymers

Indorama Collaborates in Launch of World’s First Bio-PET Bottles

Japan’s Suntory Group will introduce the new bottles for selected products in Japan

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sustainability

Avantium’s PEF Receives FDA Food-Contact Approval

The FDA approval extends to all food types except infant formulas, foods with more than 15% alcohol or human milk.

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sustainability

ExxonMobil Develops High-Performance, 95% PE Recyclable Thermoformed Packaging

The packaging solution involved a collaboration with equipment suppliers Hosokawa Alpine and Multivac Group.

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resin pricing

Prices Drop for All Five Commodity Resins

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

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Materials

‘Super’ Small Color Masterbatch Pellets for PVC

Delta Tecnic’s new SSP is manufactured using an advanced process distinct from traditional cryopellet production.

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Electronics

High-Performance PPA for Next-Generation IGBT Semiconductors

BASF’s Ultramid Advanced N3U42 G6 is tailored to enhance robustness, long-term performance and reliability.

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Elastomers

Expanded Line of ‘Super’ Soft TPEs for Medical Devices

Kraiburg TPE has expanded its Thermolast M series of TPE compounds by additional hardness degrees.

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