Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

Recycled Materials 5 Oct 2021

PolyQuest Forms Renuva Plastics to Acquire Faith Group Company’s U.S. Division

Faith Group USA will continue purchasing and distributing post-industrial thermoplastics—especially PET in the U.S., as well as domestically sourcing these products for the Faith Group Company to export.

Commodity Resins 1 Oct 2021

Future Caps & Closures: More HDPE, More PCR

Industry experts says uses of HDPE in caps and closures will proliferate and will incorporate PCR and PIR. Future designs will “tether” the caps to the bottles as well.

Elastomers 28 Sep 2021

Medical-Grade TPE Film for Wound Healing Applications

United Soft Plastics’ custom TPE developed with Danish startup relieves patients of undue irritation and pain.

Biopolymers 23 Sep 2021

Danimer Gets Grant from United Soybean Board to Expand Research of High-Oleic Soybean Oil in Production of Biodegradable PHA

The new $400,000 grant will support up-scaling of exclusively grown U.S. based feedstock as a more cost-effective input for the manufacture of PHA.

Commodity Resins 22 Sep 2021

Berry Global to Expand its North American PP Thermoforming Capabilities

Demand for high-quality PP continues as foodservice brands seek more sustainable packaging options.

Biopolymers 16 Sep 2021

ADM and LG Chem Explore U.S. Production of Lactic Acid and PLA

Plans are for early 2022 launch of joint venture to build, own and operate a U.S.-based facility of high-purity lactic acid on a commercial scale, with another project to produce PLA.