Chemical maker Dow told customers Tuesday it plans to double a previously announced price hike in plastic resins as the Strait of Hormuz shutdown chokes off the supply of some raw materials. Dow Chief ...

US producers of polyethylene — a common plastic used in everything from packaging to containers — are buying more of a key ingredient, ethylene, in a sign that manufacturers are working to take ...

GAYLORD — Gaylord-based manufacturer Mayfair Plastics, Inc. will be acquired by Husco, a privately owned company based in Waukesha, Wis. The deal, announced March 13, 2026, ensures Mayfair Plastics ...

After collaborating on the development of molded solutions for transmission solenoids for nearly five years, Husco is now acquiring its partner, Gaylord, MI-based Mayfair Plastics. Waukesha, WI-based ...

Plastic pollution is an evolving global environmental crisis. More than 90% of all plastics manufactured end up polluting the environment, where they can harm ecosystems and impact human health. This ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Seattle-based Ridwell charges subscribers $20 a month to pick up difficult-to-recycle materials — chip bags, ...

The US plastics industry has been navigating a turbulent trade landscape in 2025, as shifting tariff policies and evolving trade agreements redefine import patterns across product categories and ...

Australia’s recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, kerbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to ...

Letters signed by five state attorneys general recently were sent to the U.S. Plastics Pact, GreenBlue and the Consumer Goods Forum, expressing “collective concern” that the organizations may be ...

John Jungjohann is president of Design Plastics Inc., a plastics processor based in Omaha, Neb. Founded in 1972, the company specializes in thermoforming, vacuum forming and injection molding.

Two employees of a plastics maker were fatally shot Monday morning in Cleveland, Tennessee, by an employee in the process of termination, authorities said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Microplastics are increasingly being found in our bodies and food supply. They are defined as pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters — about the size of a pencil eraser. But they can also be ...