In this week's Material Insights, Don Loepp covers the latest in the PVC market, with Westlake reporting a goodwill impairment in the third quarter resulting in a subsequent loss of $782 million. Plus ...

CompoSecure is buying Husky Technologies — one of the plastics industry's largest equipment makers — for $5 billion.

Five states say they're going to investigate "radical environmental groups" for their work encouraging a more circular plastics industry. Among their targets? The U.S. Plastics Pact.

Processors said during a discussion at the MAPP Benchmarking Conference that AI adoption hasn't been perfect, but it is gaining in importance.

AptarGroup is acquiring Brazilian plastics manufacturer Sommaplast to strengthen its position in the fast-growing Latin ...

Proto Labs posted record third-quarter sales of $135.4 million, but injection molding growth remained mostly flat and 3D ...

Ltd. highlighted graphene-enhanced thermoplastic compounds at K 2025, offering improvements in mechanical strength, EMI ...

LyondellBasell reported a third-quarter loss of $890 million in 2025 due to a $1.2 billion asset writedown, though ...

Five Republican state attorneys general are questioning whether collective action organizations like the U.S. Plastics Pact, ...

Gurit has sold its 50 percent interest in Italian extrusion foam specialist Xeltrusion SRL to co-founder Alessio Morino but ...

Milliken's new Millad ClearX 9000 offers high clarity at just 400 parts per million, a five- to tenfold reduction in ...

The toy industry finds itself trying to catch up with an unexpected hit, leading to unfilled Christmas wish lists.