Every needle on plant-based plastic trees from Balsam Hill incorporates 95 per cent bio-based carbon content from material supplier Braskem.

Expensive, high-temperature resins are almost the norm these days for some molders. But what shouldn’t be the norm is using standard commercial purging compounds to try to remove them from your ...

The rigid plastic packaging makers are joining forces to create a transatlantic business with more than $1 billion in annual sales. IPL Group, a manufacturer of rigid plastic products, and Schoeller ...

The Brantford, Ont.-based firm is receiving a loan of over $10 million to finance equipment to increase its material processing capabilities. Canada-based molecular recycling company GreenMantra ...

Whether to use a granulator or a shredder is a size-reduction question that’s been confronting (and sometimes confounding) plastics processors for decades. Here’s guidance from some experts. We’re ...

Troy, Mich.-based RESRG will be a global supplier of coated exterior systems and components to automakers. There’s a new automotive parts manufacturer in North America, created through a combination ...

Traditional plastic straws are an endangered species nowadays, which is why this well-known Brantford, Ont.-based extruder is making the move to an eco-friendly plant-based alternative. Almost 70 ...

DESCRIPTION: Toronto-based material supplier CCC Plastics has now been in business for 100 years. We talk with company executives Brian Page, Valerie Bélisle and Blair Russell about where the firm has ...

The days of drying resin according to data sheets are finally over. Smart drying technologies, including artificial intelligence, eliminate the guesswork by precisely measuring resin moisture and ...

As traditional demands for oil are declining as the transport sector is increasingly electrified, the oil industry is seeing plastics as a key output that can make up for losses in other markets.

The Canadian manufacturer added 10-colour flexographic press and a solventless laminator at its plant. Flair Flexible Packaging Corp. is expanding its Canadian manufacturing capabilities with the ...