Plastics Processors News Today

Plastics News readers should be very familiar with MAPP and AMBA. But in the alphabet soup of trade associations, have you heard of ARPM? Andrew Schunk has a good story about ARPM — the Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers — in our sister publication Rubber News. He notes that the…

Experts talked best practices and lessons learned in a panel during the EHS Summit on May 25, held by ARPM and MAPP.

Experts talked best practices and lessons learned in a panel during the EHS Summit on May 25, held by ARPM and MAPP.

The Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers and the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors joined together to learn ways to make their factories safer.

Becoming technology-focused and data driven is a key to success for plastics processors, according to Matt Fish, president of Vital Plastics Inc.

A survey of U.S. plastics processors says inflation, automation and economic questions are top of mind. "I think we're struggling," says the head of the group behind the report.

Depending on the region and seniority, some operations/manufacturing managers commanded a salary of more than $100 an hour in 2022.

MAPP recognized six companies — three with annual sales of more than $15 million and three with less than that amount.

North American commodity resin markets were varied in June, with prices for two materials up, one down and two flat.

The gasoline market is adding momentum to trends moving resin prices in opposite directions in North America.