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Resin Pricing
Monthly Resin Report: Lingering Plant Outages Disrupt PE, PP Supply in FebruaryMonthly Resin Report: Lingering Plant Outages Disrupt PE, PP Supply in February

Weather-related events and a mechanical failure at one plant put particular pressure on high-density polyethylene production.

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Feb 23, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023
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Feb 15, 2023
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4 Min Read
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Talent Talk: Happy Valentine’s Day, Monday. Really. It’s Not You, It’s Me
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Feb 13, 2023
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2 Min Read
byPaul Sturgeon
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Feb 10, 2023
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1 Min Read
byNorbert Sparrow
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: Spot Resin Trading Picks Up Pace
Resin Price Report: Spot Resin Trading Picks Up Pace
Feb 8, 2023
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4 Min Read
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Workforce & Training
Talent Talk: The Stubborn Job Market
Talent Talk: The Stubborn Job Market
Feb 6, 2023
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2 Min Read
byPaul Sturgeon
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Blow Molding
Techmer PM Introduces PFAS-free Polymer Processing Aid
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Feb 1, 2023
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1 Min Read
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: Week Marked by Sluggish Trading, Force Majeures
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Jan 31, 2023
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5 Min Read
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Packaging
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Jan 31, 2023
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7 Slides
byRick Lingle
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Workforce & Training
Talent Talk: A Whole New Vocabulary for Hiring Personnel
Talent Talk: A Whole New Vocabulary for Hiring Personnel
Jan 30, 2023
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2 Min Read
byPaul Sturgeon
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: PE Exports Set All-Time Record
Resin Price Report: PE Exports Set All-Time Record
Jan 24, 2023
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5 Min Read
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: Polypropylene Contracts Could See Steep Increase this Month
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Jan 18, 2023
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7 Min Read
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Now Hiring: Plastics Equipment Operators and Maintenance Technicians
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Jan 18, 2023
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4 Min Read
byGeoff Giordano
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Talent Talk: Are We Seeing the End of the Remote Work Era?
Talent Talk: Are We Seeing the End of the Remote Work Era?
Jan 16, 2023
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2 Min Read
byPaul Sturgeon
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DSM Expands Fuel Lock for Hydrogen Storage
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Jan 13, 2023
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Blow Molding
PET Stretch Blow-Molding Machines Market Growing 2.9% Yearly
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Jan 10, 2023
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Halogen-free Flame-Retardant Additive Introduced for PC Film
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Jan 10, 2023
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: Prices Rise to Start New Year
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Jan 9, 2023
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4 Min Read
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Workforce & Training
Talent Talk: FTC Proposes National Ban on Noncompete Clauses
Talent Talk: FTC Proposes National Ban on Noncompete Clauses
Jan 9, 2023
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2 Min Read
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Packaging
Amcor Lightweights PET Bottle Finish By 50%
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Jan 5, 2023
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4 Min Read
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Packaging
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Jan 4, 2023
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7 Slides
byJoanna Cosgrove
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Injection Molding
Chinaplas 2023 Unveils Business Opportunities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Hub
Chinaplas 2023 Unveils Business Opportunities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Hub
Dec 27, 2022
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Resin Pricing
Resin Price Report: Increases on the Table for January
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Dec 21, 2022
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Workforce & Training
Talent Talk: Best Practices for Faster Hiring in 2023
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Dec 19, 2022
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2 Min Read
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Resin Pricing
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Dec 15, 2022
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Talent Talk: The Emerging Best Practice of Proactive Hiring
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Dec 12, 2022
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Tools You Can Use Today to Build the Plastics Processing Plant of Tomorrow
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Dec 10, 2022
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byBruce Adams
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Resin Pricing
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Dec 7, 2022
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Talent Talk: The History of the ‘Modern’ Hiring Process, and Why It Needs an Update
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Dec 5, 2022
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Dec 1, 2022
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