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Special report: The car of the future, powered by plastics

Sep 25, 2018

Electric vehicles will account for more than half of global light-duty vehicle sales by 2040, according to market watcher Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This trend toward electrification, not to mention the other key megatrend of autonomous...

Future of Flexible Packaging Infographic

Sep 05, 2018

The Flexible Packaging Association (Annapolis, MD) depicts in an information- and graphic-rich PDF the essentials of the FPA’s extensive 194-page report, “A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World.” By downloading...

Special report: Analysts predict rosy outlook for U.S. plastics industry in 2018

Jan 30, 2018

The domestic plastics industry has been in constant expansion since hitting bottom during the Great Recession. It will maintain that momentum in 2018, and perhaps even accelerate it. Moreover, the world economy seems to be in lockstep...

Salary Survey: Employees in plastics processing industry overwhelmingly satisfied with their career choice

Nov 09, 2017

According to the PlasticsToday Salary Survey, the compensation and benefits packages are better than average, job satisfaction is overwhelmingly on the positive side and a stunning 91% of respondents said they still considered plastics processing...

Exclusive plastics phase out poll results 2017

May 24, 2017

An audience survey was conducted across three brands, PlasticsToday and sister publications Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, on the subject of phase outs of plastics and packaging...

U.S.-Mexico breakup would hurt injection molders and suppliers on both sides of the border

Feb 04, 2017

Mexican auto assembly capacity is projected to more than double in size between 2010 and 2020, and there are many factors beyond low wages that continue to attract automakers and their suppliers to Mexico. We spoke with some U.S.-based plastics...

Talking packaging trends with Erich Hoch, Jabil Packaging Solutions CEO

Jan 03, 2017

Erich Hoch started in the manufacturing business as a tool maker and joined Jabil in 2002. He was recently appointed CEO of Jabil Packaging Solutions. In this interview with PlasticsToday, he shares his insights on packaging trends and discusses...

Special Report: How electric and autonomous vehicles are driving materials innovation

Oct 07, 2016

The way we drive—or don’t, in the case of autonomous vehicles—is changing at an unprecedented pace. The 2020s could well be the decade of the electric car, as battery prices tumble and a new generation of high-voltage motors go into production...

Special Report: How millennials are influencing the shape and style of plastic packaging

Sep 30, 2016

Millennials have surpassed baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generation, according to population estimates released earlier this year by the U.S. Census Bureau. Those between the ages of 18 and 34 in 2015 now number 75.4 million...

Special Report: Medtech industry navigates changing market landscape

Jul 18, 2016

None of us are getting any younger, to state the obvious. That demographic truth combined with a growing middle class, particularly in emerging economies, is the foundation of a consistent customer base for the medical technology industry. It also...

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