Top 5 Plastics Business Articles of 2022
While work on the first issue of 2023 is well underway, we paused to see which Plastics Business articles from 2022 caught the eyes...
NIST Awards Funding to Study Plastic Waste Reduction
The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, has awarded $500,000 to each of five universities to develop...
Top 5 Reasons to Try Reverse Mentoring
There is a hot new trend in mentoring gaining steam across a spectrum of industries, from advertising to engineering to manufacturing. Reverse mentoring is...
Top 5 Renewable Energy Sources
Energy independence is on the minds of many US manufacturers, not to mention politicians, the energy sector, auto owners and homeowners. Electric vehicles are...
Top 5 Things to Know about Manufacturing.gov
Manufacturing.gov is a national manufacturing portal, a gateway to the wide and deep array of federal government initiatives, programs and resources that exist to...
10 Tips to Help Prevent Dust Explosions, Reduce Hazardous Risks
As National Safety Month concludes at the end of June, Stamford, Connecticut-based Goodway Technologies reminds facility managers of the importance of understanding explosion and...
Scientists Make Plastic More Degradable Under UV Light
University of Bath
Many plastics that are labeled as biodegradable are only compostable under industrial conditions, but scientists at the University of Bath have found...
OSHA Offers Tips for Suicide Prevention
OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the US Department of Labor, has created a resource to aid in the prevention of suicide....
Bio-Based Plastics Packaging Gets Boost from Ultrasonic Welding Technology
By Andres Abreu, business development manager, Packaging,
Branson Welding and Assembly at Emerson
An international effort to transition away from single-use plastic packaging and products in...
Dynamic Conveyor Introduces Roller Conveyor
In spring 2022, Dynamic Conveyor Corporation, Norton Shores, Michigan, introduced its latest conveyor line: DynaRoller.
DynaRoller is a modular, zone-powered roller conveyor system with a...
