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1 week ago |
plasticsnews.com | Rhoda Miel
It should be no surprise that two end markets — automotive and packaging — dominate the top of Plastics News' annual ranking of the largest injection molders in North America. After all, the bulk of packaging focuses on high-volume production, while cars and trucks require lots of big parts. Those two markets have held steady throughout the 30 years PN has tracked injection molding numbers.
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1 week ago |
plasticsnews.com | Rhoda Miel
Plastics and a very big movie prop We've written a lot about how plastics have been used in filming movies and TV shows in the Star Wars universe. But it's time we acknowledge another big, big pop culture prop — Dark Helmet's head wear in the movie Spaceballs — as that movie's creator officially announced a followup to the 1987 spoof.
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2 weeks ago |
plasticsnews.com | Rhoda Miel
Sustainability is for kids I don't have a science or engineering background, so when I'm trying to understand some new element of technology in the plastics industry, I'll often say: "Explain this to me as if I'm a fourth grader."So I'm impressed by the approach that injection molder and blow molder Mergon Group took with its annual sustainability report.
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2 weeks ago |
plasticsnews.com | Rhoda Miel
Is Marelli a canary in a coal mine? Consulting group AlixPartners is out with a new survey that says the auto industry is the most vulnerable economic sector because of financial distress, supply chain instability, trade tensions and other pressures, according to Bloomberg, with 66 percent of those companies pointing to it as the most likely to run into problems.
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2 weeks ago |
plasticsnews.com | Rhoda Miel
Adults may be the best hope for the U.S. toy industry to stay strong even as companies prepare for increased costs from tariffs. Consulting group Circana LLC says toy retail sales grew 6 percent between January and the end of April, while the number of units sold increased by 3 percent vs. the same period in 2024. Toy sales for adults — rather than adults buying toys for kids — accounted for $1.8 billion in sales in the first four months of 2025, a 12 percent rise.
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