Sarah Kominek

Detroit

Automotive and Medical Reporter at Plastics News

Automotive and medical reporter @plasticsnews || Formerly @Automotive_News @theaanews @newmichmedia || Wayne State || 🏳️‍🌈⛵️🐈‍⬛

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Articles

Nelson Miller Group portfolio expands with New England Keyboard acquisition

1 week ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

The private equity group behind Nelson Miller Group has purchased Fitchburg, Mass.-based molder New England Keyboard Inc., adding specialties in designing and manufacturing custom keyboards, keypads and membrane switches. NMG is a portfolio company owned by Boca Raton, Fla.-based private equity investment firm New Water Capital Parters II LP.
Private equity investment supporting Matrix Plastic Products expansion

2 weeks ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm 3 Boomerang Capital has invested in Wood Dale, Ill.-based Matrix Plastic Products Inc., which injection molds complex components for robotic surgery, medical device, and other markets. 3BC's investment will support a facility expansion for Matrix, helping it to scale operations and better serve its longstanding customer base, a June 10 news release said. "We are thrilled to partner with ...
Activists sue Texas school district over tax break approval for ExxonMobil site

2 weeks ago | rubbernews.com | Sarah Kominek

The environmental coalition San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers has filed a lawsuit against a rural Texas school district alleging it did not sufficiently notify the public before it unanimously advanced a $242 million tax break for ExxonMobil Corp.'s proposed $10 billion plastics plant. The lawsuit alleges that the Calhoun County Independent School District broke state laws requiring 15 days' notice and publicly accessible posting of the announcement before an April 29 hearing.
Activists sue Texas school district over tax break approval for ExxonMobil site

3 weeks ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

The environmental coalition San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers has filed a lawsuit against a rural Texas school district alleging it did not sufficiently notify the public before it unanimously advanced a $242 million tax break for ExxonMobil Corp.'s proposed $10 billion plastics plant. The lawsuit alleges that the Calhoun County Independent School District broke state laws requiring 15 days' notice and publicly accessible posting of the announcement before an April 29 hearing.
U.S. medical suppliers flex for reshoring demand in post-COVID market

3 weeks ago | rubbernews.com | Sarah Kominek

NEW YORK—The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers to enter those markets and provide essential items for the health care industry.
US medical suppliers flex for reshoring demand in post-COVID market

3 weeks ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers to enter those markets and provide essential items for the health care industry.
US medical suppliers find work as OEMs simplify supply chains, eye tariffs

4 weeks ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — As medical devices become more connected, complex and compact, suppliers are looking to meet more of their customers' needs while navigating an evolving global supply chain. "The global footprint of manufacturing," was on everyone's minds at MD&M East in New York, May 20-22, Sean Cooper, sales team lead at Tessy Plastics Corp., told Plastics News at the show.
Hi-Rel Plastics & Molding sees demand from reshoring, shipping, tariffs

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

New York — As tariffs change the plastics supply chain landscape, demand is increasing for U.S.-based injection and blow molders in various markets, including medical, especially for start-up med tech products. Riverside Calif.-based Hi-Rel Plastics & Molding is open to "take on some more of the risk" of medical components in early stages of design and regulatory processes, Jeff Champ, design engineer at Hi-Rel, told Plastics News at MD&M East in New York, May 20-23.
Trelleborg launches toolmaker apprenticeship program in Minnesota

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

Plymouth, Minn.-based Trelleborg Medical Solutions has launched a certified toolmaker apprenticeship program in Delano, Minn., to "raise awareness and interest" in skilled trade opportunities. "Many high schools don't offer robust trade programs, and most people don't know what it means to be a toolmaker," Chris Tellers, director of Trelleborg's innovation center and new product development, said in a May 14 news release.
Nelipak expanding medical packaging operations in Costa Rica

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Sarah Kominek

Cranston, R.I.-based health care packaging supplier Nelipak Corp. is expanding with a new, 60,000-square-foot packaging production facility in Grecia, Costa Rica. Nelipak has operated in Costa Rica since 2012, manufacturing thermoformed trays, die cut mounting cards, and other products for the medical device manufacturing market.