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Polykar opens new Edmonton manufacturing plant

The 50,000-square-foot facility will serve the Montreal-based company's customers in Western Canada and parts of the U.S.


New CEO appointed at KraussMaffei Group

Li Yong will assume the role, along with the management board chairman position, on Jan. 1, 2023, replacing current CEO Michael Ruf.


SPE names Bruce Mulholland as new president

The association has also appointed a new president-elect and board of directors members.


GM opens Canada’s first full-scale EV plant to build BrightDrop Zevo delivery vans

BrightDrop also announced the commencement of commercial operations in Canada, with DHL slated to be the company’s first Canadian customer.


PMI now representing Routsis Training in Canada

Routsis offers in-person and online certification programs for individual or company-wide training in injection molding, extrusion, and blow molding.


Spin Master buying Canadian puzzle company 4D Brands International

Toronto-based 4D Brands is known for its signature line of 3D model construction kits.


ATS buys production process optimization and digitalization solutions provider IPCOS

Belgium-based IPCOS has six locations across Europe, the U.S., and India.


‘Tough year’ for polymer demand in Europe, report says

A new dataset from AMI Consulting shows the challenges facing the European plastics industry in 2022 and through to 2027.
 
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What do we do about PPE waste?

As mountains of disposable masks and other litter continue to pile up, some recyclers and government agencies are stepping up. » Read more

Scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal

The team from the University of Chicago has discovered a way to create a material in which the molecular fragments are jumbled and disordered, but can still conduct electricity. » Read more
 
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