Plastics News via Crain Communications

Founded in 1989, Plastics News is a media brand serving primarily the North American market. The Plastics News brand includes the industry’s only weekly print publication, multiple news websites, a dozen e-newsletters, industry award programs and a half dozen live events, including the Plastics News Executive Forum. From a news perspective, Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry.

It focuses on commercial, financial, legislative and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American plastic product manufacturers and their suppliers and customers. The publication’s mission is to report completely, promptly, fairly and accurately, and to provide plastics industry officials with the market information and competitive intelligence they need to do their jobs more effectively.

PlasticsNews.com is a business-to-business site designed for executive and management personnel of firms in the plastics industry. PlasticNews.com provides breaking news, features, opinion, market data and statistics, resin pricing, sales-based process rankings, original video and audio content, classified advertising and event listings.Plastics News organizes several events, including its annual Executive Forum and various business conferences in North America, covering such topics as automotive, medical devices, plastic caps and closures, workforce issues, sustainability, packaging and more. These serve as forums to present new products and ideas and for independent discussion of issues of concern to the industry.