By Pierre Maillet, president, Cyframe All too often, plastic manufacturing business owners fail to realize that some products are being produced at a loss. One could argue that in such cases they might as well be shipping cash directly to customers. Here are some ways to help identify and correct where and how your company might be leaking cash. As a for-profit company your … [Read more...] about Are You Shipping Cash with Your Packaged Products?

Hasler Ventures LLC, West Lafayette, Indiana, plans to scale up to commercial levels with a Purdue University-patented technology that may accelerate the volume of waste plastic recycling. The innovation is called low-pressure hydrothermal processing. It promises an economically and environmentally safe way to transform polyolefin plastic, the most common form of plastic, … [Read more...] about Purdue Innovation Could Make Recycling More Profitable

Target Corp., Berkeley, California, has committed to reduce annual total virgin plastic in its owned brand packaging by 20% by 2025, following up on a previous agreement to set a plastic elimination goal. In May, after the filing of a shareholder proposal by As You Sow and Green Century Capital Management, Target agreed to set a virgin plastic elimination goal for its … [Read more...] about Target Corp. Commits to 20% Virgin Plastic Reduction Goal

Following the acquisition by US printing ink manufacturer INX International in mid-2020, RUCO Printing Inks, A.M. Ramp & Co. GmbH is presenting its new corporate identity with a modified brand logo. The corporate brand has been supplemented with the international INX logo, so it now reads RUCOINX. With its new logo, the Eppstein, Germany-based specialist in screen, pad, … [Read more...] about RUCO Launches Brand Identity as RUCOINX