SPE, Danbury, Connecticut, is pleased to announce recently elected executive board members, as well as a newly appointed president. Dr. Jaime A. Gómez, president and CEO at Equitech, assumed the position of SPE president July 1. The president’s term will run from 2020-2021. Dr. Jason Lyons, business manager at Arkema, will serve as SPE’s president-elect until 2021, when he … [Read more...] about SPE Announces Newly Elected Executive Board Members

Clariant, Muttenz, Switzerland, a specialty chemical company, continues to develop new technology to improve the recyclability of plastics while offering packaging and product developers more color options. The latest development is a range of deep, dark colors that normally would have required the use of carbon black pigments that makes them undetectable by the near-infrared … [Read more...] about Clariant ColorWorks™ Applies IR-Detectable Technology

Technology and engineering company Emerson, St. Louis, Missouri, has introduced the Branson GLX Micro Laser Welder, supporting the need to manufacture smaller and more delicate plastic parts used in the medical and consumer electronics industries. The benchtop version of the GLX Series uses advanced laser technology and incredibly low clamp force to produce precise, clean and … [Read more...] about Emerson Introduces Micro Laser Welder

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has announced PureCycle Technologies as the winner of the Leadership in Innovation Award and Accredo Packaging as the winner of the People's Choice Award for the 2020 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards. Leadership in Innovation Award winner PureCycle Technologies uses post-consumer and post-industrial polypropylene for … [Read more...] about PLASTICS Announces 2020 Re|Focus Leadership Winners

Tributek, Elburn, Illinois, a provider of ultrasonic generators and probe systems, plastic welder parts and supplies, sonication parts and supplies, and consulting on a wide range of plastics assembly issues, reports that it has experienced unanticipated rapid growth this year as a result of tight global supplies of ultrasonic equipment and supplies. In business for 14 … [Read more...] about Tributek Grows, Expands Into Support for Dukane Equipment