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05/09/2014

http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140509/NEWS/140509907/house-passes-rd-tax-credit-bill-but-hurdles-still-remain

WASHINGTON — A tax credit that would make a popular, business-friendly tax break for corporate research and development a permanent part of the U.S. tax code was passed by the House of Representatives May 9 with a 274-131 vote.But businesses shouldn’t break out the champagne just yet.

05/09/2014

Small-engine maker Briggs & Stratton Corp. has unveiled a new lawn mower engine that allows a gas-powered mower to be stored upright without leaking, thanks in part to a carefully engineered fuel tank.Looking to create a space-saving storage option while maintaining cutting power, engineers

05/02/2014

In an attempt to reach a younger membership, the Society of Plastics Engineers held a scavenger hunt for the next generation of engineers through the Las Vegas strip at ANTEC.Also, we catch up with two high school students who used 3-D printing to come up with a creative solution to a common

05/01/2014

“Paper or plastic?” will no longer be a choice in Chicago, starting next year.As expected, city aldermen on April 30 voted 36-10 to ban plastic bags at chain and franchise stores there. The ban goes into effect for large retailers in August 2015 and one year later for shops smaller

04/28/2014

Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy

04/21/2014

Shirish Patel, former director of purchasing at Newell Rubbermaid Corp. and a longtime plastics industry veteran, has passed away at age 70.Patel was born in Ahmedabad, India, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1964. After earning a chemical engineering degree in 1967 from the University of Toledo

04/21/2014

Plastic packaging was stoutly defended on a recent Q&A session on social media site Twitter, run jointly by the British Plastics Federation and science education charity Sense About Science.Questions were invited from the “Twittersphere” on a range of plastics packaging-related

04/21/2014

PolyQuest Inc. has spun off its FiberQuest unit — which distributes polyester staple fibers and cotton — as a separate company.The spinoff will allow Wilmington, N.C.-based PolyQuest to focus on its primary businesses of distributing and recycling PET resin, officials said in an April

04/21/2014

SHANGHAI - Chinese coal mining company Shanxi Jinhui Energy Group Co. Ltd. is diversifying into bioplastics, launching production this month on a $35 million, 20,000-metric-ton factory for bio-based polybutylene adipate co-terephthalate.The $2.4 billion company, based in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province,

04/21/2014

Brazil’s construction sector is putting up new homes and buildings across the country at a record pace in recent years, but continues to do so with little or no insulation measures built into the walls.Leaders in Brazil’s plastics industry are asking lawmakers to mandate the use of

04/17/2014

CHICAGO — Water bottles no longer just hold water.Instead, they come with weighted shakers to break up thick protein drinks. They have filters and, increasingly, plastic infusers that hold fruit, vegetable or herbs to make water taste better than just ordinary water.Blame — or thank