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Jan 2, 2025 · A new survey by Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) reveals that nearly nine in ten Canadian manufacturers would face significant or very severe impacts on their business if the U.S. imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.

May 15, 2023 · New Canadian passports will use plastic to enhance security Canadian Plastics May 15, 2023 Canadian Plastics Materials. The new design will use a polycarbonate sheet on the page with the Canadian's personal information.

Mar 4, 2025 · Canada’s Nova Chemicals Corp. is part of a blockbuster new deal that will create the world’s fourth-largest polyolefins player. In a deal valued at US$60 billion, petrochemicals giants OMV and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc) will merge their polyolefins businesses.

May 19, 2023 · Berry Global is closing 15 of its plastics plants across the world in a cost-cutting measure, the company said during its second quarter results, although which plants are being shuttered – and how many employees will be affected – has not been announced.

Mar 17, 2025 · The second AceConnex show will take place on April 22 at the Adult Education Centre in Mississauga, Ont. The full-day event aims to connect leading companies in plastics manufacturing with high school students on the brink of making their career choices.

Nov 1, 2009 · Building on previous results, we present the third annual Extrusion Benchmark Survey — the best snapshot of how Canada’s pipe and profile extruders are faring right now. now If you’re looking for info on purchasing intentions, markets served, average plant sizes — or virtually anything else relating to the Canadian extrusion industry — we’ve got it here.

Feb 13, 2024 · Polyester film maker DuPont Teijin Films has been rebranded as Mylar Specialty Films. In a news release, company officials said the change applies to all global operations and offices located in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Mar 17, 2025 · Primary machinery shipments in North America showed significant declines in the fourth quarter of 2024 after some increases in the third quarter, according to a new report on equipment sales by the Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) of the Washington, D.C.-based Plastics Industry Association.

Jan 27, 2025 · In a move that may change plastic’s environmental fate, chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in Oak Ridge, Tenn., have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material by “editing” the polymers of discarded plastics.