Don Loepp

Indorama Ventures expects PET resin margins to remain above 2025 levels as global supply disruptions ease, while declining oil prices could encourage buyers to lock in prices for 2027.

Agility Robotics completed a SPAC merger and began trading on Nasdaq Nov. 5 as it scales its Digit humanoid robots for factory and warehouse use.

Tristar AI has raised $12.4 million to expand its defect-detection technology, which is now operating on more than 500 production lines, with plastics manufacturers accounting for about 60 percent of its customers.

Pennsylvania PUC approved a $150,000 settlement with UGI Utilities over 52 improperly installed plastic natural gas pipe fusion joints found across four communities.

Cretex Medical has acquired specialized mold design capabilities from Minnesota-based Design Phactory, complementing its June purchase of Holland Molds as it expands its medical injection molding and tooling operations.

Taiwanese toothbrush maker Acumen plans a $20.2 million injection molding plant in Tennessee, taking over a former Salga Plastics facility with ambitions to make it the company’s largest manufacturing operation worldwide.

Mutares says NexPoint Materials has lost about $14.4 million since its August acquisition, mostly in Europe, but the German investment firm remains bullish on expanding its U.S. chemical business.

Stratasys has abandoned its $42.5 million acquisition of Markforged over regulatory delays, but CEO Yoav Zeif says the company still has options for expanding its industrial 3D printing technology.

Braskem's profits plunged 63 percent as resin margins weakened, but stronger North American polypropylene demand and a rebound in Mexican polyethylene production offered some encouraging signs amid a difficult outlook for 2027.

Professional Plastics has acquired Buffalo thermoformer Plastic Systems, which was purchased just two years ago by an arcade game manufacturer to secure the supply of plastic domes for its popular bubble hockey games.