Car manufacturers making ICU ventilators. E-commerce giants delivering testing kits. And plastic injection molding companies in Illinois and elsewhere making a variety of items to aid in the battle against COVID-19. Wherever you look, American industry is rolling up its sleeves to do its part in fighting this pandemic. AdvanTech Plastics is part of that…
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Hungry for good news about the growth of the rigid plastic food packaging market? The global rigid plastic packaging market (which includes food packaging) was valued at $216 billion in 2018, and is projected to reach $340 billion by 2026. That translates to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6% from 2019 to 2026….
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The world’s most popular PET isn’t a Maine Coon cat or a Labrador Retriever… it’s a type of thermoplastic polymer which goes by its trade name of polyester in the textile industry, and polyethylene terephthalate in the plastic packaging industry. PET resin is the most commonly used polymer in the world — a naturally transparent…
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Almonds taste great in cakes, breads, cereal, candy bars, even liquors. Now there’s research going on that call for a plastics recipe which includes the tasty nut as filler. Well, not the almond itself; more specifically, its shell. Almond shells enhance the strength of plastic more than most conventional materials and are being tested as…
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In the late ’80s, visitors to county fairs, amusement parks and other mega-outdoor venues began seeing a new kind of frozen treat which was billed as the evolutionary descendant of ice cream. Marketed as “Dippin’ Dots: The Ice Cream of the Future,” this new “revolutionary” dessert was touted by its founders as a disruptive entry…
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Europe has always been a trend-setter when it comes to all things “green,” environmentally-speaking. So news that the consumption of biodegradable and compost-able plastic products in Europe is expected to increase 300% from 2015 to 2020 should be taken very seriously indeed by the plastic powers-that-be stateside. While plastic recycling is regarded as the height…
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Coffee fashionistas probably don’t even think about it but they should: their precious, oh-so-trendy, and yes, expensive, single-use coffee pods are decidedly not green. In fact, they’re landfill-bait. How so? They’re made of polystyrene, which isn’t recyclable for a number of reasons, chiefly because of cost and food-safety concerns. That’s bad news for the environment…
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Believe it or not, sales of bottled water is set to overtake sales of carbonated soft drinks by late this year, or early next year, industry observers say. This despite the fact that bottled water is about as “un-green” as you can get.Why, you ask? Oh, don’t get us started… but OK, let’s get started:…
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Tin can. Aluminum can. Steel can. Plastic can. Say what? Plastic can? Why not? Plastic cans are compatible with standard metal canning manufacturing systems and offer several significant advantages. Namely: No need for overriding pressure Plastic cans are capable of being double-seamed and sterilized in traditional retort systems without any overriding pressure. No need to…
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