With more and more recycled plastic being used to repave highways and roads around the world, we might be driving toward a future with a lot less plastic pollution. If you thought asphalt paving would ...

The rigid plastic packaging makers are joining forces to create a transatlantic business with more than $1 billion in annual sales. IPL Group, a manufacturer of rigid plastic products, and Schoeller ...

The European Commission has determined that the merger doesn't threaten competition in the ethylene and polyolefins markets. The European Commission (EU) has approved, without conditions, the ...

The $30-million facility in Mississauga features over 50,000 square feet of operational space. Oakville, Ont.-based pipe manufacturer Ipex Group has officially opened its Can$30-million Ipex Centre ...

The Guelph, Ont.-based firm is buying select North American assets of Aludyne, a Tier 1 automotive supplier. Automotive parts molder Linamar Corp. is expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint through ...

With a unique blend of design, engineering, and manufacturing expertise, this Surrey, B.C.-based thermoformer has reinvented itself to serve numerous markets over the past 45 years. And now it’s ...

Rocky Vermani is the senior vice president of sustainability and innovation with Calgary-based Nova. Nova Chemicals Corp. executive Rocky Vermani has been named as the new Chair of the Board of ...

The new material aims to transform the process of oil spill cleanups. Researchers at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ont., have developed a new material containing polymer foam that can ...

Canadian Plastics shared hundreds of news stories in 2025. We reported on new technologies, mergers and acquisitions, new hires, government investments, tariff and trade developments, trade shows, and ...

This Alberta-based sheet extrusion maker has been killing it in that sector for a long time now, and the pandemic has allowed it to pivot into becoming a major supplier of N95 and 3-ply medical masks.

What’s it like working in a plastics processing sector where short-run production is the norm and foreign competition is almost nonexistent? Just ask a rotational molder. Where would we be without ...

The Brantford, Ont.-based firm is receiving a loan of over $10 million to finance equipment to increase its material processing capabilities. Canada-based molecular recycling company GreenMantra ...