Part of the challenge of assessing 2023 was also true in 2022 comparisons to massive demand growth in 2021 that occurred as market recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hunt for resin continues, even as supplies improve
Chase Plastic Services Inc.
North American resin availability is improving in the wake of recent outages, but many companies throughout the supply chain still can t get all the material they need.
In the wake of Winter Storm Uri, which hit Texas and the Gulf Coast in mid-February, many material suppliers put customers on force majeure sales limits or other types of allocation.
LyondellBasell Industries of Houston operates multiples sites making polyethylene, polypropylene and related resins and compounds in Texas. In an email to
Plastics News, spokeswoman Chevalier Gray said that nearly all of our assets, except for Corpus Christi, are back to normal operations.
Best Places to Work list announced for 2021
Sixteen companies have been named to the
Plastics News Best Places to Work list for 2021. The winner will be announced March 17 at the virtual
PN Executive Forum event.
The eighth annual survey and awards program has split the companies into two categories: processors and suppliers. This enables us to recognize more firms. It is a result of our Best Places to Work in Plastics becoming a major annual award in the North American plastics industry, said
PN Editor Don Loepp.
• Dymotek Corp. of Ellington, Conn.
• Plastic Components Inc. of Germantown, Wis.
• MTD Micro Molding of Charlton, Mass.