Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transparency Market Research Inc. - The global PVC foam sheet market was valued at US$ 28.9 Bn in 2022 and is projected to ...

Lack of a key raw material is leading Pregis Corp. to close a plastic sheet foam plant in Kentucky in a move that will eliminate 79 jobs. The plant in Wurtland, Ky., makes Microfoam-brand PP sheet ...

Davis-Standard LLC has introduced a spiderless foam sheet die for processing polystyrene and polyethylene. The spiderless die eliminates spider weld lines and provides a uniform basis weight and ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering's new Opticell foam sheet die features QuickGap, a new, 'on-the-fly' die gap adjusting system. Opticell dies are said to be operator-friendly and to produce a final ...

California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...

However, as time passes, these foam sheets break down or are dug out by wildlife, ... The accumulation of plastic foam is not unique to the Thousand Islands.

A new report by Oceana warns plastic foam has become an “ever-present part of modern life” and must be phased out at a local, state and national level.

Gov. John Carney has signed into law a ban on the use of polystyrene containers in restaurants, making Delaware the 11th state to phase out plastic foam food containers.