@JimJohnson360

Reporter with Crain Communications Inc.

 Springfield, Ohio
Joined September 2011
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California sues ExxonMobil over plastics, recycling plasticsnews.com/public-poli… via @plasticsnews

California sues ExxonMobil over plastics, recycling

California is suing ExxonMobil Corp., alleging the company has misled the public about plastics recycling for decades.

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Pennsylvania man killed at Trump rally worked in plastics for decades plasticsnews.com/news/corey-… via @plasticsnews
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Houston recycler spends millions to capture, separate e-waste plasticsnews.com/news/housto… via @plasticsnews

Houston recycler spends millions to capture, separate e-waste

New equipment at CompuCycle Inc. allows the company to separate plastics to better market the materials.

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Tupperware closing only US manufacturing plant plasticsnews.com/news/tupper… via @plasticsnews

Tupperware closing only US manufacturing plant

Layoffs will begin in September and will extend into 2025, impacting almost 150 workers at the site in Hemingway, S.C. Manufacturing will shift to a site in Mexico.

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Thermoformer to reopen shuttered former Genpak facility in Ohio plasticsnews.com/news/thermo… via @plasticsnews

Thermoformer to reopen shuttered former Genpak facility in Ohio

Nuvo Packaging will breathe new life into the former Genpak thermoforming plant in Columbus, Ohio, investing $10 million.

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Alpla acquisition in Puerto Rico caps cooperation that followed Hurricane Maria plasticsnews.com/news/alpla-… via @plasticsnews
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Plastics consumption 'surpassed' expectations in 2022, new report says plasticsnews.com/news/plasti… via @plasticsnews

Plastics consumption 'surpassed' expectations in 2022, new report says

Economist Perc Pineda says the Plastics Industry Association's annual Global Trends report shows growth as "the plastics industry has surpassed whatever the projections were for total merchandise...

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Resin distributor Formerra expands again, this time in Mexico plasticsnews.com/news/former… via @plasticsnews

Resin distributor Formerra expands again, this time in Mexico

Resin distributor Formerra LLC is pushing into new markets and deeper into the Mexican market with the acquisition of Suministro de Especialidades.

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Custom Polymers sees plastic recycling strength in Mexico despite global headwinds plasticsnews.com/news/custom… via @plasticsnews

Custom Polymers sees plastic recycling strength in Mexico despite global headwinds

The plastics recycler does about 20 percent of the company's export business with partners in Mexico.

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Sealed Air CEO out amid ongoing challenges to business plasticsnews.com/news/sealed… via @plasticsnews

Sealed Air CEO out amid ongoing challenges to business

Sealed Air Corp., which now goes by SEE in its branding, is searching for a new leader after Ted Doheny stepped down with no public notice.

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Ohio PET jar maker closes, auctioning off equipment plasticsnews.com/news/ohio-p… via @plasticsnews

Ohio PET jar maker closes, auctioning off equipment

The sale of equipment from Rez-Tech Corp. is scheduled for Oct. 3.

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PureCycle declares force majeure following production problems plasticsnews.com/news/purecy… via @plasticsnews

PureCycle declares force majeure following production problems

The polypropylene recycler indicates an August power outage caused a seal to ultimately fail, impacting output.

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A $1M base salary for new Berry CEO plasticsnews.com/news/berry-… via @plasticsnews

A $1M base salary for new Berry CEO

The Evansville, Ind.-based company's new CEO Kevin Kwilinski will take over for retiring CEO Tom Salmon later this year.

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TPI Composites must cut jobs due to loss of Proterra bus business plasticsnews.com/news/tpi-co… via @plasticsnews

TPI Composites must cut jobs due to Proterra bankruptcy

Two of the company's facilities are impacted, resulting in job losses in both Rhode Island and Mexico.

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Sur-Seal adds to aerospace offerings with Ameritape acquisition plasticsnews.com/news/sur-se… via @plasticsnews

Sur-Seal adds to aerospace offerings with Ameritape acquisition

The purchase pushes Sur-Seal deeper into the aerospace industry.

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Striking Amcor Flexibles workers approve contract, returning to work plasticsnews.com/news/striki… via @plasticsnews

Striking Amcor Flexibles workers approve contract, returning to work

About 100 workers walked off the job for two weeks in a dispute with the company over wages.

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Berry picks outsider as its new CEO plasticsnews.com/news/berry-… via @plasticsnews

Berry picks outsider as its new CEO

A monthslong search for a new CEO at Berry Global Group Inc. has led the company to Kevin Kwilinski, who led label maker Multi-Color Corp.

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Berry closes 20 facilities, provides few details plasticsnews.com/news/berry-… via @plasticsnews

Berry closes 20 facilities, provides few details

The Evansville, Ind.-based plastics processor indicated earlier this year that 15 or more sites would be closing as the company looked to cut costs. That number has now reached 20 facilities.

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Tupperware buys more time with debt restructuring plasticsnews.com/news/tupper… via @plasticsnews

Tupperware buys more time with debt restructuring

The maker of iconic food storage containers had warned about financial problems earlier this year.

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Kraft Heinz seeks significant reduction in virgin plastic use plasticsnews.com/packaging/k… via @plasticsnews

Kraft Heinz seeks significant reduction in virgin plastic use

Kraft Heinz Co. will use more recycled plastics in packaging in the years ahead, but the company also is looking at ways to eliminate plastics in certain applications.

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