- Plastics News
Infobox Magazine
title = Plastics News
image_size = 213px
image_caption = "Plastics News - May 28, 2007"
company =Crain Communications Inc.
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frequency = Weekly
language = Englishcategory =
Plastics
editor = flagicon|United States Robert Grace
editor_title = Editor and associate publisher
firstdate = 1989
country = flagcountry|United States
website = [http://www.plasticsnews.com/ PlasticsNews.com]Plastics News is a weekly, 60,000-circulation trade newspaper delivering global news to a primarily North American market. Founded by
Crain Communications Inc. inAkron, Ohio , in 1989, it covers the business of the global plastics industry. Plastics News focuses on commercial, financial, legislative and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American plastic product manufacturers and their suppliers and customers. The publication launched a Web site in 1996.PN organizes several events, including its annual Executive Forum and Plastics Encounter regional trade shows.
The magazine presents two awards annually. Since 1996, it has given its Processor of the Year Award to a North American plastics processor; the winner is honored in a ceremony each year at the Executive Forum. Since 1998, PN also has honored the work of designers by presenting its IDSA/Plastics News Design Award at the annual conference of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.'s Alliance of Plastics Processors. The latter award is co-sponsored by the
Industrial Designers Society of America . Plastics News China eWeekly launched as a free, weekly e-mail newsletter in May 2005, along with a companion Web site, Plastics News China. Both are offered in English and simplified Chinese. PN sends the eWeekly every Tuesday to about 15,000 subscribers worldwide.Plastics News is a part of the
Plastics News Global Group , which is owned by Detroit-basedCrain Communications .External links
* [http://www.plasticsnews.com Official website]
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