Good morning! Everyone's heard that the budget bill before the U.S. Senate is "big," but just how "beautiful" is it for the plastics industry? Today's podcast takes a look.

Reshoring and restoring manufacturing to the U.S. is another aim of the Trump administration. Our colleagues at American Machinist have the latest figures from the Reshoring Initiative, and we want to know if you've got open capacity ready to take on new projects.

We also have a new Tidland slitter from Maxcess, and news from Teknor Apex.

Lynne Sherwin, managing editor