Good morning! As the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) begins implementation, it will have ripple effects on the U.S. plastics industry, as any company in the EU that uses U.S.-made packaging will need to make sure all requirements and certifications are met. Read more in Ron Shinn's column below.

Billion, a French manufacturer of injection molding technologies since 1949, has announced it will focus exclusively on servicing its existing equipment going forward, and will enter a partnership making Engel its preferred supplier of new machines.

We also have personnel news from Okuma, a new mold change cart from Roemheld, and from our Manufacturing Group colleagues, a podcast on AI and cybersecurity.

Lynne Sherwin, editor