Industry proves adaptable to change in manufacturing downturn plastics: plastics have the unique...

In all of its various forms, from resins to finished products, "plastics" is simply too big an industry to fit into an easily defined category. Plastics' versatility allows it to be used in everything from car parts to toys, from juice bottles to the refrigerators that keep the juice fresh. Plastics have the unique capability to be manufactured to meet very specific functional needs for consumers. According to "The Definition, Size and Impact of the U.S. Plastics Industry," a recent study compiled for The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. in Washington, D.C., "miscellaneous p