Good morning! It's the first full day of the new U.S. presidential administration, and the plastics industry is waiting to see how economic and trade policy might help or hurt. That's one of the stories we're touching on in our weekly Machinery Minutes podcast. Find a link below or better yet, subscribe on your favorite platform.
Speaking of trade policy, Nissei is about to open an expansion of its factory in Texas. The company says it's seen higher demand for its built-in-the-U.S. IMMs as tariffs have been deployed on imports.
We've got a new cooling tool from Hasco, a report from our colleagues at IndustryWeek about the latest manufacturing statistics, and news from A3.
In the holiday rush, you may have missed our story on lean and sustainability. Check it out below and see if lean could be your New Year's resolution.
Lynne Sherwin, managing editor
