The Crain's Global Polymer Group is a collection of plastics- and rubber-related publications operated by Crain Communications Inc. in Detroit, Michigan.
Crain Communications Inc., PN’s parent company, acquired Emap's polymer-related assets in July 2007 to form the Plastics News Global Group.
Those properties, headquartered in Croydon, England, include Plastics & Rubber Weekly and the monthly European Plastics News.
European Plastics News launched in 1974, and is the only pan-European magazine serving the entire plastics manufacturing sector, including the growing industry in central and Eastern Europe.
Via its 2007 deal with Emap, Plastics News also inherited a publishing licensing agreement with the management of the Singapore-based trade magazine Asian Plastics News, which has since expired.