INDUSTRY INTERVIEWS:... Don Loepp, Editor,Plastics News, the pre-eminent publication covering our industry, with a weekly circulation of about 45,000. We interviewed Don in person and by email at his office in Detroit.

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A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Don worked at The Milwaukee Journal; Daily Press and Times-Herald, Newport News, VA. He joined Plastics News in 1991 and was promoted to News Editor in 1993, then Managing Editor in 1995 and Editor in 2011. Don has homes in Akron and Detroit. Q. What's the history of Plastics News? When founded? By whom? Where located? A. Plastics News was founded in 1989 - we will be celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. We have always been part of Crain Communications, a publisher of trade newspapers based in Detroit. PN was based in Akron, Ohio, until late 2013. Gain's Akron office is still home to two rubber-related publications: Rubber & Plastics News and Tire Business.