The November/December issue of “Plástico Industrial” is online. The special reports “New resources for extrusion in digital age”, on page 16, shows how machinery for plastics processing by extrusion is being adapted to integrate the so-called enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and “Color trends for 2022”, on page 48, shows that input suppliers for plastic materials coloring are very attentive to color trend studies that guide product launches. See on page 22 the article “Coating improves the release of high-gloss plastic parts”, showing that chemical composition of the coating for tooling, added to a specific topography and on a nanometric scale, resulted in a solution to ensure the surface quality of high-gloss parts. Read on page 42, in the special chapter “O plástico na embalagem” (plastics application in the package industry), the news “Biodegradable Stand-up pouch”, about a flexible packaging manufacturer presented a new stand-up pouch model based on biodegradable material, made with transparent and metallized polyester film, laminated with film of PE or PP, which would have ability to be transformed into natural fertilizer. This issue brings also the update “Extruders”, “Thermoplastic resins” and “Dyes, pigments and masterbatches” buyers’ guides, and “Blow molding companies” directory.