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GALVESTON, TEXAS (July 3, 4:55 p.m. EDT) -- Makers of polyethylene and polypropylene are set to become even more specialized to meet the needs of a more demanding marketplace, officials from ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Dow Chemical Co. told Flexpo 2008 attendees in Galveston.
Packaging firms take cost-cutting actions
GALVESTON, TEXAS (July 3, 4:50 p.m.) -- Pliant Corp. and other plastics packaging makers have learned to do more with less — and that´s a good thing for consumers, Pliant technical director John Cook said at the recent Flexpo 2008 conference in Galveston.
Plastic bag-ban plans popping up across US
MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. (July 3, 4:50 p.m. EDT) -- Manhattan Beach has banned the use of petroleum- and bio-based plastic carryout bags, and Rhode Island and New York have bills awaiting governors’ signatures, which would make them the second and third states to mandate plastic bag recycling at larger retailers.
CONCORD, ONTARIO (July 3, 4:40 p.m. EDT) -- Another Canadian auto supplier, Polywheels, has hit hard times, and the situation at Concord, Ontario-based Progressive Moulded Products Ltd. has grown worse.
Auxiliary equipment maker Matsui relocates
HANOVER PARK, ILL. (July 3, 9:50 a.m. EDT) -- Matsui America Inc. has moved from Elk Grove Village, Ill. — the auxiliary equipment supplier’s home city for more than 20 years — to a new headquarters in nearby Hanover Park.
Raw material costs push up PP prices again
AKRON, OHIO (July 2, 7:35 p.m. EDT) -- Don’t look now, but average North American polypropylene prices have jumped another 7 cents per pound since June 1 — and may be up another 17 cents on top of that by the end of July.
Lego taking production back in-house
Maker of EcoHangers raises $10 million
Ideal Tool gets new owner, somewhat-new name
Australian state proposes bag ban
Green design can bolster bottom line
Recycling bills pending in New York, Rhode Island
Recently resurrected Solutia may sell nylon unit
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