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Mid-America Bag buys CPI's film division

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. (Nov. 3, 5:25 p.m. ET) -- Mid-America Bag LLC of Pleasant Prairie has acquired the film division of its former owner, CPI Plastics Group Ltd., amid the Canadian profile and film extruder’s bankruptcy. November 3, 2009

Auctions set for Visteon and CertainTeed plants

DETROIT (Nov. 3, 4:40 p.m. ET) -- Auctions are set Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 for two closed Visteon Corp. plants in Ohio and Missouri while surplus equipment from CertainTeed Corp.’s vinyl siding operation in Social Circle, Ga., will be auctioned on Dec. 3. November 3, 2009

Filtrona Extrusion renamed Pexco

ATLANTA (Nov. 2, 11:40 p.m. ET) -- Seven months after being acquiring by a private equity firm, Atlanta-based Filtrona Extrusion has been renamed Pexco. Management of the company, which operates seven manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico, remains unchanged. November 2, 2009

Hobas offers non-circular profiles

HOUSTON (Oct. 29, 6:05 p.m. ET) -- Thermoset pipe maker Hobas Pipe USA is now offering non-circular profiles to the North American sanitary sewer market. The longtime manufacturer of centrifugally cast, fiberglass-reinforced polyester pipe is targeting the aging infrastructure market with its trenchless pipe rehabilitation technology. October 29, 2009

Outdoor Technology plant reopens in Miss.

MACON, MISS. (Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- One year after shutting down unexpectedly, the former Outdoor Technologies Inc. plant in Macon, Miss., is back up and running under its second owner since the now-defunct Jancor Cos. Inc. went under in October 2008. Newly formed Exterior Profiles Corp. is now extruding rigid vinyl fence and railing profiles out of the 31-worker facility. October 16, 2009

Dallas HDPE pipe maker adds S.C. plant

DALLAS (Oct 15, 11:30 p.m. ET) -- High density polyethylene pipe and fittings maker Independent Pipe Products Inc. is moving into a former Performance Pipe facility in Abbeville, S.C. The Dallas-based company had been seeking an East Coast location since at least April when IPPI bought an American Maplan extrusion line capable of making pipe in diameters up to 65 inches. October 15, 2009

Liansu builds extrusion plants across China

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Updated Oct. 16, 11:45 a.m. ET) — Liansu Group, one of China’s largest plastic pipe makers, has opened a new factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to target growing domestic demand for infrastructure projects. The factory has about 50 extrusion lines and several hundred employees. October 15, 2009

Tokai to reduce hose production in North America

TOKYO (Oct. 12, 1:35 p.m. ET) — Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd. will substantially reduce production of automotive hoses in North America as part of a restructuring plan in the wake of the recession. The company said it will cease production of rubber and plastic hose at its plant in Ohio known as DTR-Ohio. The plant will continue to make rubber anti-vibration products. The plant at DTR Tennessee will stop making plastic hose, though rubber hose production will continue there. October 12, 2009

Tenn. window fabricator adds coating line

HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. (Oct. 9, 1:15 p.m. ET) — Hendersonville-based window fabricator MGM Industries Inc. has bought and installed an automated vacuum coater that company officials say allows MGM to offer mass-produced painted window profiles in any exterior color. October 9, 2009

Antitrust panel blocks two Mexichem acquisitions

MEXICO CITY (Oct. 8, 2:30 p.m. ET) — Mexico’s antitrust authority has upheld its decision to block PVC and specialty chemicals maker Mexichem SAB de CV’s proposed purchase of plastic pipe maker Plásticos Rex SA de CV and PVC resin producer Polycid SA de CV from Cydsa SAB de CV, of Garza García. October 8, 2009

Swan Hose to lay off workers at Ohio factory

BUCYRUS, OHIO (Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m. ET) — Tekni-Plex Inc.’s Swan Hose business is eliminating 72 jobs at its Bucyrus plant because it will discontinue the manufacturing of rubber garden hose at the facility. October 7, 2009

Acrylic block firm moves molding back to the US

PENSACOLA, FLA. (Oct. 6, 8:40 p.m. ET) -- Acrylic block window injection molder Hy-Lite Products is now producing all of its window materials stateside after recently moving its tooling and China-based production back to the United States. The company recently added two used injection presses to handle the increased work. October 6, 2009

Fla. company making hurricane-resistant homes

FORT MYERS, FLA. (Oct. 5, 1:05 p.m. ET) -- A young Fort Myers-based outfit is using pultrusion technology from the aerospace industry to make profiles designed to replace wood and steel in home construction, and comprise structures strong enough to withstand catastrophic hurricane force winds and seismic activity. In addition, homes built with Composite Building Structures Ltd.’s glass fiber-reinforced polyester panels exhibit many of the same benefits as other polymer-based building materials designed to replace wood and steel. October 5, 2009

Wis. housewares company Jifram buys new D-S extrusion line

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS. (Oct. 1, 4:30 p.m. ET) — Housewares company Jifram Extrusions Inc. has added a Davis-Standard Corp. Super Blue extruder to boost its production. Jifram, which has seen sales increasing for its products sold at major retail outlets, bought the 3½-inch extruder from the show floor display at NPE 2009. October 1, 2009

TimberTech inks distribution agreement with CanWel

WILMINGTON, OHIO (Sept. 30, 7:40 p.m. ET) — Wood-plastic composite fence, deck and railing manufacturer TimberTech Ltd. in Wilmington has entered a distribution agreement with Canadian building products distributor CanWel Building Materials Ltd. Vancouver-based CanWel has more than 7,500 retail locations throughout Canada. September 30, 2009

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