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- Raw material costs push up PP prices again (07-02-2008)
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. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Green design can bolster bottom line (07-01-2008)
CHICAGO (July 1, 5:15 p.m. EDT) -- “Going green” will demand changes in how people live, design products and operate businesses, but also can more than pay for itself. That was the message from a pair of sustainability experts at a "Greenstorming" workshop June 26 in Northbrook. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Recently resurrected Solutia may sell nylon unit (07-01-2008)
ST. LOUIS (July 1, 11:15 a.m. EDT) -- Solutia Inc. is considering the sale of its nylon business - a unit that generated just over half, or $1.9 billion, of the firm’s sales in 2007. The company operated in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for more than four years before exiting Feb. 28. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Johnson Controls buys Plastech´s interiors unit (07-02-2008)
DETROIT (July 2, 4:30 p.m. EDT) -- Automakers are staggering from the industry’s downturn, but the auto supply business may have just regained some stability as Johnson Controls Inc. takes over the interiors operation of bankrupt Plastech Engineered Products Inc. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Ideal Tool gets new owner, somewhat-new name (07-02-2008)
MEADVILLE, PA. (July 2, 12:35 p.m. EDT) -- Joint Venture Tool & Mold LLC has acquired Ideal Tool Co. Inc., picking up new capabilities in molding, more employees, a larger customer base and a new home and name. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Recycling bills pending in New York, Rhode Island (07-01-2008)
NEW YORK (July 1, 1:40 p.m. EDT) -- Plastic bag recycling bills awaiting governors´ signatures would make New York and Rhode Island the second and third states in the U.S. to mandate statewide in-store plastic bag recycling. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Lego taking production back in-house (07-02-2008)
BILLUND, DENMARK (July 2, 3:50 p.m. EDT) -- Toy maker Lego A/S said July 1 it will end its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. in 2009. The Danish firm will take over Lego production from Flextronics factories in Juárez, Mexico, and Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
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- Maker of EcoHangers raises $10 million (07-02-2008)
NEW YORK (July 2, 2:45 p.m. EDT) -- Hanger Network Inc. has raised $10 million in a second fund-raising round to expand distribution of its EcoHangers made of plastic and paper. The 5-year-old firm claims to have grown 500 percent since 2005. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Australian state proposes bag ban (07-02-2008)
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (July 2, 12:05 p.m. EDT) -- Retailers say a proposed ban in the state of South Australia on free high density polyethylene shopping bags would be simply “poor politics.” hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Armada relocates to nearby facility (07-01-2008)
TEMECULA, CALIF. (July 1, 10:25 a.m. EDT) -- Custom thermoformer Armada Industries Inc. has moved about a mile in Temecula into a facility it´s leasing from Western Plastics. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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- Raw material costs push up PP prices again (07-02-2008)
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. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Recently resurrected Solutia may sell nylon unit (07-01-2008)
ST. LOUIS (July 1, 11:15 a.m. EDT) -- Solutia Inc. is considering the sale of its nylon business - a unit that generated just over half, or $1.9 billion, of the firm’s sales in 2007. The company operated in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for more than four years before exiting Feb. 28. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Johnson Controls buys Plastech´s interiors unit (07-02-2008)
DETROIT (July 2, 4:30 p.m. EDT) -- Automakers are staggering from the industry’s downturn, but the auto supply business may have just regained some stability as Johnson Controls Inc. takes over the interiors operation of bankrupt Plastech Engineered Products Inc. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Lego taking production back in-house (07-02-2008)
BILLUND, DENMARK (July 2, 3:50 p.m. EDT) -- Toy maker Lego A/S said July 1 it will end its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. in 2009. The Danish firm will take over Lego production from Flextronics factories in Juárez, Mexico, and Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
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- Armada relocates to nearby facility (07-01-2008)
TEMECULA, CALIF. (July 1, 10:25 a.m. EDT) -- Custom thermoformer Armada Industries Inc. has moved about a mile in Temecula into a facility it´s leasing from Western Plastics. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Maker of EcoHangers raises $10 million (07-02-2008)
NEW YORK (July 2, 2:45 p.m. EDT) -- Hanger Network Inc. has raised $10 million in a second fund-raising round to expand distribution of its EcoHangers made of plastic and paper. The 5-year-old firm claims to have grown 500 percent since 2005. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Packaging firms take cost-cutting actions (07-03-2008)
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. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Green design can bolster bottom line (07-01-2008)
CHICAGO (July 1, 5:15 p.m. EDT) -- “Going green” will demand changes in how people live, design products and operate businesses, but also can more than pay for itself. That was the message from a pair of sustainability experts at a "Greenstorming" workshop June 26 in Northbrook. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Ideal Tool gets new owner, somewhat-new name (07-02-2008)
MEADVILLE, PA. (July 2, 12:35 p.m. EDT) -- Joint Venture Tool & Mold LLC has acquired Ideal Tool Co. Inc., picking up new capabilities in molding, more employees, a larger customer base and a new home and name. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Progressive Moulded, Polywheels latest victims (07-03-2008)
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. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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