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Erie Plastics Corp. preparing to close

The Erie, Pa., Times-News is reporting today that Erie Plastics Corp. is going to close in 60 to 90 days. The story quotes CEO Hoop Roche.

Berry Plastics Corp. in Evansville, Ind., had announced yesterday it has agreed to buy "certain assets" of Erie.

"Erie Plastics previously filed for bankruptcy protection on September 29, 2008, and Berry Plastics was the successful bidder for the majority of the assets of Erie Plastics including equipment, inventory and other tangible and intangible assets," Berry said in a news release.

Plastics News is working on getting confirmation of the plan to shut down Erie Plastics, and we'll post our own story as soon as possible.

The sale to Berry means, of course, that the deal announced in September to sell Erie to Crawford Group of Cleveland is not going to happen.

Posted by Don Loepp on November 19, 2008 10:37 AM |

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Erick Neilson:

I am sorry to hear of yet another good company going down. I may be able to help some of those affected by the closure. I am looking for Tooling and Process Engineers in PA currently. You can reach me at 850-219-3041 or by e-mail erick@mrrecruiter.com

Posted by Erick Neilson | November 20, 2008 8:53 AM

Posted on November 20, 2008 08:53

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