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JALGAON, INDIA (May 8, 4 p.m. ET) -- Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. and the University of Nebraska plan to work together on issues related to water conservation and sustainable food production.
May 8, 2012
HILLIARD, OHIO (May 8, 4 p.m. ET) -- Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. has announced plans to open another corrugated plastic pipe plant in the Midwest, in Watertown, S.D. Pipe producers are investing in the region because farmers are placing more emphasis on water management.
May 8, 2012
HOUSTON (Updated May 10, 3:05 p.m. ET) -- Westlake Chemical Corp. has withdrawn its offer to purchase rival Georgia Gulf Corp. Officials with Houston-based Westlake announced the withdrawal in a May 4 news release. They added that Westlake plans to liquidate its holdings of Georgia Gulf common stock “as market conditions permit.”
May 7, 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 3, 4 p.m. ET) -- India’s government is planning $1 trillion in infrastructure investment as part of its 12th Five Year Plan, creating opportunities for PVC in the construction sector.
May 3, 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 3, 4 p.m. ET) -- A new group representing the PVC pipe sector was launched conference. The Indian Plastics Pipes Academy is a non-profit organization that will represent member companies and work to improve the image of the industry.
May 3, 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 3, 4 p.m. ET) -- Leading North American PVC resin and construction products maker Georgia Gulf Corp. is evaluating the market in India.
May 3, 2012
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 3, 4 p.m. ET) -- Wavin Overseas BV is looking at the Indian plastic pipe market with lot of interest. The company licensed its technology to Indian partners like Supreme Industries almost two decades back, Chemplast Sanmar Group around 10 years ago, and its has a distribution partnership with Astral Group.
May 3, 2012
BRUSSELS (May 3, 12 p.m. ET) -- Europe’s PVC industry says that despite what it calls “significant economic challenges” it will be able meet its target to recycle 800,000 metric tons of PVC by 2020.
May 3, 2012
CLEVELAND (May 1, 2:35 p.m. ET) – U.S. demand for vinyl siding is set to grow 6.6 percent annually between 2011 and 2016, according to a new market study. That follows a construction industry slump that saw demand drop 10.2 percent annually between 2006 and 2011.
May 1, 2012
FRANKFURT, GERMANY (April 30, 2:05 p.m. ET) -- Troisdorf, Germany-based window profile manufacturer Profine International Profile Group GmbH has been acquired by Hidden Peak Capital, a Frankfurt-based private equity firm.
April 30, 2012
SHANGHAI (April 23, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- Ever since Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. became the world’s largest supplier of solar panels, China has dominated the solar market. A push to improve the technology and increase solar capacity domestically is attracting more materials suppliers to the market.
April 23, 2012
MAUMEE, OHIO (April 18, 1 p.m. ET) -- Innovation and a focus on the entire entranceway — not just the door — continue to serve Therma-Tru Doors Corp. well, even in a sluggish housing market.
April 18, 2012
KNOXVILLE, TENN. (April 13, 5:30 p.m. ET) -- High density polyethylene pipe producer Dura-Line Holdings Inc. has expanded in North America with the acquisition of PolyPipe Holdings Inc. of Gainesville, Texas, for undisclosed terms. The deal closed on April 13.
April 13, 2012
AKRON, OHIO (April 11, 11:10 a.m. ET) -- Test methods developed by Lawrence Broutman helped foster a new world of plastics in civil engineering applications like underground fuel-storage tanks, bridges and pipe — through his research and early use of impact tests and scanning electron microscopes. The founder of L.J. Broutman & Associates Ltd. won the prestigious International Award in 2006 from the Society of Plastics Engineers. He was SPE president for the 1977-78 term. The week of April 2, in Orlando, Fla., Broutman, 74, was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame.
April 11, 2012
LEESBURG, VA. (April 10, 12 p.m. ET) -- Christian Fabian has been named CEO of the North American operations of global extruder and injection molder Rehau AG + Co. He replaces Kathleen Saylor, who will step down July 1 to join Montana State University.
April 10, 2012
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