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BATAVIA, OHIO (Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m. ET) -- In the latest of a growing wave of brand consolidations, WalMart has sent Glad and Hefty bags packing from its food-storage shelves. Similar decisions are likely to play out across other categories over the course of the year, as WalMart steps up efforts to streamline brand assortments, often to the benefit of its fast-expanding Great Value brand and national brands that survive the vetting. February 4, 2010
FAIRLAWN, OHIO (Feb. 3, 4:15 p.m. ET) -- Omnova Solutions Inc. -- a maker of specialty polymers and commercial wallcoverings -- rang up a profit of $26 million in its 2009 fiscal year after reporting a small loss the year before. February 3, 2010
LEXINGTON, OHIO (Feb. 3, 3 p.m. ET) — Next Generation Films Inc. has purchased a 3-layer Varex coextrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. The new Vertex line from W&H is the third in Next Generation’s newest building, and fifth overall, according to Next Generation owner Dave Frecka. February 3, 2010
KANSAS CITY, KAN. (Feb. 3, 1 p.m. ET) -- Central Bag Co, which distributes polyethylene and woven polypropylene bags among its product lines, is moving from Kansas City, Kan., to Leavenworth, Kan. and establishing manufacturing of plastic bags. February 3, 2010
CHICOPEE, MASS. (Feb. 3, 12:40 p.m. ET) -- Dielectrics Inc. plans to more than double its Class 8 clean room space with the addition of a 5,700-square-foot clean room and a metrology laboratory to serve the medical device market. The company uses flexible thermoplastic films and film/fabric laminates in the design, development and fabrication of medical devices. February 3, 2010
TROISDORF, GERMANY (Feb. 3, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Extrusion machinery producer Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG announced job cuts on Jan. 22 affecting staff in its blown film machinery plants. The brunt of the cuts will be borne by staff at its Troisdorf, Germany, headquarters, where 60 employees will lose their jobs. Another 18 jobs will go at the former Kiefel Extrusion GmbH plant in Worms, Germany, which Reifenhäuser acquired from Brückner Technology Holding GmbH in 2009. February 3, 2010
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA (Jan. 29, 1 p.m. ET) -- Biaxially oriented film line supplier DMT Technology GmbH has entered bankruptcy proceedings, according to reports from of Austria that quote DMT lawyers saying its credit dried up because of the financial crisis. Austrian credit reporting agency Kreditschutzverband von 1870 said DMT has “a solid core, so there is justified hope for the future,” adding that creditors were prepared to help the firm survive. January 29, 2010
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (Jan. 28, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- Australia’s national business watchdog has published an online guide explaining potential legal pitfalls in making unsubstantiated claims about the environmental performance of plastic single-use shopping bags. January 28, 2010
GLENVIEW, ILL. (Jan. 28, 12:45 p.m. ET) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. has acquired ICI-Imagedata, a Manningtree, England-based maker of specialty coatings for polyethylene films used in card printing. January 28, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 28, 11 a.m. ET) -- The second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles has struck a serious blow to communities looking to implement plastic bag bans in California. The court ruled Jan. 27 that Manhattan Beach should have conducted an environmental impact report before it passed the city’s never-implemented ban on plastic bags in 2008. January 28, 2010
GLOUCESTER, MASS. (Updated Jan. 28, 4:30 p.m. ET) -- Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. has laid off an unspecified number of manufacturing employees and frozen orders from suppliers, citing the tough economy that has squeezed cash flow at the film equipment company. A top company official denied a local news report that the company had suspended work and shut down. January 27, 2010
MEXICO CITY (Jan. 27, 5 p.m. ET) -- Plastics industry leaders, hoping to head off a law that would ban non-degradable plastic bags in all Mexico City stores later this year, say they have convinced authorities to adopt a less draconian attitude. Guillermo Salas, president of Mexico’s National Plastics Industry Association (Anipac), said the government is sympathetic to the argument that a better course of action would be to introduce more stringent garbage separation and recycling measures. January 27, 2010
MIDLAND, MICH. (Jan. 27, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Dow Chemical Co. will spend $8 million and add 15 jobs at an Ohio plant in order to increase production of specialty plastic films used in solar energy modules. The project includes installation of a new film line, which is expected to be up and running by the fourth quarter of 2010. January 27, 2010
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Jan. 27, 11:45 a.m. ET) -- Honeywell Specialty Films has signed an exclusive agreement for CFP Flexible Packaging of Milan, Italy, to distribute Honeywell's Capran-brand nylon 6 films in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. January 27, 2010
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (Jan. 26, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- The early demise of two bills that would have placed a 25-cent tax on single-use plastic and paper carryout bags in California underscores the state budgetary pressures that will likely influence any additional efforts to tax or ban plastic bags in California. The two bills, both carried over from the 2009 legislative session, were killed Jan. 21 when they were held in the state Assembly Appropriations Committee. January 26, 2010

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