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SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. (Feb. 3, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- The Save the Plastic Bag Coalition has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to overturn the ban on plastic bags in San Luis Obispo County, California.
February 3, 2012
NEW DELHI (Feb. 3, 12:05 p.m. ET) -- U.S. firm Extrusion Dies Industries LLC is opening a much larger facility in China this year, as part of a longer-term investment to develop stronger capabilities for Asia-focused product development and manufacturing.
February 3, 2012
FRANKLIN, MASS. (Feb. 2, 4:10 p.m. ET) -- After more than two decades of organic growth in the China market, Dynisco LLC today announced the completion of the purchase of the assets of Shanghai Hao-Ying Measurement & Control Technology Co. Ltd. Dynisco officials say the deal has the firm poised to expand an already strong position in the booming market.
February 2, 2012
BRUSSELS (Jan. 31, 1 p.m. ET) -- More than 70 percent of people surveyed in the European Union support a ban on plastic bags. The survey was done to explore options to reduce the use of plastic bags and how to improve the requirements of biodegradability under EU law, according to a news release.
January 31, 2012
ORLANDO, FLA. (Jan. 27, 12:35 p.m. ET) -- Those NPE travel plans set in stone from years past are in desperate need of a refresher. Here are some tips to help out-of-town travelers prepare for the April 1-5 trade show in Orlando.
January 27, 2012
KINGSPORT, TENN. (Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m. ET) -- Specialty plastics and chemicals maker Eastman Chemical Co. has acquired Solutia Inc. -- a maker of specialty plastic films and specialty chemicals -- for almost $3.4 billion.
January 27, 2012
NEENAH, WIS. (Jan. 26, 5 p.m. ET) -- Packaging powerhouse Bemis Co., Inc will close two additional North American plants this year, bringing the total number of shuttered facilities to five. The Neenah, Wis.–based company will close smaller, flexible packaging plants in Newark, Calif. and Toronto, said Melanie Miller, vice president and treasurer, in a phone interview.
January 26, 2012
WASHINGTON (Jan. 26, 2:10 p.m. ET) -- If there was any question about whether plastic bag bans would continue to be the most visible and vexing issue that confronts the plastics industry at the local and state level, those doubts were erased in late January.
January 26, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (Jan. 24, 11 a.m. ET) -- One of the dirtiest and most demonized portions of the municipal waste stream may soon be diverted from landfills. Developing a recycling solution for used disposable diapers, a biological amalgam of complexity, has been a top priority of the global research and development team at TerraCycle Inc.
January 24, 2012
GHAZIPUR, BANGLADESH (Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m. ET) -- Bangladesh’s biggest paper carton manufacturer is foraying into manufacturing plastic bags at its Ghazipur plant, about 40 miles from the country’s capital Dhaka.
January 24, 2012
ATLANTA (Jan. 23, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- Diversapack of Monroe, LLC is expected to close its doors March 5, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Notice released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Jan. 4. The closing of the Monroe, Ohio manufacturing plant will result in a layoff of 173 employees.
January 23, 2012
NEWTOWN, CONN. (Jan. 20, 12:25 p.m. ET) -- The new CEO of the Society of Plastics Engineers believes speed is important in solving many of the challenges facing the plastics industry. “I’m pretty direct and I like things to move fast,” said Willem De Vos, a plastics and SPE veteran who took the reins Jan. 19. “The plastics industry has changed a lot in the past two decades.”
January 20, 2012
OAKLAND, CALIF. (Jan. 20, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Without specifying what alternative material or materials it will use, managed health-care provider Kaiser Permanente said it will no longer purchase intravenous solution bags made from PVC or that contain the plasticizer DEHP, or IV tubing that contains DEHP.
January 20, 2012
CINCINNATI (Jan. 19, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- Milacron LLC, in a hiring mode thanks to the rebounding plastics machinery market, is moving to support vocational education in southwestern Ohio.
January 19, 2012
DETROIT (Jan. 19, 11:50 a.m. ET) -- When Tata Technologies’ engineers and designers sat down to come up with a concept for an electric-powered car, they wanted to start with a clean sheet of paper.
January 19, 2012
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