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SUNSET HILLS, MO. (Sept. 5, 7:20 p.m. EDT) -- Appliance maker Tacony Corp. is bringing its molding needs in-house, and has acquired Mac Molding Co. to help in the transition. Mac will continue to run its plant in Sunset Hills, where it will supply Tacony as well as outside customers in electronics and consumer products.
Versatex gets new facility as sales rise
ALIQUIPPA, PA. (Sept. 5, 7:10 p.m. EDT) -- Cellular PVC trim extruder Versatex Trimboards, founded in 2003, is growing up. The company announced today it has moved into a new 60,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Aliquippa.
Tricon ramps up yacht production in China
ZHUHAI, CHINA (Sept. 5, 5:25 p.m. EDT) -- David Adams hopes an $8 million investment can turn a semirural piece of waterfront land outside Zhuhai into one of the world’s hotspots for building luxury yachts from fiberglass-reinforced plastic.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS. (Sept. 5, 5:00 p.m. EDT) -- Bemis Manufacturing Co. will close its Kelch Division plant in Menomonee Falls, Wis., near Milwaukee, and move the work north to its headquarters complex in Sheboygan Falls.
Bag tax sinks, regulatory bills pass in Calif.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (Sept. 5, 4:10 p.m. EDT) -- Legislators in California failed to pass a plastic bag tax in the recently completed legislative session, but they did pass two bills that are being applauded by the American Chemistry Council.
Study: Australia needs more plastics policies
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (Sept. 5, 3:50 p.m. EDT) -- An Australian study has recommended that the government provide greater oversight of plastics and chemicals to manage risks to the environment and national security.
Wilbert closing Ohio plant, local media says
Essel Propak adds medical firm to fold
Rise in EPS foam recycling prompts expansion
Huhtamäki mulling future of underperforming unit
New PBT plant slated for China in 2009
Studener to oversee sister extruder makers
Indian packaging firm plans plant in Mexico
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Cut out plastic' Journalist finds it's impossible to do
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Walsall injection moulding firm, Bourne Technical Mouldings (BTM) has ramped up its production capacity with the introduction of a Victor Europe Vr-250ES injection moulding machine.
Sales at Stanelco have almost doubled according to its half year results and the company's ceo said the firm is on the road to regaining profitability.
Dunlop Latex Foam has put itself into administration after failing to finalise funding that would have helped improve its cost base.
North Wales based compounder Areton International Plastics has been put into administration with the loss of around 20 jobs.
A BBC journalist who tried to give up plastic for a month has been unable to live without it. Chris Jeavans spent August trying to remove plastic from her life altogether, but ended up consuming 116 individual items.
The director-general of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) says a radical overhaul of the cabinet is needed to put a brake on the soaring energy costs that are crippling the UK plastics industry.
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