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   Steinwall is Processor of Year (February 01, 2012)
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   TAMPA, FLA. (Feb. 1, 10:15 a.m. ET) — Steinwall Inc. of Coon Rapids, Minn., is Plastics News’ latest Processor of the Year, the newspaper announced at a Jan. 31 ceremony and reception during its Executive Forum. Check out video features of POY winner Steinwall, as well as finalists Bemis Manufacturing Co. and Rodon Group LLC.
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   Re-shoring fuels growth at Colorado molder Intertech Plastics (February 01, 2012)
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   DENVER (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- When you double your business in one year, it is tough to say that you can do it again. However, that’s exactly what Intertech Plastics Inc. is saying it can do. With sales doubling to $20 million in 2011, President Noel Ginsburg says he expects the total to rise to $38 million to $40 million by the end of this year.
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   Schick unveils recycled material-laden disposable razor (February 01, 2012)
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   SHELTON, CONN. (Feb. 1, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- The first disposable razor in the U.S. to use 100 percent recycled materials in both its handle and its packaging is expected to keep more than 103,000 pounds of virgin plastics and 15,500 pounds of virgin paper from going into landfills each year.
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   Tessy targets medical with $4.8 million expansion (February 01, 2012)
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   LYNCHBURG, VA. (Feb. 1, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Tessy Plastics LLC is expanding its Lynchburg plant by nearly 50 percent to take aim at the medical disposables market and so that it has more capacity to grow the other parts of its business.
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   Perpetual to build $30 million PET recycling plant in Indiana (February 02, 2012)
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   RICHMOND, IND. (Feb. 2, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- Perpetual Recycling Solutions will open its first plastics recycling facility -- a 110-million pound food-grade recycled PET plant in Richmond -- to fill what it sees as a void in the commercial market. The $30 million, 100,000-square-plant has been in the planning stages for more than 16 months and was announced at a Feb. 2 news conference
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   Investment firm buys pipe and conduit extruder Dura-Line (February 01, 2012)
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   KNOXVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- A Chicago-based investment firm has acquired high density polyethylene pipe and conduit producer Dura-Line Holdings, formerly known as A-D Technologies.
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   Plastindia claims title of world's third-largest plastics show (February 01, 2012)
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   NEW DELHI (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- If emerging markets are supposed to provide an economic lift to the world economy these days, India’s plastics sector seems ready to oblige, with its leaders opening the PlastIndia trade show Feb. 1 by predicting they’ll maintain double digit growth over the next decade. Led by that growth, they said that PlastIndia has now become the third-largest plastics show in the world, trailing Germany’s K Fair and the Chinaplas exhibition.
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   P&G reduces plastic in packaging redesign (February 02, 2012)
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   CINCINNATI (Feb. 2, 12:45 p.m. ET) -- Procter & Gamble Co. gave Gillette Fusion ProGlide’s packaging a “future friendly” facelift by reducing plastic and incorporating moldable pulp. With 57 percent less plastic than the original clamshell outer packaging and razor tray, the redesign is made of fibrous materials such as bamboo, sugar cane and bulrush. The result is a 20 percent reduction in gross weight and overall reduction of packaging material.
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   Westlake sweetens bid, Georgia Gulf still declines (February 01, 2012)
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   HOUSTON (Feb. 1, 3:25 p.m. ET) -- Westlake Chemical Corp.’s second offer to buy competitor Georgia Gulf Corp. received the same response as the first did: A resounding “no.”
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    CarbonLite opens $58 million PET recycling plant in California (February 02, 2012)
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    RIVERSIDE, CALIF. (Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- About six months later than anticipated, CarbonLite Industries LLC has opened its $58 million bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in Riverside. The 220,000-square-foot plant -- the largest PET recycling plant in the United States -- will initially produce 75 million pounds of food-grade resin annually.
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   Tessy targets medical with $4.8 million expansion (February 01, 2012)
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   LYNCHBURG, VA. (Feb. 1, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Tessy Plastics LLC is expanding its Lynchburg plant by nearly 50 percent to take aim at the medical disposables market and so that it has more capacity to grow the other parts of its business.
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   Perpetual to build $30 million PET recycling plant in Indiana (February 02, 2012)
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   RICHMOND, IND. (Feb. 2, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- Perpetual Recycling Solutions will open its first plastics recycling facility -- a 110-million pound food-grade recycled PET plant in Richmond -- to fill what it sees as a void in the commercial market. The $30 million, 100,000-square-plant has been in the planning stages for more than 16 months and was announced at a Feb. 2 news conference
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   CarbonLite opens $58 million PET recycling plant in California (February 02, 2012)
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   RIVERSIDE, CALIF. (Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- About six months later than anticipated, CarbonLite Industries LLC has opened its $58 million bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in Riverside. The 220,000-square-foot plant -- the largest PET recycling plant in the United States -- will initially produce 75 million pounds of food-grade resin annually.
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   Schick unveils recycled material-laden disposable razor (February 01, 2012)
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   SHELTON, CONN. (Feb. 1, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- The first disposable razor in the U.S. to use 100 percent recycled materials in both its handle and its packaging is expected to keep more than 103,000 pounds of virgin plastics and 15,500 pounds of virgin paper from going into landfills each year.
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   Re-shoring fuels growth at Colorado molder Intertech Plastics (February 01, 2012)
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   DENVER (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- When you double your business in one year, it is tough to say that you can do it again. However, that’s exactly what Intertech Plastics Inc. is saying it can do. With sales doubling to $20 million in 2011, President Noel Ginsburg says he expects the total to rise to $38 million to $40 million by the end of this year.
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   Investment firm buys pipe and conduit extruder Dura-Line (February 01, 2012)
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   KNOXVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- A Chicago-based investment firm has acquired high density polyethylene pipe and conduit producer Dura-Line Holdings, formerly known as A-D Technologies.
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   Steinwall is Processor of Year (February 01, 2012)
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   TAMPA, FLA. (Feb. 1, 10:15 a.m. ET) — Steinwall Inc. of Coon Rapids, Minn., is Plastics News’ latest Processor of the Year, the newspaper announced at a Jan. 31 ceremony and reception during its Executive Forum. Check out video features of POY winner Steinwall, as well as finalists Bemis Manufacturing Co. and Rodon Group LLC.
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   Westlake sweetens bid, Georgia Gulf still declines (February 01, 2012)
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   HOUSTON (Feb. 1, 3:25 p.m. ET) -- Westlake Chemical Corp.’s second offer to buy competitor Georgia Gulf Corp. received the same response as the first did: A resounding “no.”
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   Indian group, two U.S. schools, to build plastics university (February 03, 2012)
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   NEW DELHI (Feb. 3, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- India’s largest plastics trade association and two American universities with prominent plastics engineering and material science programs signed an agreement Feb. 3 to help build an international-level university for polymers in western India.
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    Plastindia claims title of world's third-largest plastics show (February 01, 2012)
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    NEW DELHI (Feb. 1, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- If emerging markets are supposed to provide an economic lift to the world economy these days, India’s plastics sector seems ready to oblige, with its leaders opening the PlastIndia trade show Feb. 1 by predicting they’ll maintain double digit growth over the next decade. Led by that growth, they said that PlastIndia has now become the third-largest plastics show in the world, trailing Germany’s K Fair and the Chinaplas exhibition.
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