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Recyclers form group to address problems with shrink-sleeve labels


May 8, 2013 12:52 pm ET

WASHINGTON — The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers is officially joining the debate on shrink label recycling. The Washington-based group announced May 8 that it was forming a Label Working Group “in an effort to focus on the ...

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Consumer households comfy with Teflon, Tritan


April 9, 2013 3:31 pm ET

CHICAGO -- DuPont Co. with its Teflon and Eastman Chemical Co. with its Tritan were busy at the International Home + Housewares Show, making their materials' names remained on retailers' lips.

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Tritan finds new application in IPG medical technology


April 4, 2013 3:04 pm ET

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — New IPG Photonics Corp. technology for welding translucent and transparent polymers works with a new-generation Tritan copolyester from Eastman Chemical Co.

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Bodum moves into electronics, brings plastics


March 19, 2013 2:18 pm ET

CHICAGO — Luzern, Switzerland's Bodum Design Group AG was known for years in North America as the brand with a French press coffee system. Now it's out to make a whole new name for itself as a maker of electronic kitchen items, and is using...

Eastman reports mixed results


February 6, 2013 3:42 pm ET

KINGSPORT, TENN. -- Eastman Chemical Co.'s $3.4 billion purchase of Solutia Inc. in early 2012 increased the Kingsport-based firm's annual sales total, but also reduced its growth rate.

Consortium focuses on recycling shrink labels on PET bottles


January 17, 2013 4:44 pm ET

KINGSPORT, TENN. -- Representatives from more than 30 companies have formed a consortium to talk about the challenges full-wrap shrink labels pose to PET bottle recycling and to find possible solutions.

Women in plastics honored, is your firm on the list?


January 15, 2013 6:00 am ET

The plastics industry is well represented in first-ever STEP Awards, honoring women in manufacturing.Announced today by the Manufacturing Institute, the awards are part of a larger project to promote the role of women in the manufacturing industry through recognition, research, and best practices for attracting, advancing, and retaining strong...

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