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Carlisle adding TPO membrane line in Pennsylvania


May 21, 2013 4:32 pm ET

CARLISLE, PA. — Carlisle Construction Materials will invest $40 million and add 50 jobs at its Carlisle, Pa., facility to add a new membrane manufacturing line.

Charter NEX adding two coextrusion film lines


May 21, 2013 12:38 pm ET

MILTON, WIS. — Charter NEX Films Inc. is expanding the capacity of its Milton plant, adding two Windmoeller & Hoelscher 3-layer coextrusion blown film lines.

Bonset adding PET shrink film line in Uruguay


May 16, 2013 12:06 pm ET

CANELONES, URUGUAY — Bonset Latin America SA plans to install a new production line for glycol-modified shrinkable film at its plant in Canelones. The line will be the first of its kind in South America, and will be in production in 2014, according to Bonset America Corp.

Filmquest shows off new products


May 14, 2013 1:40 pm ET

ORLANDO, FLA. — Filmquest Group Inc., a Bolingbrook, Ill.-based converter of polyester, nylon, polypropylene and polylactic acid films, introduced three new products at the ICE USA show in Orlando.

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Time running out to block bag bans


May 10, 2013 2:10 pm ET

For a long time, when people in the plastics industry talked about plastic grocery bags being recyclable it was a mostly theoretical exercise. Now some plastics processors are pulling out all the stops to recycle plastic bags. We'll see if it's too...

Hong Kong eyes expanding plastic bag ban


May 9, 2013 11:55 am ET

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's government wants to expand its 4-year-old ban on free plastic shopping bags to cover the vast majority of retailers in the densely-populated city, saying the measure is needed to reduce a landfill space crunch.

Pregis buys protective film maker Surface Guard


May 2, 2013 11:15 am ET

DEERFEILD, ILL. — Protective packaging manufacturer Pregis Corp. has purchased Surface Guard Inc., expanding its portfolio to include new protective film, cohesive material and single-face corrugated manufacturing capabilities.

Sun Capital merging packaging businesses


May 1, 2013 5:57 pm ET

CHICAGO — Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. will merge five of its packaging businesses, creating what it says will be the sixth-largest plastics packaging company in the world.

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US plastic film demand, 2006 vs. 2016


April 26, 2013 5:07 pm ET

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New Cosmo Films plant in India to serve export markets


April 25, 2013 12:45 pm ET

NEW DELHI — New Delhi-headquartered Cosmo Films Ltd. is setting up a $45 million plant in western India that will be fully dedicated to exports.

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