CLEVELAND — Demand for specialty films in the US will grow 5.2 percent annually to reach $8 billion by 2017, buoyed by demand for high-performance barrier films, according to a new report.
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.
MILTON, WIS. — Charter NEX Films Inc. is expanding the capacity of its Milton plant, adding two Windmoeller & Hoelscher 3-layer coextrusion blown film lines.
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.
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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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.
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.
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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