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WINONA, MINN. — Composite materials maker PlastiComp LLC has installed a new long-fiber thermoplastic (LFT) compounding line at its headquarters site in Winona, increasing the plant’s annual capacity by 5 million pounds.

SHENZHEN, CHINA — Chinese medical-grade PVC compounder Hopefinder Polymer Science & Technology Co. Ltd. is spending at least 100 million Chinese yuan ($16.2 million) on a new factory in Jiangsu province to meet rapidly growing demand, in part...

NEW ORLEANS — Axiall Corp. has developed PVC compounds that swap phthalates and heavy metals for organic alternatives, and give builders controversy-free PVC products that could help them meet environmental and health and safety requirements.

Let's catch up on some bloggable news today from Pereles Bros. Inc., Paragon Films Inc., Chroma Corp., Plastics Group of America and Uponor Inc.Pereles Bros., a Milwaukee-based injection molder, gets a shout for winning a Central City Business Award from The Business Journal, a weekly newspaper in my favorite Midwest city. Pereles was honored in...

A shale gas-related expansion from Kuraray America and PolyOne's move into Saudi Arabia are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also, A. Schulman releases financial results for the first half of its fiscal year and Sabic is working with ...

WASHINGTON — Medical extruder Natvar, a division of Tekni-Plex Inc., is expanding operations into Costa Rica, beginning in June. Over the next 18 months, Natvar expects to invest $4 million in a new 40,000-square-foot facility that will mirror the equipment, tooling and compounds of its plants in the United States, Europe and Asia, said Bob...

A possible contract extension for A. Schulman CEO Joseph Gingo is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Analysts offer outlooks for PVC, PET, polycarbonate and ABS resins, and International Process Plants hunts a buyer for two former...

FAIRLAWN, OHIO — A. Schulman Inc. has announced two promotions and its board has gained the option of extending the contract of the company's head man, Joseph Gingo, should A. Schulman's hostile takeover bid for specialty chemical maker Ferro...

AVON LAKE, OHIO — PolyOne Corp. said it agreed to sell its vinyl dispersion, blending and suspension resin assets to Mexichem SAB of Mexico City for $250 million in cash.

DETROIT — Asahi Kasei Plastics North America Inc. has launched a $5 million expansion of production at its Fowlerville, Mich., compounding operations to meet an expected increase in demand for its materials.