Five years ago this week in Plastics News: Canadian plastic pipe majors Canron Inc. and Scepter Manufacturing Co. Ltd. merged pipe extrusion operations into a company later named Ipex Inc.
Rubbermaid Inc. said it would establish production in Mexico by purchasing the Cipsa business of Grupo IRSA SA, including two plants.
BFGoodrich Co. said it would eliminate about a quarter of its vinyl resin capacity by closing inefficient suspension units at three U.S. plants.
