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Esposito joined Plastics News in April 1997. Previously, he had four years of newspaper reporting experience -- first for Suburban News Publications in Columbus, Ohio, and then for the Medina County Gazette in Medina, Ohio. He was promoted to senior reporter in January 2007. Esposito has a degree in English from Ohio's Bowling Green State University.

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