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An Iowa company is approaching the 15th anniversary of a product that was conceived to demonstrate the feasibility of using bio-based composites in an injection molding application.
Horticulture products molder and thermoformer East Jordan Plastics Inc. will spend more than $44 million to build a new facility in Lyons, Ga.
Over the last 30 years, acquired company grew to be one of the largest U.S. processors of recycled plastic materials with sales of $100 million.
In a sure sign of warm weather, this month's Best Practices takes you to the HC Cos., which manufactures planters, growing pots and hanging baskets.
London private equity firm BC Partners has purchased Adams Manufacturing Corp., the largest U.S. manufacturer of outdoor resin furniture, in a deal announced Aug. 17 that will link it with another major consumer products maker.
Cortland Plastics is buying a new Rocheleau continuous shuttle blow molder for delivery in the third quarter. This will be the second blow molder the company is installing this year in a $500,000 expansion program.
As a result of the asset purchase agreement, which was finalized June 29, Chapin has formed a new subsidiary, Chapin Custom Molding Inc. The subsidiary will operate out of QBM's roughly 80,000-square-foot facility in Elyria, Ohio.
Universal Plastics Corp. has added a fourth member to its group of plastics processing companies.
How many plastics injection molders today, for example, are run by women, much less by someone who began her college studies as a microbiology major? Enter Anita-Maria Quillen, who began her journey working Fridays for her parents' company in 2004 doing odd jobs. Little did she know she would fall hard for manufacturing.
Viking Academy gives Viking Plastics employees an intensive look at what goes into lean manufacturing, and why it should matter to them.
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