Transportation

Two of the company's facilities are impacted, resulting in job losses in both Rhode Island and Mexico.

Composite product maker Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc. has opened a transportation management division, Reinforced Logistics, which over the past two years has grown and began to operate independently.

Euclid, Ohio-based US Lighting is used to navigating change, carefully moving from LED lighting to vehicle electronics to its latest deep dive into molded fiberglass campers, flying saurcer-shape prefabricated homes and high-performance boats.

Roechling Industrial Mount Pleasant LP plans to expand its plant in East Huntingdon, Pa., to fabricate parts for a new Amtrak Airo train car project.

An executive at a U.S.-based resin distributor said a strike would impact 30 percent of rail traffic, so the effect on plastics markets “would be significant,” since most resin moves to market by rail.

A work stoppage on the nation's rails would affect commerce nationwide, but the pain would be especially acute in Chicago, a major rail hub.

Plus, ContainerPort has created a new division, and Oatey has named a new vice president, distribution and specialty manufacturing.

Minnesota-based auto components maker High Bar Brands is buying a Michigan maker of plastic and rubber mud flaps.

Creative Liquid Coatings has purchased a big slice of Cascade Engineering Inc.'s commercial truck and bus supplier business CK Technologies.