Obituary: Former Sunbeam CEO Albert 'Chainsaw Al' Dunlap
Albert Dunlap earned his nickname for his cutthroat tactics — maneuvers on display when he dismantled Sunbeam, once a consumer products mainstay with its own in-house molding.
Obituaries
Obituary: Ohio-based machinery executive Matt McCabe
Matt McCabe, a partner in plastics manufacturers' representative firm Great Lakes Machinery & Automation LLC and a former executive at Wittmann Battenfeld Inc., died Jan. 20 in an all-terrain utility vehicle accident in Fremont, Ohio.
At Carteaux celebration, remembering grace, involvement
Family and friends of Bill Carteaux gathered at a Jan. 13 memorial remembrance in Washington to pay tribute, trade stories and hear how he raised millions of dollars for research against the disease that ultimately took his life.
Memorial service scheduled for Bill Carteaux
A memorial service is scheduled for Jan. 13 for Bill Carteaux, the longtime head of the Plastics Industry Association, who died Dec. 10 after a nearly three-year fight with acute myeloid leukemia.
Obituary: PET drying systems pioneer Joe Earl Walton Jr.
Joe Earl Walton Jr., a pioneer in PET drying systems for bottle manufacturing and engineering and turnkey plastics plants nationwide, died Dec. 10. He was 83.
Memorial service scheduled for Bill Carteaux
A memorial service is scheduled for Jan. 13 for Bill Carteaux, the longtime head of the Plastics Industry Association, who died Dec. 10 after a nearly three-year fight with acute myeloid leukemia.
Obituary: Plastics Industry Association CEO Bill Carteaux
Bill Carteaux, the longtime head of the Plastics Industry Association, died Dec. 10 after a fight with acute myeloid leukemia. He had led the association since 2005.
Obituary: Thermoforming expert Arthur Buckel
Updated: Arthur Buckel, a veteran of the thermoforming industry who was the 1999 Thermoformer of the Year, died Oct. 30. He was 84.
Obituary: Texas Extrusion Service owner David Kores
David Kores Sr., owner of Texas Extrusion Service Inc., died Oct. 23 in Shenandoah at the age of 81.
Obituary: Polyurethane executive Robin Grieve
Robin Grieve, the former division chairman of Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. polyurethane committee, died Oct. 29. He was 80.
Obituary: Plastics Hall of Famer John Kretzschmar
Plastics Hall of Fame member John Kretzschmar died Oct. 17 after a short illness. He was a long-time enthusiastic ambassador for plastics, and a volunteer leader for the Society of Plastics Engineers, the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. and ...
Obituary: Davis-Standard R&D leader Norton Wheeler Jr.
Norton C. Wheeler Jr., who joined Davis-Standard in 1951 and enjoyed a career that spanned six decades, died Sept. 29 at his home in Mystic, Conn., the city where he was born in 1921. He was 96.
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