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Battelle develops soy polymer for diapers
| Tue Aug 23, 2011COLUMBUS, OHIO (Aug. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- Researchers at Battelle Memorial Institute believe they’ve gotten to the bottom of the diaper market by developing soy-based polymers that can replace as…
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Saint-Gobain adds clean rooms
| Tue Aug 23, 2011PARIS (Aug. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has added clean rooms to two plants in its Healthcare Markets Group. The company said Aug. 22 that it has added a 4,000 square foot Class…
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Northwestern Ohio Foam celebrates reopening after plant destroyed by fire
| Tue Aug 23, 2011WAUSEON, OHIO (Aug. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- Northwestern Ohio Foam Products Inc. has settled into a new home more than a year after a fire destroyed its production plant in Wauseon, Ohio, and is now planning…
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JCI to hire 185 in Romania factory
| Wed Aug 24, 2011CRAOIVA, ROMANIA (Aug. 24, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- U.S. auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls Inc. will employ 185 people at a new factory to be built in Craiova.
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Genomatica announces plans for IPO
| Wed Aug 24, 2011SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- Genomatica Inc., which is working to transform waste into chemicals, plans to become a public company.
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LG and KraussMaffei sign development deal
| Wed Aug 24, 2011MUNICH, GERMANY (Aug. 24, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- LG Electronics Inc. and KraussMaffei AG have agreed to work together on technological developments in plastics processing for electronics devices. The deal was…
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Filtrona buys Reid Supply
| Wed Aug 24, 2011MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND (Aug. 24, 1:15 p.m. ET) – Specialty plastic and fiber company Filtrona plc has signed a deal to buy the assets and business of Reid Supply Co., a distributor of standard industrial…
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SPI to promote NPE 2012 at Plastimagen
| Wed Aug 24, 2011MEXICO CITY (Aug. 24, 1:20 p.m. ET) -- The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc has launched an unprecedented marketing campaign in Latin America for NPE 2012, the show’s 27th edition.
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Effects of Japan crisis lowers profit at China's Eva Precision
| Wed Aug 24, 2011HONG KONG (Aug. 24, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- Supply chain disruptions from Japan’s crisis have hit the earnings of Chinese injection molder and metals processor Eva Precision Industrial Holdings Ltd., although…
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Encore Aerospace buys BAE Systems composites unit
| Wed Aug 24, 2011SEAL BEACH, CALIF. (Aug. 24, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Encore Aerospace LLC has wrapped up its second composites deal of the year, this time buying the composite structures business of BAE Systems plc for…
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Toray announces Rhode Island expansion; investment in value-added films
| Wed Aug 24, 2011NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (Aug. 24, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Film extruder Toray Plastics America Inc. will undertake an $11.5 million expansion that will create 28 new jobs at its Rhode Island headquarters. Meanwhile,…
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UMass Lowell's Deanin dead at 90
| Wed Aug 24, 2011WESTFORD, MASS. (Aug. 24, 1:50 p.m. ET) -- Rudolph Deanin, a mainstay at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell who was a professor of plastics engineering there for 41 years, died on Aug. 7. Deanin,…
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Par-Pak expands, gears up for PET thermoformed packaging
| Wed Aug 24, 2011BRAMPTON, ONTARIO (Aug. 24, 2:15 p.m. ET) -- Food packaging producer Par-Pak Ltd. is expanding at its three manufacturing sites, including a new 40 milion pound-per-year PET extrusion line and six thermforming…
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Next Toyota Camry catering to traditional and 'green' buyers
| Wed Aug 24, 2011DEARBORN, MICH. (Aug. 24, 3:10 p.m. ET) -- With hybrid vehicles gaining interest and momentum in the North American auto market, Toyota Motor Corp. wants to make sure its new Camry sedan attracts…
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MGS Manufacturing opens molding plant in Ireland
| Wed Aug 24, 2011GERMANTOWN, WIS. (Aug. 24, 3:35 p.m. ET) -- Molder and mold maker MGS Manufacturing Group Inc. has opened its first plant outside North America, a 45,000-square-foot facility in Leixlip, Ireland, making…