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| | Breaking News | BWay buying Ropak Packaging from Linpac for $265 million
ATLANTA (Dec. 3, 12:35 p.m. ET) -- BWay Corp. has acquired Ropak Packaging, a division of Linpac Group Ltd., in a deal valued at about $265 million. Ropak, based in Fountain Valley, Calif., ... (more)
Clopay spends $12.3 million on Kentucky expansion
MASON, OHIO (Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m. ET) -- Film manufacturer Clopay Plastic Products Co. has completed a 62,000 square-foot, $12.3 million expansion at its Augusta, Ky., ... (more)
Researcher develops plastic light bulb
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Dec. 3, 11:30 a.m. ET) -- A Wake Forest University professor of physics claims to have developed a new light source based on layers of light-emitting polymers doped with ... (more)
Dutch aim for bioplastics domination
WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS (Dec. 3, 10:35 a.m. ET) -- The Dutch government is investing in creating a bio-based economy and hopes to be known as ‘the land of green chemistry’ by 2050. A ... (more)
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| Today's sponsor: |  |  | Wisconsin's Premold begins plant expansion
OCONOMOWOC, WIS. (Dec. 3, 10:35 a.m. ET) -- Reaction injection molder Premold Corp. has started building an addition to its Oconomowoc factory that will double the size of the facility, according ... (more)
Guide aims to help companies assess chemical safety
WASHINGTON (Dec. 3, 8:30 a.m. ET) -- A coalition group of more than 500 leaders from businesses, non-governmental organizations, universities, and government agencies has put together The Guide to ... (more)
Flextronics likely to buy Saturn Electronics
DETROIT (Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m. ET) -- Rochester Hills, Mich.-based Saturn Electronics & Engineering Inc. is expected to be sold to Singapore-based electronics conglomerate Flextronics ... (more)
Website aims to educate consumers about recycling
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Dec. 3, 10:40 a.m. ET) -- Recycling and resource recovery firm ReCommunity has stepped up to the plate in an effort to educate consumers about recycling by developing what it ... (more)
Piedmont launches renewable polyester polyols
WILMINGTON, DEL. (Dec. 3, 10:35 a.m. ET) -- Piedmont Chemical has launched renewable polyester polyols, which are made using Susterra propanediol from DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products (DTL) ... (more)
PlasticsEurope protests as France adopts BPA ban
BRUSSELS (Dec. 3, 10:35 a.m. ET) -- Industry body PlasticsEurope says a new French law restricting the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in packaging has no benefit for consumers and will severely distort ... (more)
| | Multimedia |  Video: Material Insights: Dec. 3, 2012
November price increases for PP and PET bottle resin in North America are featured in this week’s Material Insights video. Regional PP prices climbed an average of 4 cents per pound in November and ... (more) | | |
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