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ADS garners pipe certification.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Griswold Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. has received 100-year service life approval for its corrugated high density polyethylene pipe by the Florida Department of Transportation, which will open up the state's high-traffic arteries for the first time to the ...
Two buyers to split up Atlantis.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Hockensmith Atlantis Plastics Inc. is breaking up its $400 million business, selling its films unit to AEP Industries Inc. of South Hackensack, N.J., and its molded products division to a private equity firm. Atlanta-based Atlantis expects to close both ...
Rotek grows with big Ferry.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Bregar At its factory in Stow, Ferry Industries Inc. is finishing up its largest-ever four-arm rotomolding machine, with a 20-foot swing, for Rotational Technologies Inc. The Claremore, Okla., molder, known as Rotek, is expanding its building to house ...
Workers sue bankrupt firm.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Hockensmith Fallout continues from a wave of plant closings by trigger sprayer and lotion pump maker ContinentalAFA Dispensing Co., with the company now facing class-action lawsuits from U.S. and Costa Rican workers over lost wages and benefits. The St ....
Curwood site getting space.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Hockensmith Packaging supplier Bemis Co. Inc. will expand its Curwood Inc. thermoforming and extrusion plant, taking advantage of an upswing in flexible packaging that's related to clients' cost-cutting efforts. "When you think about [Bemis'] food and ...
CPIA to close Montreal office.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Michael Lauzon The Canadian Plastics Industry Association plans to close its Montreal office at the end of the year. The office has underpinned CPIA's activities in the province of Quebec since it was established about 20 years ago. The office has been ...
Polyflow process recycles "about anything'.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Frank Esposito The future of plastics recycling might be taking shape outside an abandoned lumber warehouse in Akron. That's where Polyflow Corp. has been testing a process that can convert plastic and rubber scrap into feedstock chemicals. ...
Step2 builds brand overseas.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Shingler Kids are the same the world over, especially when it comes to how they play and have fun. That might be why Streetsboro, Ohio-based Step2 Co. LLC is finding new export opportunities for its line of rotational molded toys in China and the Middle ...
Firm offers PE containers.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: ASHTABULA, OHIO Rotational molder Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. is offering its Ship Shape bulk forklift containers made from 100 percent recycled polyethylene from its internal scrap. The Ashtabula-based company has invested in reprocessing lines at each of its ...
Rotomolders adjust to changing landscape; Study: Emerging trends include expanding services, geography.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Bregar North American rotational molders were generally optimistic going into this year, despite signs of higher resin prices and more competition from industrial blow molding to make large hollow parts, according to an updated study by Plastics Custom Research ...
Illig develops bottle thermoforming technology.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: David Vink Reduced manufacturing cost, reduced weight and improved wall-thickness control are all among the claimed benefits for a new bottle thermoforming technology developed by Illig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG. The technology is designed to produce small polystyrene ...
Car industry shifting to "global tooling model'; Integration, change key topics at automakers' annual summit.(Industry overview)
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Rhoda Miel The North American auto industry has seen half of its toolmakers shut down in the past few years, noted Bennie Fowler, group vice president of global quality for Ford Motor Co. Fowler and others spoke about the tooling sector on Aug. 11 at the auto industry's ...
Seat-of-pants decision spreads firm's success.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Bregar Brothers Carl and Daven Claerbout use their father's guiding principles to run Dutchland Plastics Corp., a rotational and blow molder in tiny Oostburg, north of Milwaukee. They don't favor trendy phrases like "employee empowerment'' at this ...
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Aug 18, 2008 ... Workers demonstrate Dutchland Plastics' versatility in two processes. Above, a worker puts finishing touches on a rotomolded kayak made on the firm's large rock `n' roll machine, shown in the background. At right, employee Mary ...
TI talks replacement of steel in fuel system.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Byline: Rhoda Miel TI Automotive Ltd. has watched as the North American auto industry moved from steel fuel tanks to plastic fuel tanks. Now, while the slowdown in production is hurting North American sales, TI's chairman and chief executive officer thinks the time ...
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Aug 18, 2008 ... Heating only the area to be formed in Illig's BF70 ...
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Aug 18, 2008 ... ITW to sell off Wilsonart International GLENVIEW, ILL. Illinois Tool Works Inc. plans to sell its decorative surfaces business, including Wilsonart International Inc., which manufactures various surfaces like kitchen counters and laminate flooring. Several companies ...
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Aug 18, 2008 ... Illig claims that small thermoformed beverage bottles made on its ...
Perry investing in foam.
Aug 18, 2008 ... Lafayette, Ind. A polyurethane foam molder will invest $1 million in its core business now that it has sold a nonstrategic unit. Perry Foam Products Inc. of Lafayette will invest in abrasion technology. The firm molds backer pads for sanding tools. "Following a ...
Dolco plant closing in Georgia.
Aug 11, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Hockensmith As part of its debt-driven restructuring, packaging and tubing manufacturer Tekni-Plex Inc. will shut another of its Dolco Packaging plants. Meanwhile, Somerville, N.J.-based Tekni-Plex is investigating possible accounting irregularities ...