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Home decor grows greener

The Sun News
June 28, 2008 - ...company, manufactures durable surfaces made of 100 percent recycled glass and high-performance cement that are available in a variety of colors, ranging from soft, earth-toned neutrals to rich, saturated hues. The company creates all of its materials within a day-lit facility, uses soy-based manufacturing lubricants, utilizes a water recycling system to reduce water consumption and has established a companywide recycling and composting program. Manufacturers also are finding new......
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ZEOX Increases its Stake to 59% in ZEOX Performance Materials, LLC

Marketwire Canada
June 27, 2008 - ZPM utilizes the unique Saponite clay in the production of polymer nanocomposite for water treatment and rheology control applications. The production of organoclays from the Burro Creek deposit will be based on a combination of new surfactant and process technologies developed by ZPM. Forward-looking statements in this news release include that the acquisition of ZPM may expand ZEOX's resources and service markets. ...
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ProMetic Further Confirms Performance of Prion Capture Resin at the Recovery of Biological Products Conference

Marketwire Canada
June 25, 2008 - This technology is used in large-scale purification of biologics and the elimination of pathogens. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. ...
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S.F. Prep grads give single-use plastic bags the sack

The Santa Fe New Mexican
June 24, 2008 - Green Bag Co. was started by Bill Clohessy, an Irishman who got the idea for reusable grocery bags after his native country banned single-use plastic bags. That was seven years ago, and single-use plastic bag usage in Ireland has dropped 90 percent. Green Bag Co. now has a large share of the reuseable bag business in both Australia and the United States, and it continues to grow in Europe, Canada and Japan. Elizabeth Kasell, 40, is the company's Australian business development......
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Sea of Trash

New York Times
June 22, 2008 - New York’s garbage barge wandered the seas. By then GoAK certainly had acquired the requisite expertise. Do plastic shards perforate the intestines of chicks? ...
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DuPont raises prices as energy costs soar

News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
June 22, 2008 - In the past few weeks, DuPont has increased prices on a number of its products: electronics materials, Kevlar and Nomex fibers, titanium dioxide pigment and several resins and polymers. Another Wilmington firm facing heavy pricing pressure is DuPont's corporate cousin, Hercules Inc. Hercules spokesman John Riley said the company is impacted by price increases from manufacturers of commodity chemicals, as well as "almost unprecedented" runups in energy and raw material costs. ...
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Rising costs wrapped into lots of things

Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 21, 2008 - These companies have employed a mix of strategies —- including raising prices, replacing the plastic they use with alternatives or reducing the amount of plastic content altogether —- to cope with the rising costs. The company began making changes as early as 2003 when plastics costs began their upward trend. Many of the company's stackable storage containers, garbage cans and other products were redesigned to use less plastic. ...
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IPEX and Underground Solutions Sign Exclusive Canadian Licensing Agreement

Marketwire Canada
June 20, 2008 - The result is a monolithic, fully restrained PVC pipe that is perfectly suited for horizontal directional drilling and other trenchless applications. We look forward to a long partnership with UGSI."Andy Seidel, President and CEO of UGSI, echoed these comments: "We believe Fusible PVC pipe has a great future in Canada. Mestres concluded by saying, "Fusible PVC pipe is a game-changing innovation. ...
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Entrepreneurial Edge: Keeping the Water Pure Is Suddenly in Demand

New York Times
June 19, 2008 - The company, with 90 employees, leaped to $18 million in revenue from $13.5 million in 2006. Harris started an industrial division of his father’s and grandfather’s water business. Such projects increase demand for water treatment technologies, like those supplied by another California business, Systematix Company, a chemical engineering firm in Buena Park. ...
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