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My Knowledge 02-11-08

My Knowledge

Week in Review
PUBLISHED 02/11/2008

Google Orders Bio-Degradable Film From Diamant Film, Inc.

Diamant Art Corporation (OTCBB: DIAAF) is pleased to announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bio-Plastics Film Inc., it has received an order for bio-degradable plastic film from Google based on their commitment to become a company that in every way consumes responsibly in the light of our ecological global crisis. The NON-PVC plastic bio-degradable film will be used for the Company's internal requirements. ...Power Marketers, 2.8.08
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Metabolix Turns To Plant Center To Develop A 'Green' Plastic

Imagine an oilseed, not part of the food chain, that can produce biodegradable plastic and improve the economics of making biodiesel. That is the vision of scientists at Cambridge, Mass.-based Metabolix Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX) and their research partners at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur. If it pans out, the result could be a green-green, win-win-win for Missouri's economy, Metabolix and the environment, say the partners and state economic development officials. ...St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2.8.08
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Applied Extrusion Technologies To Bring 60 New Jobs To Terre Haute

Applied Extrusion Technologies is consolidating its U.S. manufacturing operations in Vigo County, creating 60 jobs, officials say. The Delaware-based company is closing its Covington, Va., manufacturing facility and beginning a $9 million project that will expand its Terre Haute facility and relocate products and an idled Virginia line to the Indiana plant. The company is one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of plastic film packaging products. ...Terre Haute Star Tribune, 2.8.08
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Plastics Products Manufacturer IPL Reports Results For The First Quarter Of Fiscal 2008

IPL Inc. (TSX:IPI.A), one of North America's leading manufacturers of plastic products, announced its results today for the first quarter of its 2008 financial year ended December 27, 2007. ...Marketwire Canada, 2.6.08
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Mississippi Injection Molding Manufacturer Hopes To Become Toyota Supplier

Behind Wild Bill's gas station in a warehouse hidden by a stand of trees, a manufacturer is producing about 250 plastic products that are shipped all over the world. "It's the biggest secret in Sherman," said a smiling Jim Robbins, vice president of operations for EPI Advanced. EPI has a 168,000-square-foot facility where about 60 employees use high-pressure injection molding to manufacture everything from stadium seats for Baylor University to parts for lawn mowers sold at Scruggs in Tupelo. ...Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2.5.08
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Beauty And The Bag

A colleague told me this story: He and friends were watching the city's Air & Water Show from a high-rise building last summer. While the Blue Angels and an F-22 Raptor roared overhead, something else caught his attention - a simple plastic bag, floating ever higher, dancing in the wind to nature's whim. Garbage meets nature to create something...let's call it beauty. In Chicago, where tall buildings and lakeside topography can generate pockets of gusty winds, it's a quiet moment of urban life. ...Chicago Tribune, 2.7.08
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China Issues Draft Standards On Plastic Shopping Bags

China's standardization office has issued draft regulations covering plastic shopping bags, soliciting public opinions on the subject. Plastic bags will cost shoppers money as of June 1, and the bags will be subject to stricter production standards as well, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) said in a release. ...English News Service, 2.7.08
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