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Published July 21, 2008

New Technology Pavilion at NPE2009 to spotlight exhibiting companies' latest and most innovative advances...Companies that have already contracted for standard exhibit space in NPE2009 are invited to make an additional investment in a New Technology Pavilion kiosk that will showcase developments that are new at the show and constitute real advances over existing technologies. Get more information here.

Business


myPlasticsindustry.comReliance USA To Lease Sections Of Former DuPont Textile Plant In N.C. To Manufacture PET Resin

Reliance USA recently shared its plans to revamp DuPont's former textile plant with the members of the Lenoir County Economic Development Board. Reliance USA, a subsidiary of the India-based energy firm Reliance Industries Ltd, will lease large, currently unused, sections of DuPont's N.C. 11 plant to manufacture Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) resin for plastic bottles. The company plans to hire 204 people to work at the plant. ...The Free Press, 7.16.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comPolystyrene Recycling Has Left The School Building In Oregon

Larry McIntyre's West Linn-based company, Recycling Professionals, will end a 15-year run in distributing plastic cutlery and polystyrene trays to Oregon businesses and school districts, and later processing them to be recycled. McIntyre sensed his company was becoming an unwanted guest in the Northwest as activists began petitioning Oregon school districts to switch to something other than the petroleum-based product. The closure will put about 10 school districts in a bind -- some spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy replacement lunch trays, others still scrambling for a solution. ...The Oregonian, 7.15.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comGarden Plastics Recycling Takes A Step In The Green Direction

Most plastic gardening pots don't have a stamp that indicates they are recyclable, and garden centers won't take them back. Though a substantial proportion of the plastic resin that goes into the larger, sturdier pots is recycled from other sources, not much of that gets reused or recycled again. The wide array of often-unidentified materials, sizes and colors is a major obstacle to garden-plastic recycling. But this weekend, representatives of the Illinois Green Industry Association are in Columbus, Ohio, presenting the American Nursery and Landscape Association with a proposal to standardize and limit the sizes and materials of pots to make recycling easier. ...Chicago Tribune, 7.13.08
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A new educational program, "The Business of Plastics," will be offered at NPE2009 next June in Chicago. The program will address marketing, human capital management and other strategic business topics.

General News


myPlasticsindustry.comBaltimore Weighs Banning Plastic Grocery Bags

Baltimore moved a step closer to becoming one of the first cities in the nation to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains after the proposal skidded through a critical City Council committee vote. "We have to take these things out of the waste stream," said City Councilman James B. Kraft, the lead sponsor. Kraft's proposal was approved, 3-1, by the Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee and is scheduled for a vote by the 15-member council Monday. It is not clear whether the bill has the eight votes needed for approval by the full council. ...The Baltimore Sun, 7.16.08
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myPlasticsindustry.comSintex In Race To Acquire US-based Continental Structural Plastics

The India story continues to get bigger. The Ahmedabad-based plastics and textiles maker, Sintex Industries, has thrown its hat into the ring to acquire US-based industrial composite moulder, Continental Structural Plastics. If concluded, the deal could be in the range of $70-80 million, according to sources. Continental Structural is a global leader in the plastic automotive parts segment. ...The Economic Times, 7.16.08
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New Technology


myPlasticsindustry.comNewell Rubbermaid Cuts 2008 Profit Outlook

The increasing cost of plastic ingredients is forcing Newell Rubbermaid to lay off workers, scrap some of its basic home and office products and raise prices on other items by as much as 22 percent. The company said it would divest, downsize or leave categories accounting for up to $500 million in sales. Those include some products in the Atlanta-based company's iconic Rubbermaid line of storage bins. ...Associated Press Online, 7.15.08
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The first International Plastics Design Competition will provide an opportunity for designers and manufacturers of components and finished products to display their innovations at NPE2009.

Whitepapers


myPlasticsindustry.comTraining: What Works And What Doesn't

By Rick Puglielli, ProMold Plastics
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myPlasticsindustry.comSave Big Dollars on Freight Through Bulk Bag Improvements (Technology)

By Dan Schnaars, AmeriGlobe LLC
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SPI and the Plastics News Global Group have joined forces to co-sponsor "Sustain '08: Plastics Business Summit", a sustainability conference for 'C-level' executives this November in Chicago.