Brief Case: Plastics Business
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By Neil Hodgson  YOUNG businesswoman Stephanie Quinn has scooped a new management job at Runcorn-based chemicals firm Chance & Hunt Ltd. As part of the company's expanding coatings and plastics business, the 21-year- old has been appointed commercial assistant.
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Bankrupt specialty chemicals firm says it is likely to be indicted for violating environmental laws. NEW YORK  - WR Grace &amp; Co.
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A plastic company which employs 310 staff at its plant in the south Wales valleys goes into administration.
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The company may be hinting at going public.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 8--TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. said Thursday it will  convert Mitsubishi Plastics Inc. into a wholly owned subsidiary to reorganize  the functional materials business within its group.
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The companyâs lawyers had attempted to gain the upper hand in a patent case by highlighting safety concerns about the companyâs own product.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Small business supports the Environmental Protection Agency's recent reform of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) rule, according to testimony today by Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan.
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By Philip Marcello; Journal Staff Writer  This story of statewide business interest previously appeared in a local news section.
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Growing demand from retailers and  manufacturers for smaller, eco-friendly packages is pushing box  makers and chemical companies to create compact packaging that  is bio-based and recyclable.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Catching his breath at a fitness club, Matt McHugh took a gulp of water from his trusty Nalgene plastic bottle and pondered the idea of switching to an alternative made of glass, stainless steel or another kind of plastic.
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PITTSBURGH, June 27  /PRNewswire/ -- Any machinist will tell you that a little grease goes a long way toward making a tool work better. And that may soon hold true for plastic electronics as well.
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PITTSBURGH (CP) - Nova Chemicals Corp., which moved its head office from Calgary to Pittsburgh about three years ago, plans to merge its European styrenic polymers business into a joint venture with Britain's BP plc.
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The company is ready to handle competition from generics.
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By Ridzwan A. Rahim  MOST of us use plastic bags without considering the danger they pose to the environment and the eco-system.  Plastics are the primary substance in trash found in oceans today.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Six years ago, the current offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots was a salesman in the plastics industry. It was the wrong business, in more ways than one.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 13--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A Manhattan-based real estate investment  firm plans to spend $20 million to open a plasticware business at the former  International Paper Co. site in Corinth instead of Albany County, officials  said Tuesday.
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A growing interest in product life-cycle management capabilities by small and midsize manufacturing companies is fueling vendor attempts to make PLM technologies easier to deploy and use.