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Articles in October, 2002 issue of Plastics News

• DaimlerChrysler developing paint film.(DaimlerChrysler AG)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Museum also serving future.(National Plastics Center & Museum)(Brief Article)
  by Hahn, David P.
• Teams make short work of time to market.(Aptec's challenge)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• Firm's technology recycles unsorted plastics.(New Plastic designs thermoformable pallets)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Grace, Robert
• Kraton boosting production.(Special Report)(Brief Article)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Arburg plans to add tie-bar line in Germany.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Resin execs don't blame decline on 9-11.(Special Report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Newsclips.(Briefs)(Daniel J. Edwards)
• Minn. mold maker adds capacity, jobs (News).(Minnesota Mold and Engineering Co. Inc. completes expansion)(Brief Article)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• Ferro division offers new TPR. (News).(thermoplastic rubber product, U.S.)
  by Meyer, Bruce
• Experts hope to shrink nanocomposites cost. (News).(nanocomposites not cost effective compared to other technologies at present)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Roplast installs power system.(News)(Roplast Industries Inc. )
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Magna site set to close.(News)(Magna Lakeland, Kentwood, MI)(Brief Article)
• BEAR's goal unmet, but effort admirable.(Opinion)(Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling)
• People Watch.(executive appointments in the plastics industry)(People)(Brief Article)
• Feedstocks drive up PS, ABS.(News)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Thermoformers rewarded for adaptability.(Society of Plastics Engineers' annual Thermoforming Conference)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Dow Corning's Multibase debuts specialty TPE.(Specialty thermoplastic elastomer firm acquired by Dow Corning Corp.)(Brief Article)
  by Esposito, Frank
• MAPP, RTI form alliance.(Mid-America Plastics Partners Inc. and Resin Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Rubbermaid nixes tax-break effort at Ohio plant.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Autos, appliances strong for Mexico.(Briefs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• BPI sells automotive unit (News).(to TVIP (Corby) Ltd., UK)(Brief Article)
  by Higgs, Richard
• product announcements (Products).(briefs from trade show, U.S.)
• Show Briefs.(Teknor Color Co. H2Stat; DuPont Coating and Release Systems; Mold In Graphic Systems)(Brief Article)
  by Lauzon, Michael
• AEP adds retail to shrink film.(News)(AEP Industries Inc. forms Flxtite Shrink Films Division)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• Tewa's plastic asphalt market crumbling.(News)(Tewa Technology Corp. unlikely to emerge from bankruptcy)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Newsclips.(Briefs)
• Design center planning to expand scope.(A United Kingdom unit of Honeywell Inc. has struck up an informal alliance with the Advanced Product Development Centre)(Brief Article)
  by Grace, Robert
• Public shouldn't pay for private luxuries.(Executive compensation)(Brief Article)
• CRG expanding into new site.(New research and development laboratory)(Brief Article)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Laundry list of uncertainties plague once-promising year: Part 2 of 2.(U.S., Canadian polystyrene sales rose 11%)(International Pages)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Esposito, Frank
• News briefs.(Titan Plastics Group Inc. to shut down small injection molding plant)(Brief Article)
• Tool builders need more than a march.(Brief Article)
• Dynisco reaches pact with machinists union.(News)(Brief Article)
• Companies overcoming adversity...HPM open for business.(Cover Story)(Interview)(Cover Story)
  by Bregar, Bill
• M&G opens PET lab in Ohio (News).
  by Esposito, Frank
• BEAR might call it quits (Cover Story).(Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, U.S.)
  by Toloken, Steve
• HPM unit making NPE plans (News).(HPM Corp. product introductions)
  by Bregar, Bill
• High-tech portable toilet has hidden ribs.(Special Report)(Satellite Industries Inc. uses blind-rib technology to blow mold large plastic panels for Maxim 3000)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Pechiney buys Asia stronghold.(News)(Techpack Asia formed to buy majority of Tiger Group's cosmetic packaging assets)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Unipol technology to lead PE production.(News)(polyethylene)
• European companies set tasks for SPE unit; Firms seek cohesiveness of N. America.(Society of Plastics Engineers)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Nampak reorganizing packaging business.(Malbak Ltd. acquired by Nampak Ltd.)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Sweetheart shutting Ga. thermoforming plant.(Sweetheart Cup Co.)(Brief Article)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• Negri Bossi has eyes for more tonnage.(Italy's injection press sector moves toward consolidation)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Two Dow color centers help highlight diversity.(Special Report)(Brief Article)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Former recycling exec under fraud indictment.(Cover Story)(Brief Article)
  by Toloken, Steve
• Mexico conference will address China.(Mexico's plastics industry faces threat from China)(Brief Article)
• Arburg feels pain of U.S. economy.(News)
  by Antosiewicz, Frank
• Ico Polymers gets rolling at Brazilian facility (News).
  by Lauzon, Michael
• Banc of America buys Alfatherm (News).(Italy)(Brief Article)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Europe machine exec's hopes flag; Predicted upswing never materialized.(News)
  by Higgs, Richard
• RECS using UMass technology (News).(Re-Engineered Composite Systems signs licensing agreement, U.S.)(Brief Article)
  by Antosiewicz, Frank
• Newcor files plan to pay creditors.(News)(Brief Article)
• Cardwell founder dies.(Cardwell Containers Inc., Robert Harold Cardwell)(Brief Article)
• Reps adapt tactics to times.(Manufacturers' representatives for plastics machinery)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Lean manufacturing principles can work.(Lean manufacturing used by injection molder of protective headgear)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• Stihl boosts in-house molding.(Outdoor power equipment maker increases production)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
  by Lauzon, Michael
• ResinDirect distribution growing.(News)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Esposito, Frank
• PMP opening Mo. plant.(News)(Brief Article)
• Laundry list of uncertainties plague once-promising year: Part 1 of 2.(Special Report: Resin makers)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Esposito, Frank
• DaimlerChrysler tries new rating system.(News; supplier ratings)
  by Kosdrosky, Terry
• Black & Decker moving some English work (News).(to cut almost 1,000 jobs, UK)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Companies overcoming adversity...Engel HQ almost back to normal (Cover Story).(after damage from flood in Schwertberg, Austria)(Cover Story)
  by Grace, Robert
• Congress gets tooling competition report.(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Toloken, Steve
• A&G glacier ices 007 spy flick.(News)(A&G Moulding creates thermoformed panels to simulate giant ice blocks in James Bond movie)(Brief Article)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Weber partners with SHB (Special Report).(in new blow molding plant, Wiessenfels, Germany)(Brief Article)
• Veto leaves recyclers uncertain.(Caslifornia legislation regarding plastic containers)(Brief Article)
  by Toloken, Steve
• Bankrupt Champion closes shop.(Champion Plastics Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• EPW to enter thermoforming.(Firm installs new thermoforming machine for automotive parts)(Brief Article)
  by Pryweller, Joseph
• People Watch.(Chicago specialty chemicals' new president and chief operating officer)(People)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
• New firm I&J ahead of sales projections.(I&J Packaging LLC)(Brief Article)
  by Antosiewicz, Frank
• KWH Pipe Canada leaving U.S.(News)(Brief Article)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Automakers keep eye on TPOs, hand on PVC.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Regal buys equipment.(Cover Story)(Regal Plastics Co.)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Yorke building machines in Iowa (News).(Yorke Kann Rotomolding)(Brief Article)
  by Lauzon, Michael
• Durakon closing plant (News).(in Lapeer, Michigan)(Brief Article)
• Encore gains site, equipment (News).(Encore Plastics expands, buys plant in Ohio)(Brief Article)
  by Lauzon, Michael
• Slawska's successes recognized.(Special Report)(Robert Slawska of Proven Technologies receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Symphony supplying bags to British grocery chains.(News)(Symphony Plastic Technologies PLC)(Brief Article)
  by Higgs, Richard

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