Manufacturing Industry

LNP steps up innovation with expansion.(News)

Plastics News, September, 2004 by Esposito, Frank

Byline: Frank Esposito GE Advanced Materials is backing up its new product innovation claims by opening a 6,000-square-foot-lab expansion in Exton and adding 10 new grades of LNP-brand specialty compounds. "We're going to spend our technology dollars on providing our customers with differentiation,'' said Charlie Crew, president and chief executive officer of GEAM's LNP products unit.

Pittsfield, Mass.-based GEAM unveiled the $2.9 million expansion in Exton on Sept. 21. The project, which will create 10 jobs, includes two new injection molding presses and three new twin-screw extrusion lines to be used for product testing. The firm also has installed a Buss kneader and a rheometer at the site, which now covers 11,700 square feet. "For a product...

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