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OEM-specified color business expanding.(News)(Original Equipment Manufacturers)
Plastics News, March, 2005 by Esposito, Frank
Byline: Frank Esposito The influence of original equipment manufacturers on the North American color concentrates market should continue to grow this year, with OEM-specified business accounting for about 10 percent of the total market. OEM-specified color business more than quadrupled between 1994 and 2004, according to Tom Bolger, color business manager for PolyOne Corp.
of Avon Lake, Ohio. Specified business comes from OEMs like Procter & Gamble Co. and Apple Computer Inc., which choose one or two colorant suppliers and require the processors they work with to use those companies' color products. Other OEMs - such as the Big Three automakers, Dell Computer Corp. and Unilever plc - specify a broader range, choosing a group of suppliers and allowing...
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