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Articles in November, 2005 issue of Plastics News

• Carolina Materials investing in N.C. site.(News)
• Report damages plastic bag bill in Scotland.(News)
  by Higgs, Richard
• Briefs.(NanoDynamics Inc.)(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief Article)
  by Esposito, Frank
• French Senate limits bag ban.(plastic bags ban amendment)(Brief Article)
  by Higgs, Richard
• PLTA restructures, establishes changes.(Plastic Lumber Trade Association)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Mailbag: Companies exhibit ailing ethos.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
• Moll opens latest plant in Mexico.(Moll Industries Inc.)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Tiny parts help Accumold compete with Asia; Specialty molder expanding niche in micromolding.(Accumold Corp)(Company Profile)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• France bag ban unjustified.(Brief Article)(Column)
• MBA partners with local firm to recycle in China.(News)
• Alfa plans machine plant in Suzhou, China.(Alfa Automation Machinery Co. Ltd.)(injection molding robots)
• Texas firm to make ties from scrap carpet.(Performance Rail Tie Inc)
• 3D moves HQ, production to S.C.(News)(3D Systems Corp.)(headquarters)(South Carolina)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Milacron, Barr making injection feed screws.(News)(Brief Article)
• Syracuse Tank likes move into plastics.(Special Report)(Syracuse Tank and Manufacturing Company Inc.)
  by Bregar, Bill
• SPI-OSHA renew pact, amend agenda.(communicating workplace hazards)(Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
  by Toloken, Steve
• Ferromatik pushing electric presses in Europe.(Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH, marketing)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Processor News.(Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. shifts production facilities to Mexico)(Confluence Holdings Corp. to hire workers)(PW Eagle Inc. sells its stakes in WL Plastics LLC)
• Firm offers latest TPEs.(TPE Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Supplier News.(Nylon Corporation of America)
• HPI to boost some sites, close others.(Home Products International Inc.)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Battenfeld's German press plant closing.(News)
• GE spokesman Hess, 59, dies.(Obituary Robert Hess)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• CPR exploring Caribbean, Latin niches.(Commercial Plastics Recycling Inc)
  by Toloken, Steve
• More jarring jumps; PE rises 8 cents, PS resin prices head up 5 cents.(polyethylene)(polystyrene)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Firms point nano funding at new end uses.(News)(nanotechnology)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Flat-panel blow molding guru creates experimental tooling.(Special Report)(Society of Plastics Engineers' Blow Molding Conference)(Brief Article)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Styletek Inc. gets new partner.(Greg Burns appointed)(Brief Article)
  by Antosiewicz, Frank
• Plastal to buy German automotive supplier.
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Wood-plastic composites slated for rapid growth.
  by Griswold, Matt
• Spending bill abandons more gas drilling.(News)(Column)
  by Toloken, Steve
• Since midyear, average price of nylon up 20 cents a pound.
• Composite deck industry needs one voice.(News)
• Canada needs to take trade game to China.(Expoplast )
  by Lauzon, Michael
• New W.L. owner Falcon finishes recapitalization.(News)
• SPI asserts China not meeting WTO rules.(News)
• Beluga nets funding.(Beluga Composites Corp)(Brief Article)
• Big hopes for tiny filter.(Miniature Tool and Die Inc)(Brief Article)
• London Metal Exchange eyes expansion of plastics futures.(News)
  by Costa, Sandra Mara
• Outlook bleak for accumulator-head molding.(Special Report)(Partners in Plastics Inc.)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Wilden buys toothbrush maker Interbros.(News)
  by Bregar, Bill
• ChemChina agrees to acquire Australian PE producer Qenos.(News)
• Newsclips.(Poly America Inc. invests for a new facility)(Ball Corp. invests to expand its site)(Venture Holdings Company LLC changes name to Cadence Innovation LLC)
• Lawrence Jones, 92, once led Van Dorn Co.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Maplan building extruders.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Griswold, Matt
• Rene Composite moving forward after fire.
  by Lauzon, Michael
• PE cast allows artist to think inside the box.(Rachel Whiteread )
  by Reed, David
• Koch pays $21 billion to buy GP.(Koch Industries Inc. acquires Georgia-Pacific Corp.)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Compounder Gitto Global's finances under investigation.(News)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Gain scores gas-assist victory.(News)
• Tiercon Industries, Hunjan slated for December auctions.(Tiercon Industries Inc.)(Hunjan Group )(Brief Article)
• Processor News.(Fagerdala World Foam )(Cantex Inc)(Trocellen GmbH)
• Recycling of bottles rises a bit in 2004.
  by Toloken, Steve
• People Watch.(Collins and Aikman Corp. appoints Stacy Fox)(Cyclics Corp. appoints Robert Sinuc)(Dow Chemical Co.'s Anthony Carbone retires)
• Newsclips.(Briefs)(Leon Plastics Inc.)(Blue Water Automotive Systems Inc.)(Collins and Aikman Corp.)
• Numatech attracts investor VenGrowth.(News)(Numatech Industries Inc.)(VenGrowth Private Equity Partners Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Alcoa unveils reorganization in packaging.(Alcoa Packaging and Consumer Group)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• Honeywell sells off plant to Polymeric.(Honeywell Nylon Canada Inc. sells its production plant to Polymeric Resources Corp.)(Brief Article)
• Visteon targets 20 more plants.(restructuring)(Brief Article)
  by Miel, Rhoda
• ConMet transferring operations.(Consolidated Metco Inc. to merge injection molding facilites in North Carolina)
  by DeRosa, Angie
• NatureWorks' corn-based PLA makes inroads.
  by Esposito, Frank
• People Watch.(People)
• Show Briefs.(Sigma Engineering GmbH)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Lego loses patent suit in Canada.(News)
• Gottwald leaves PPI.(Plastic Pipe Institute)(Rich Gottwald )(Brief Article)
• Evco Mexico site expands reach.(Evco Plastics )
  by Kastelein, Barbara
• The Apple iPod: Creating trends with plastics.(News)
• Manager to acquire Perstorp Compounds; Parent will focus on its specialty chemicals unit.(News)
• Not your usual Katrina coverage.(Opinion)(Hurricane Katrina)(Column)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• Arburg vertical press among new products.(News)(Arburg GmbH und Co.)(Brief Article)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Execs discuss responsibility of Asian firms.(sustainable development and corporate social responsibility)
  by Toloken, Steve
• Par Worldwide in bankruptcy.(Par Worldwide Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Show Briefs.(Briefs)(Mold-Masters invests in European headquarters plant)(Battenfeld Injection Molding GmbH introduces HM presses)(Berstorff GmbH expands)
• Flooding damages 3 Ky. plants.
  by Esposito, Frank
• Soaring resin prices help out bio-plastics.
• Plastic's a hit on sprinkler system housing.(Signature Control Systems Inc.'s golf course sprinkler controls)
  by Renstrom, Roger
• Datebook.(Calendar)(Calendar)
• Iris closing one plant, expanding others.
• Chen Hsong makes Forbes list.(Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd )(Brief Article)
  by Bregar, Bill
• Wittmann's robot plant in China all booked up.(Wittmann Kunststoffgerate GmbH)

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