Manufacturing Industry
Packaging excites compounders: Part 2 of 2.(Special Report)
Plastics News, November, 2006 by Esposito, Frank
Byline: Frank Esposito Getting in line ... If North American compounders are uncertain about the future. You can't tell by the way they're adding extrusion lines and growing their businesses. Here's just a sample of recent market activity: * Ampacet opened a 40,000-square-foot color and additives concentrates plant in Queretaro, Mexico; added a new twin-screw extrusion line at its plant in Heath, Ohio; and is "looking around in China and India,'' according to CEO DeFalco.
"We're not certain if we'll do grass-roots or acquisition, but we'll make a decision by the end of 2007,'' he said. "There's a chance we could do both. We're doing it primarily for the domestic market in those areas.'' * GE's LNP is bringing idled small-lot lines back on in...
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