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Articles in March, 2008 issue of Plastics News

• Firm hopes plastic bait lures fishing fans.(News)
• China bans imports of plastic bag, film waste.(News)
• SIPs struggle to convert fans from status quo.(Special Report)
• Processor News.(Briefs)(Brief article)
• Technology creates clarity.
• Market improves, but faces hurdles.(News)
• AERT accused of using food-tainted plastic.(News)
• Eastman boosts copolyester.(News)
• Brunswick sells Baja assets.(News)
• Climate change rules matter.(Opinion)
• Learning to embrace sustainability.(Plastics News Executive Forum)
• China shipping surge of building products.(Plastics News Executive Forum)
• Simba Dickie buying Smoby.(News)(Brief article)
• Valdez named Anipac president.(News)
• CCL enters wine labels.(News)
• 15 killed in blaze at LongFei; workers lived at recycling site.(News)
• Fabri-Form debuting PE spacers for trucks.(News)(polyethylene spacers)
  by Hockensmith, Dan
• Philips sells off HTP optics.(News)
• Anipac head criticizes petro auction.(News)
• Bag maker Huaqiang's collapse not caused by Chinese bag ban.(Opinion)
  by Sun, Nina Ying
• Plastic's cheaper, but at what cost?(Opinion)
• Wash. prohibits phthalates in children's toys.(News)
• Hexion names Huntsman to chair combined firms.(News)
• India's plastics niche grows.(Plastics News Executive Forum)
• Marketplace.
• Alpha buys decorator Technigraph Corp.
• Supplier Briefs.(Briefs)(Company overview)
• Packaging industry struggles to fund R&D; U.S. suppliers pushed to innovate, meet sustainability requirements.(News)(Company overview)
• Graham opens up for blow molding units.(News)
• Mailbag.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
• Erie Plastics cutting half of workforce.
• Newsclips.(Briefs)
• Execs talk PET growth in Asia.(News)(petroleum resin)
  by Hockensmith, Dan
• Take your places. NPE is on its way.(Opinion)
• Optimism's high for polymer roofs.(Special Report)
• Demand for concentrates to grow rapidly in Ukraine.(News)(Technocom Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Mercury wins $16.5M judgment against workers-turned-rivals.(News)
• i2tech team fostering balance: Part 1 of 2; Oft-nominated firm garners PN honor.
  by Bregar, Bill
• CPIA replacing Quebec group.(News)
• Anchor splits plants' ownership.(News)(talk with Steve Rogers of Anchor Tool and Plastic Inc.)(Interview)(Brief article)
  by Antosiewicz, Frank
• Boosting presence in China key to safety; Panelists talk safeguards in wake of toy recalls.(Plastics News Executive Forum)(Discussion)
• Cellect sues shoemaker Crocs.(News)
• China PET recycling growth may be slowing.(News)
• Sabic IP may import PE, PP to US market.(Plastics News Executive Forum)
• Bet your bottoming dollar, parity is causing trouble; US note's decline adding to Canadian toolmakers' woes.
  by Miel, Rhoda
• Startup Axion in lumber business.(News)
• Autobar gets new owner, name.(News)
• Sabic IP launches line for Verton in S. Korea.(News)
• Groups urge China to alter scrap import laws.(News)
• Auto parts makers Minth and Aapico forming JV.(News)
• Flex-N-Gate buys Blackhawk.(News)
• Sumitomo pays DPG $118 million in deal.(News)
• Surf's up! Stand-up paddle boards take off.(News)
• U.S. bottle recycling rates fall, report says.(News)
• Plastipak buys preform sites in Italy.
• Deceuninck resuming Kodiak product brand.(News)
• Tipco Ltd. boosting capacity.(Plastics News Executive Forum)(Brief article)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Lush avoids lavish packaging.(News)
• North American Pipe adds site in Arizona with '09 launch date.(News)
• India execs' mission sparks opportunity.(Opinion)
• Plastics recycling pioneer Milgrom, 80, dies.(Obituary)
• OC blowing agent cuts emissions.(News)
• Packaging pros rate Wal-Mart's scorecard.(News)
• Mailbag.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)(Conference notes)
• Green Line launch targeting food service.(News)
• Placon boosts China production.(News)(Brief article)
  by Hilgers, Lauren
• Corrections.(Correction)(Correction notice)
• SHOW BRIEFS.(Briefs)
• Oystar Packaging acquires MAP unit.(News)
• Sustainability's potent issue for PET packaging.(News)(Conference notes)
• People Watch.(People)
• Composites company purchases Picken's.(News)(Company overview)
• Newsclips.(Briefs)
• Victor closes down molding site in Miss.(News)(Victor Plastics Inc.)(Interview)
  by Esposito, Frank
• Speaker offers keys to unlock creativity.(Plastics News Executive Forum)
• Nexant forecasting economic slowdown.(News)
• Green movement is in full force at '08 show.(News)
  by Sun, Nina Ying
• Marketplace.
• India plastics industry grows beyond borders; Machinery being sold globally; plastic use continues to expand.(News)
• Valle gets grant for PU biofoam.(News)

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