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Material Insights: April 19, 2010
Material Insights - (April 19, 2010)
Dow rolls out new plasticizers in this week's edition of Material Insights. Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito breaks down South Korea-based Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.'s play for a China presence. Also, BASF cuts jobs and capacity, and Clariant Corp. relocates sales and technical jobs from a Rhode Island facility to its corporate headquarters in North Carolina.

Material Insights: April 12, 2010
Material Insights - (April 12, 2010)
In this week's Material Insights, host Frank Esposito chronicles several items that Plastics News is following, including: BASF's plans for new PU manufacturing in China and Colombia; Braskem's M&A strategy; and Dow Chemical Co.'s focus on its Basic Plastics unit.

Material Insights: April 5, 2010
Material Insights - (April 5, 2010)
Senior reporter Frank Esposito reports on U.S. PVC and ABS price increases in March in this week's Material Insights. Plastics News also tracked Formosa Plastics' legal difficulties over alleged workplace safety problems in Delaware City, Del., as well as industry veteran Chris Pappas' promotion to head up Styron, the world's biggest producer of polystyrene.

Following consumers, housewares go green
Home + Housewares Show 2010 - (March 31, 2010)
At the recent International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago, PN checks out the trend of growing use of recycled resins in housewares. Featured interviews: Sabic's Dannis Van Poppelen; Joseph Riley of Electrolux Home Care Products; Catherine Del Spina of Mountain Valley Recycling; and JoAnne Anderson of Pacific Market International/Aladdin.

Water bottles and coffee mugs are changing
Home + Housewares Show 2010 - (March 31, 2010)
As consumers start to think before they buy throwaway plastic beverage containers, PN catches up with some designers and manufacturers of durable water bottles and coffee mugs at the recent International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. Contigo's Sam Elsaden and David Starr of Copco show off a new 24-ounce water bottle made from Eastman's Tritan copolymer, and the Move Collection LLC water bottle with integrated filter also is highlighted.

Eastman's Tritan copolymer continues to grow
Home + Housewares Show 2010 - (March 31, 2010)
Burt Capel of Eastman Chemical Co. showcased Tritan copolymer for PN at the recent International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. Also presenting Tritan-related stories were Chuck Pelly of Designworks/USA; Jerry Lee of US Acrylics LLC; Michael Moghavem of Home Concepts Products; and Meyer Corp.'s Chris Woodward.

Cupcakes get fancy with help from Browne & Co.
Home + Housewares Show 2010 - (March 30, 2010)
Pam Rose and Jerry Korab of Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago are pleased with a new cake decorating set of polypropylene and polyethylene tools from Browne & Co.'s Cuisipro label. /PN met up with them at the recent International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago.

Material Insights: March 29, 2010
Material Insights - (March 29, 2010)
Ohio awards several Third Frontier plastics grants in this week's Material Insights. Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito also details a Clariant Masterbatches plant opening in Mexico; several agreements between ConocoPhilips and its distributors; and a new marketing deal for Cereplast in Chile.

CMAI resin prespectives: Adrian Beale and Howard Rappaport
Executive Forum 2010 - (March 23, 2010)
Howard Rappaport, global plastics business director with Chemical Market Associates Inc. in Houston, and Adrian Beale, CMAI's global engineering resins director, forecast polypropylene, nylon and polycarbonate trends for 2010 in interviews following their presentations at PN's recent Executive Forum in Tampa, Fla.

Biopolymers: DSM's Frederic Petit and industry consultant Jim Lunt
Executive Forum 2010 - (March 23, 2010)
Jim Lunt of Jim Lunt & Associates and Frederic Petit of DSM Engineering Plastics are experts in the field of sustainable biopolymers. In interviews recorded at Plastics News' recent Executive Forum, they discuss popular applications for and challenges of working in bioplastics.

Emerging Markets: AlixPartners' Parmesh Bhaskaran and Dan Frich
Executive Forum 2010 - (March 22, 2010)
AlixPartners directors Parmesh Bhaskaran and Dan Frich discuss costs of doing business in emerging Asian markets and targeting audiences for locally-sourced products. AlixPartners recently complated its outsourcing index, a study comparing overall costs of manufacturing in emerging markets with the U.S.

Emerging Markets: Roger Young of Robert Eller Associates and Larry Hotaling of Global Dilligence
Executive Forum 2010 - (March 22, 2010)
Roger Young of Robert Eller Associates and Global Dilligence's Larry Hotaling discuss changing U.S. focus in overseas manufacturing and quality control in emerging markets such as China and India.

Material Insights: March 22, 2010
Material Insights - (March 22, 2010)
Senior reporter Frank Esposito hosts this week's Plastics News' Material Insights: Behind the U.S. PP and PE price increases in March; Eastman Chemical's purchase of Genovique Specialties; and Sabic's plans to recall production workers in Mt. Vernon, Ind.

Material Insights: March 15, 2010
Material Insights - (March 15, 2010)
In this week's Material Insights, Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito gives background on the North American shortages of polyethlyene and ABS; he also discusses LyondellBasell's rejection of a buyout offer from India's Reliance Industries. Esposito further outlines Telles' startup of Mirel production in Clinton, Iowa.

POY 2009 Finalist: PolyPipe Inc.
14th PN Processor of the Year - (March 10, 2010)
A repeat (2008-09) finalist for Plastics News' Processor of the Year, PolyPipe Inc., a major producer of polyethylene pressure pipe in Gainesville, Texas, was founded in 1976. Its formalization of quality and safety efforts in 2009 impressed judges during the competition.