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Flexibles

Resin marketers announce metallocene ventures

The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI) and BP Chemicals (Cleveland, OH) last month announced an alliance to develop and make available for licensing a combination of BP's Innovene+ gas-phase polyethylene process and Dow's Insite(TM) catalyst technology.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Achievements

Georgia-Pacific's (Atlanta, GA) West Monroe, LA, container facility earned Shell Chemical's Supplier Achievement Award for providing high quality packaging and exemplary service.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, TN): Dr. James L. Chitwood, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

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Flexibles

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Mobil Chemical, Films Div. (Pittsford, NY): Donald J. Burns, business mgr., flexible packaging, Americas.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) is building a $12 million center for R&D, marketing and business personnel for its films and foams businesses.

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Flexibles

Resins OK'd for fatty food packaging

In June the Food and Drug Administration approved Exxon Chemical's (Houston, TX) Oppera® modified polypropylene film resins for use in direct contact with fatty foods such as salty snacks, processed meats and cheeses, and confectionery items.

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Supplier news: International agreements

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, TN) opened its first Latin American Eastapak PET plant in Cosoleacaque, Veracruz, Mexico; Eastman broke ground for another Eastapak PET plant in Zarate, Argentina; it will also build a new plant in Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to produce PET for containers and PTA, a raw material used to produce PET.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch and Chemical Co. (Bridgewater, NJ): Nigel Cribb, commercial dir., Asia/Pacific Region.

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Conveying & accumulation

Premier Plastics grows PET bottle business

California blow molder is among the first in the U.S. to use a 24-cavity injection/stretch blow-molding machine that increases 1/2-liter PET bottle output by at least 40 million per year.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Chevron Chemical (Houston, TX): Ed J. Ueckert, national sales mgr., PE Molding Resins.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Quantum Chemical Co. (Cincinnati, OH): William S. Hattori, mktg. mgr., color/compounds.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

NOVA Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) plans to purchase ARCO Chemical's (Newtown Square, PA) plastics business, including DYLITE® EPS and DYLARK® engineering resins product lines.

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