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Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Basell (Houston, TX) and ExxonMobil Chemical (Houston, TX) have signed a research and development agreement to accelerate metallocene polypropylene technology.

—The MonoSol (Portage, IN) div. of Chris-Craft Industrial Products has been acquired by a group of investors, forming MonoSol, LLC. —Sonoco (Hartsville, SC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Hayes Manufacturing Group Inc. (Pineville, LA). —Barry-Wehmiller (Duncan, SC) has purchased the intellectual assets of Wright Machinery (Richmond, VA). Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. has acquired certain assets of QPF, LLL (Streamwood, IL).

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