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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN), has merged its Specialty Packaging Plastics and Performance Plastics businesses to create Specialty Plastics.

Sep 30, 1996
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Eastman Chemical Co.
Specialty Plastics Inc.
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