—Pliant Corp. (Salt Lake City, UT) will relocate its corporate headquarters to Chicago, IL, at the end of the second quarter of 2001. —Willett Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) officially opened for business on Nov. 1, 2000. —ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Macedon, NY) will expand its oriented polypropylene mfg. plant in Shawnee, OK, by adding an orienter and related equipment infrastructure. —Anderson Packaging (Rockford, IL) has opened a new facility with a total capacity of 260ꯠ sq’, which will be the divisional headquarters for the firm’s Consumer Products Div. —Xaar plc (Cambridge, United Kingdom) has opened its U.S. headquarters in Schaumburg, IL. —Premier Packaging (Tacoma, WA) has relocated its shaped molded foam plants from Miami, FL, to Memphis, TN. —Thermo Ramsey, Thermo Goring Kerr, Thermo Allen Coding, Thermo Detection, Thermo Nobel and Thermo BLH (Minneapolis, MN) will work together to make up the Weighing and Inspection Div. under the Measurement and Control Business Sector. —Key Tech Corp. (Mukilteo, WA) has changed its official name to Lock n’ Pop. —Institute of Packaging Professionals (Warrenton, VA) has moved its headquarters to 4143 Weeks Dr., Bldg. #207, P.O. Box 861588, Warrenton, VA 20187; phone: 540/428-2092, fax: 703/814-4961. —Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has completed an expansion at one of its Dodge gearing mfg. facilities.
