Analyst: Size, competition for VCM, put CertainTeed plant at a disadvantage
CertainTeed Corp.'s PVC resin plant in Westlake, La., was the smallest plant of its kind in North America, according to an analyst.
CertainTeed Corp. shuttered its PVC resin manufacturing plant in Westlake, La., after 40 years of operation in response to steep competition in the market.
Polyethylene pipe producer Prinsco Inc. will close its manufacturing plant in Appleton, Wis., and cut 33 jobs as it moves production to other facilities.
The jury deadlocked over awarding monetary damages to the first group of cities and water districts claiming to have received PVC products of questionable quality.
Block-molded expanded polystyrene is being used as insulation in the roadbed of a stretch of Dalton Highway in Alaska.
A subsidiary of James Hardie Industries SE is shuttering a fiberglass window manufacturing plant in Ladysmith, Wis., where 80 employees will lose their jobs by Jan. 7.
Corrugated pipe producer Advanced Drainage Systems closed a plant recently and raised prices Oct. 1 as part of a plan to offset higher transportation, labor and material costs.
EPS shape molder Aqua-Pak Industries Ltd. has acquired EPS block molder Mansonville Plastics Group of Cos. in a strategic acquisition.
Medina, Ohio-based RPM International Inc. has acquired Barrie, Ontario-based Nudura Corp.,
a maker of construction wall systems that use expanded polystyrene and concrete.
When Caterpillar Inc. opened a new world headquarters in Peoria, Ill., in 1967, it didn't take long for some local suppliers to reap the benefits of filling orders for the yellow diggers and dozers.
Japan's Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp., which supplies plastics products to the automotive, packaging and construction sectors, plans to invest $50 million in a manufacturing facility on Mexico's Yucatán peninsula.
Trex Co. Inc. posted an 11th straight quarter of record sales thanks to a strong remodeling market, the growing acceptance of composite wood decking, and on-going production plant efficiencies.
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