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Wood component giant Patrick Industries acquires Parkland Plastics

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ELKHART, Ind. – Indiana, that supplies the architectural and industrial markets, as well as RVs. Parkland, like Patrick Industries, is a key supplier to the recreational vehicle industry, a segment that is currently booming as a result of low gas prices and high employement. Founded by Charles Yoder, Parkland Industries is a fully integrated designer, […]

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Industry

Precise Mold & Plate Earns Plastics Industry Honor

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Plastic injection mold maker Precise Mold & Plate was recently named #2 Best Place to Work by the international trade publication Plastics News. The Best Places to Work program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the plastics industry , benefiting the economy, workforce, and businesses in the United States and Canada. […]

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Recycling News

Why You Should Let Your Trash Bring You Some Cash

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Are you still throwing out those empty cans from last night’s party? Wait a minute! Did you know that recycling  one ‘aluminium can’ saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours? It’s the same with all the paper and packaging material you throw away. Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees!! […]

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Product News

7 Ways To Get Rid Of Plastic Once And For All… And Why You Should

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You’ve cleaned out your kitchen cabinets and no longer use plastic storage containers. You emptied your house of plastic dishes. You take your own glass water bottle everywhere you go. Even with these admirable and healthy choices, you are still surrounded by plastic. Each year, Americans dispose of 32 million tons of plastic waste. Not […]

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Industry

Processing Waste Plastic into Building Materials

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The students of the department of Mechanical Engineering, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru have come up with a extruder that develops building materials, especially plastic bricks, from plastic waste. The students made a presentation of this at the exhibition for engineering colleges, as part of National Science Day celebrations at the Pilikula Regional Science Centre […]

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Design

Why Jesmonite is breaking the mould in home design

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It may be a synthetic material but it is increasingly being used to create natural-looking, high-end products The emergence of plastics in the early 20th century heralded a new era of creativity in design. Before 1900 designers were limited to materials such as wood, stone, metal and glass, so the invention of man-made substances, such […]

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