Compositology Exclusive 08/25/2012 – CPG International (owner of Azek Building Product) has successfully completed a purchase agreement of TimberTech from it’s parent company, Crane Building Products. Two independent sources have confirmed to Compositology that the deal has occurred, but details are still unknown. The addition of the TimberTech product line under the ownership of CPG [...]
THE CELC TECHNICAL SECTION PRESENTS THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION ON FLAX AND HEMP REINFORCEMENTS: “FLAX AND HEMP FIBRES: A NATURAL SOLUTION FOR THE COMPOSITE INDUSTRY” CO-PUBLISHED WITH THE JEC GROUP SOURCE: JEC Composites 03/27/2012 — Versailles, France — The industrial sectors that use non-renewable fibres have undertaken an eco-design initiative. Having the structure to meet [...]
by Barton Eckert, SOURCE: Washington Business Journal 02/15/2012 — Winchester, Va.-based Trex Co. Inc. , whose decking products cost more than wood but require less maintenance, is being featured in a historic renovation project on the PBS program “This Old House.” Trex (NASDAQ: TREX) is the world’s largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking and railing products. Trex [...]
By Jennifer DeWitt, Quad-City Times SOURCE: Business 380 02/10/2012 — Archer Daniels Midland Co., or ADM, announced today it has eliminated 43 jobs at its polymer facility in Clinton as a result of the end of a commercial alliance with Metabolix Inc. ADM first announced in January that the alliance would end Wednesday, but at [...]
Axion International Signs Two Agreements with Argentina’s Inversora Intervías S.A., a Company Owned by the Same Shareholders of Grupo Cometrans, for “ECOTRAX™” Composite Railroad Ties Dual Agreements will initially provide for distribution of Axion RR ties while plans for collaboration on regional recycling collection and manufacturing are explored 02/07/2012 — NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Axion International [...]
