Davies noted that Washington has shown little to no support for environmentally friendly innovations in the plastics industry.
Foyer, the sales manager for plastics industry solutions provider Braunform, believes a German focus on the long-term is behind the current success.
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Apollo already has assets in the plastics industry through Berry Plastics (acquired in 2006), and some have speculated that the two companies would be merged together were a deal made.
Aerospace, medical equipment, electronics, even pockets of the plastics and rubber products industry are still growing, says the National Association of Manufacturers.
Cruz says a series of companies have already invested in automotive technology projects there, including US Farathane, a leading source of plastics for the auto industry.
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The study found several occupational sectors in which there appeared to be an elevated breast cancer risk, including manufacture of plastics for use in the automobile industry, farming and metalworking.
It is a flexible fuel, capable of heating homes, fuelling industrial boilers and providing feedstock for the petrochemicals industry, where it is turned into plastics, fertiliser and other useful stuff.
Fenelon knew, having run a company that supplied plastics to automakers, just how insular and risk-averse that industry is.
One of Mr. Talbot's favorites is a fine, stiff netlike fabric used by the automobile industry as a support material between upholstery and metal or impact-resistant plastics.
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Given the importance of all kinds of chemicals to industry around the world and the ease with which virtually any fertilizer, pharmaceutical or plastics manufacturing plant can be used, when required, to make a batch of weapons agent, no ban on production can solve or even substantially mitigate the chemical weapons problem.
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More than 50% of the jobs are found in construction industry, public health sector and commercial goods industries (cosmetics, luxury food, wood, rubber, plastics).
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