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Kohlberg to Acquire Pexco From Odyssey

Mar 1, 2017

Private equity firm Kohlberg & Company has agreed to acquire Pexco, a North American specialty plastics manufacturer, from Odyssey Investment Partners. Upon completion of the deal closes, Pexco will merge with Kolhberg portfolio company ...

Tags: Kohlberg, specialty plastics

Pexco Purchases a New 55-Ton Roboshot Injection Molding Machine

Oct 21, 2014

Pexco Medical, a division of Pexco LLC, has purchased through its Spectrum Plastics operation a new 55-ton Roboshot injection molding machine for the purpose of developing new medical tools and advancing its biomaterial processing ...

Tags: Medical Market, injection molding machine

New Polymers Could Allow for Self-Healing Materials

Dec 4, 2013

New polymers could allow for self-healing materials, the University of Pittsburgh recently reported. Materials manufactured from the new composites can regenerate themselves when damaged. Results of the Pitt research were recently ...

Tags: medical plastics, health

Meadwestvaco Targets The Preservative-Free Packaging Market by Expanding Pharma Center

Feb 8, 2013

Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has invested $7.5m to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Hemer, Germany, targeting the preservative-free packaging market. According to MWV, the center is the core ...

Tags: Meadwestvaco, Pharma Manufacturing Center, Preservative-Free Packaging

Kaitlin Wolf Aspires to Design and Develop Medical Plastic Devices

Nov 7, 2011

Penn State Behrend engineering student Kaitlin Wolf aspires to design and develop medical plastic devices in the health-care industry. The 21-year-old senior from Buffalo will be among an inaugural class of six Behrend students scheduled to ...

Tags: Plastics

American and European Plastics Firms Are Stepping up Their Investments

Sep 29, 2011

American and European plastics firms are stepping up their investments in medical manufacturing in China, as that country undertakes a major expansion of its health-care system. The investments are driven both by global medical-device ...

Tags: plastics