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• Washington State Lawmaker Sees Unexpected Results after Aiding Tacoma Plant.

  - 2004-03-30

  By Kenneth P. Vogel, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--Usually, state lawmakers wait anxiously to learn whether the governor is going to sign their bills. But state Rep. Steve Kirby said he wouldn't lose sleep if a...

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• Proposed Tax Break Could Help Tacoma, Wash., Chemical Plant Reopen.

  - 2004-02-18

  By Kenneth P. Vogel, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 18--A shuttered chemical plant on Tacoma's Tideflats would get a half-million-dollar tax break to reopen, under a bill passed by the state House in the wee hours of...

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• Pioneer Chemical Plant in Tacoma, Wash., to Close Entirely.

  - 2002-01-16

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--After 18 months of battling high electric energy costs and depressed market prices for their products, Pioneer Chlor Alkali officers announced Tuesday that they will close the company's Tideflats plant....

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• Tacoma, Wash, Chemical Plant Won't Resume Full Production Anytime Soon.

  - 2001-12-05

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 5--Pioneer Companies Inc. has emerged from bankruptcy reorganization, but don't expect its Tacoma plant -- Pioneer Chlor Alkali -- to resume full production anytime soon. "We'll...

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• Houston-Based Chemical Company Makes Bankruptcy Deal.

  - 2001-08-01

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 1--Pioneer Companies Inc., the parent corporation of Tacoma's Pioneer Chlor Alkali, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in a deal that will give it new owners and allow the ...

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• Houston, Texas-Based Chemical Firm Buys Washington Plant.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)

  - 1997-06-19

  TACOMA, Wash.--Jun. 19--Pioneer Companies Inc. has completed buying Occidental Chemical Corp.'s plant on Tacoma's Tideflats. The plant, which dates from the 1920s, sold for $97 million in cash and $5.5 million in Pioneer preferred stock. ...

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