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• Sigma snags N.Y. extruder.(Sigma Plastics Group acquired Allied Extruders Inc.)(New York)(Brief article)

  - 2007-07-02

  Byline: Angie DeRosa Film and sheet extruder Sigma Plastics Group of Lyndhurst, N.J., has acquired Allied Extruders Long Island City in a deal that closed June 26. Allied Extruders LIC operates one plant in Long Island City, N.Y., with a roughly...

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• Sigma backing New Mercury.(Mercury Plastics Inc., New Mercury Plastics LLC, Sigma Plastics Group)(Brief Article)

  - 2006-02-20

  Byline: Angie DeRosa Bag maker Mercury Plastics Inc. has a new co-owner and a new name less than a year after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The film extruder based in City of Industry, Calif., now will be known as New...

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• Packaging: mergers, overseas resin sources.(Special Report)

  - 2006-01-09

  Byline: Angie DeRosa The story for the 2006 packaging market is one of continued consolidation across all sectors and more sourcing of key resins from overseas. One only has to look at 2005 for proof of consolidation activity across flexible and...

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• Sigma buys Pa. producer of cast film.(Sigma Plastics Group buys FilmTec Corp.)

  - 2005-09-05

  Byline: Bill Bregar Film giant Sigma Plastics Group has gained a foothold in markets for diaper film and medical disposables by purchasing Filmtech Corp., a producer of embossed cast film in Allentown, Pa. "This is a business that I'm not in and...

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• Sigma acquires film, bag maker Republic.(Sigma Plastics Group take over Republic Bag Inc.)

  - 2004-10-04

  Byline: Bill Bregar Sigma Plastics Group announced Sept. 30 it has beefed up its trash bag and industrial film businesses by acquiring Republic Bag Inc., which runs two factories in Houston and Corona, Calif. Sigma owner Alfred Teo said Republic runs about...

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• Sigma to reopen Flexsol plant.(News)

  - 2003-08-04

  Byline: Joseph Pryweller Flexsol Packaging Corp.'s Marshville, N.C., film extrusion plant is in between a recent closing and an impending rebirth. Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Flexsol shut the facility July 7 to consolidate three plants into two, Chief Executive Officer Brian Stevenson...

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• Film Extruder Tries Do-It-Yourself Electric Power.(Sigma Plastics Group)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-08-01

  One of the country's largest makers of stretch film and bags, the Sigma Plastics Group based in Lyndhurst, N.J., has embarked on an experiment in generating its own electricity. Last year Sigma leased a small gas-fired power-generating plant from Honeywell, which installed the plant in Sigma's...

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• How to make money at a penny a pound. (management of Sigma Plastics Group)(Company Profile)

  - 1998-05-01

  In the commodity film-extrusion business, price often rules. Making money requires careful attention to even the smallest of details. A half-cent shift in resin prices can make or break you. Competition is ruthless, and many sectors of the business are burdened with overcapacity. So how...

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