Cereplast, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, announced that it will be supplying Absorbent Specialty Products with its bioplastic resin for the company’s new “Bio-Bones” Bone Replacement Prosthetics.

“We’re very pleased that Absorbent Specialty Products selected our Compostables® resin for its Bio-bones product line,” said Frederic Scheer, Chairman and CEO of Cereplast. “It is encouraging to see more and more manufacturers developing and manufacturing products using sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastic products.”

“We selected the Cereplast resin because of its natural ability to burn clean and turn to ash during cremation, as opposed to melting and emitting toxic fumes, as well as its strength and durability,” said Carol Dancer, President of Absorbent Specialty Products. “There are other products on the market for bone reconstruction, but Cereplast provided our company with a complete solution.”

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The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) may be forced to abandon its takeover of Rohm & Haas Co. (ROH) now that a $17.4 billion joint venture with Kuwait’s state-run oil company has been scrapped. Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Co. earlier this week cancelled plans to take a 50% stake in Dow’s plastics unit amid pressure from government officials alarmed by plunging oil prices. The venture would have created the world’s largest maker of polyethylene - a chemical used in wide array of plastic products, such as bottles and compact discs. It also would have provided Dow with a $7.5 billion cash infusion that the company had earmarked for its pending takeover of Rohm & Haas. The Philadelphia-based Rohm & Haas on July 10 agreed to a $78 a share takeover offer from Dow Chemical. Dow planned to finance the takeover with a $13 ...

Being first to market brings the opportunity for great profits and rewards. It also brings issues that may or may not have been considered when the initial concept was conceived. Solving these issues is the task that ultimately defines the company and its ability to operate efficiently and profitably. New market creation is one of the more risky investments one can make, but if the concept is sound and management is flexible enough to overcome in uncharted territory, large profit potential can await.

Blue Earth Solutions Inc., a development stage polystyrene recycling company, works to collect, recycle and resell polystyrene plastic through the use of a closed cycle process and proprietary technology. The company is currently working to open its first processing center in Florida and is in-process to launch additional facilities in Georgia and Tennessee.

The company is quickly ramping operations to capitalize on a market that is undeveloped. While glass

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If you think about the industrial packaging industry and how our products get shipped around the globe, you probably realize that most of what’s inside that box is packaging elements. Vital Products Inc. is a distributor of industrial packaging products. The Company, through its research and development arm in Canada and the US, intends to patent, trademark and/or license new products and systems that it can be used to establish itself as a leader in environmentally sustainable packaging options.

Styrofoam packing peanuts are so last decade. Plastic products like bubble materials and packaging foams create a large spread environmental problem. Our landfills are being continuously saturated with packaging pieces for those precious bubbles we like to buy. Although significant science has been done with regards to new environmental appropriate products, little of this technology has found its way to market.

Vital Products, through its relationship with two research and product

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If you think about the industrial packaging industry and how our products get shipped around the globe, you probably realize that most of what’s inside that box is packaging elements. Vital Products Inc. is a distributor of industrial packaging products. The Company, through its research and development arm in Canada and the US, intends to patent, trademark and/or license new products and systems that it can be used to establish itself as a leader in environmentally sustainable packaging options.

Styrofoam packing peanuts are so last decade. Plastic products like bubble materials and packaging foams create a large spread environmental problem. Our landfills are being continuously saturated with packaging pieces for those precious bubbles we like to buy. Although significant science has been done with regards to new environmental appropriate products, little of this technology has found its way to market.

Vital Products, through its relationship with two research and product

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Hello Friends!  Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog, Stock Picks Bob’s Advice!  As always, please remember that I am an amateur investor, so please remember to consult with your professional investment advisers prior to making any investment decisions based on information on this website.

Yesterday with the Dow up 500+ points (on the way to a 900+ point gain), I decided that it might be wise to go “all in” with my investments.  That is, after my partial sale of Graham (GHM) at a gain, I had another ‘permission slip’ to be adding a position.  With two positions in my portfolio, my minimum being 5, that meant I could move my holdings up to six positions.

These are different times, and while I chose stocks that are generally “growth stocks” and stocks that were indeed moving higher …

ICO is a maker of specialty resins and concentrates, and provides specialized polymer processing services. The company’s products can be found in manufactured household items, such as toys, household furniture, and trash receptacles; automobile parts; agricultural products, such as fertilizer and water tanks; paints; and metal and fabric coatings. ICO also provides ambient grinding, jet milling, compounding, and ancillary services for resins produced in pellet form and other material forms. The company has 19 factories in 10 countries across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It also exports its products to Africa and Asia.

The Texas-based company, which was founded in 1978, has nearly 1,000 employees and competes with firms such as A. Schulman Inc., Polyone Corp. and privately held KRATON Polymers LLC. In an encouraging sign for potential shareholders, the company said on Monday that it would buy back up to $12 million worth of its stock

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Well the May industrial output reading is really quite a shocker, since when compared to April 2008, industrial output in May 2008 at constant prices (i.e. allowing for the influence of the price change) was down by 3.1%, according to the (seasonally adjusted data) accoring to the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau. Of this there was a volume decrease of 3.3% in manufacturing, 3,4 % in electricity, gas and water supply, and in mining and quarrying the production volume was up by 7.1%.Compared to May 2007, industrial output in May (according to working day adjusted data) was down by 8.5%. Of which there was a volume decrease of 8% in manufacturing, a 9,6 % decrease in electricity, gas and water supply, and a 3.1% increase in mining and quarrying.According to the statistics bureau ...