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Publication: Plastics News
Publication Date: 30-OCT-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Newsclips.(Heartland BioComposites LLC opens plant)(Creative Engineered Polymer Products LLC closes sites)(Continental Structural Plastics Co. cuts jobs)

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Heartland opens recycled-fencing plant

TORRINGTON, WYO. - Torrington-based Heartland BioComposites LLC opened its extrusion plant this month, launching commercial production of natural-fiber composite lumber.

Using 100 percent-recycled polyethylene, with wheat straw as a filler, Heartland makes a board it said is seven times stronger than more-mainstream wood-plastic composite boards, and less expensive.

The company has remained tight-lipped about its product developments and operations and said it will remain so for the rest of the year.

In a brief telephone interview, Heartland President Heath Van Eaton did say that the company will focus on penetrating the fence market with...

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