The stocks will be required for the foreseeable future for transport, and the steel, cement, and plastics industries.

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It powers manufacturing as well as food and commodities production, it fuels transportation, and it is a building block for industries like plastics and electronics.

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The 54-year-old CEO of Summa Industries, a plastics component manufacturer in Torrance, California, was checking out an acquisition target.

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Huntsman makes chemicals used in a variety of industries such as plastics, autos, footwear, paints, construction, furniture and packaging.

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These entrepreneurs are trailblazing into areas of clean technology that will ultimately be integral and fundamental aspects of the plastics, chemicals and fuel industries.

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Among the industries affected: fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, plastics, food processing, electronics, cosmetics, textiles and mining.

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More than 50% of the jobs are found in construction industry, public health sector and commercial goods industries (cosmetics, luxury food, wood, rubber, plastics).

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PCBs are used in many industries: as heat-exchange liquid in transformers, in paint additives and in making plastics.

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