He subsequently became vice president of worldwide marketing product management for GE Appliances in 1991, vice president and general manager of GE Plastics Americas commercial division in 1992, and vice president and general manager of GE Plastics Americas in 1993.

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In general, the molecular designs of these plastics improve a product's flame resistance or its structural integrity under heat.

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Metals and plastics are sorted from the general waste and sold on, but the firm said the market for this type of material had "dropped substantially".

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In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out General Electric for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.

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The materials to make plastics have been particularly high in recent months due to a general rise in the cost of commodities.

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It's taken six years, but with the pending sale of his company's plastics business, CEO JeffreyImmeltJeffrey Immelt has essentially completed what he sees as General Electric's transformation from a staid manufacturer to a high-margin services company.

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