He founded the company with his former Harvard classmates Tyler Bosmeny and Rafael Garcia.

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In 2006, the company won the green light to close a Tyler, Texas, plant and the outdated Union City, Tenn.

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"We've made it clear we will not be continuing the contracts of anybody who does not wish to continue to work for the company on the new contract, " said Tony Tyler, Cathay's director of corporate development.

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The company last week filed a similar action in federal court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler.

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Chef Tyler Florence's hunting-lodge-ish restaurant Wayfare Tavern hands over its used cooking oil to a biodiesel company.

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