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Why We Go to NPE
In a recent article about the upcoming National Plastics Expo (NPE) conference, Joseph Pryweller, a Plastics News staffer quoted Henry David Thoreau, who said: "Men have become the tools of their tools." Pryweller followed with his own comment: "But visitors to NPE already know that, since their businesses frequently are only as healthy as their tools."

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Where are you on OBIC's Cell to Sell ® Pipeline?
As a major manufacturing state, Ohio is a significant user of energy and materials. Ohio farmers and agribusinesses can produce and convert biomass to supply major portions of this material demand as a substitute for petroleum. To enhance Ohio's position as a leader in bioproducts innovation, OBIC fosters discovery and use of new technologies via a market needs model, thereby accelerating bioproducts commercialization.