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Hybrid Plastics Ups Mississippi Capacity

by Alexander H. Tullo
July 14, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 28

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Credit: Eli Baylis
Hybrid’s POSS comes in solid and liquid forms.
Hybrid Plastics’ POSS in solid and liquid form.
Credit: Eli Baylis
Hybrid’s POSS comes in solid and liquid forms.

Hybrid Plastics is expanding its Hattiesburg, Miss., plant, increasing fivefold its capacity for the liquid variety of its polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), which the company touts as bridging the performance gap between organic and inorganic materials. Hybrid says liquid POSS, its best seller, is gaining traction in the personal care, coatings, and oil industries. The multi-million-dollar expansion will be completed later this year, increasing employment at the plant by 50% to 30 workers, Hybrid says.

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