Bedford Technology: Plastic lumber maker Tangent acquires rival Bedford Technology

MOSCOW (MRC) -- In a deal involving two companies that use post-consumer HDPE as a feedstock, Aurora, Ill.-based Tangent Technologies has acquired Bedford Technology for an undisclosed amount, said Canplastics.Tangent manufactures HDPE lumber used for outdoor furniture, site amenities, structural applications, and marine decking. Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford is a lumber extruder for p