Deletion of McClarin Plastics, Inc.

Comment: AfD is not about the quality of the article - this article could no doubt be improved, but that does not impact on whether the company is notable or not. I find a small amount of coverage in mainstream media outside its local regions - an article about a plant closing in Alabama, which mentions the other states which have plants - and also that there is one in China (reported in the ''Birmingham Business Journal'' - in Alabama, but outside the town where the plant was) https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2017/07/27/plastics-company-closing-plant-outside-montgomery.html, and 4 paragraphs in an article in the ''Los Angeles Times'' about employment as an issue in the 2004 presidential election https://www.newspapers.com/image/192728829/?terms=%22McClarin%2BPlastics%22. Books or journals about plastics are the kind of publication I'd expect to find coverage in, rather than mainstream media. I can see that it is mentioned in a 1974 book called ''Reinforced plastics: theory and practice,'' but as it's a snippet view only, I can't see how much is about it, or if it's just named https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YV9bAAAAMAAJ&q=%22McClarin+Plastics%22&dq=%22McClarin+Plastics%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLounIpYjfAhUPfisKHak_AoM4FBDoAQgzMAM, and there's an entry in the ''Modern Plastics Encyclopedia Issue'', 1960 https://books.google.com.au/booksid=lfd9AAAAMAAJ&q=%22McClarin+Plastics%22&dq=%22McClarin+Plastics%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd4q6ipYjfAhUZU30KHXRnCSoQ6AEIOzAE, though that may be directory-like .... The journal ''Plastics Technology''. Nov 95, Vol. 41 Issue 11, p17. has an article 'Thermoforming advances boost quality, cut costs': "Features several developments in the field of thermoforming highlighted at the 1995 SPE Thermoforming Conference. Development of a CAD/CAM programming of five-axis CNC trimmers/routers by McClarin Plastics Inc." (two other companies are mentioned, but McLarin would have at least 1/3 of a page); ''Plastics Technology.'' Mar 2003, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p80 has an article about "Hanover, Pennsylvania-based custom thermoformer McClarin Plastics Inc. Customers of McClarin; Expansion of the company into assembly and painting services; Emphasis of the company on teamwork, training and innovation; Functions of three plants operated by the company."; ''Industry Week/IW.'' Aug2008, Vol. 257 Issue 8, p15 has an article which "offers information on the cooperative lean certification training implemented by McClarin Plastics Inc. in the U.S. The company has 20 employees participating in the training along with its 25 suppliers and customers. The objective of the training is to lessen waste, human effort and manufacturing space and time."; ''Reinforced Plastics.'' Sep2017, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p257 has an article "McClarin acquires composites company." I don't know whether that is enough to meet  - happy to include the refs in the article if it is
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Comment: What is sad is that most manufacturing companies will not receive the coverage required to meet notability guidelines. Manufacturing is boring to the main stream media. Being that this company is pretty old, I even did a search through Newspapers.com and found nothing other than routine announcements. Fails  and 
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Comment: It appears that the company has been covered in other publications. In addition to {{u|RebeccaGreen}}’s comment and links I found the following articles covering the company: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2017/07/25/elmore-plastics-plant-close/510199001/ and https://www.grbj.com/articles/82102-blackford-capital-keeps-pushing-acquisitions With additional research, the company may have enough independent sources reporting on it to meet the  guidelines. I would suggest continuing to research this avenue before deleting the article
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