West reopens in new Kinston plant.

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After spending about $30 million on a building and equipment, Lionville, Pa.-based West Pharmaceutical resumed operations in Kinston, where an explosion and fire in January 2003 destroyed the company's previous plant. Six employees died, and more than 30 were injured. Company executives and state safety officials say a similar explosion would be nearly impossible at the new plant because synthetic-rubber compounds that created dust, believed...