Manufacturer spawns new plastics firm

LOVELAND – Loveland-based veterinary products manufacturer Dale Peterson has started a new company called Plast-aid Inc., which will manufacture and market Plast-aid, a multipurpose adhesive.Peterson, who describes himself as a burned-out chemistry teacher, has developed and manufactured veterinary products for more than 20 years. As a manufacturer for Jorgensen Laboratories in Loveland, he produces products primarily for stock animals. His new product, Plast-aid, is based on a material used for hoof repair for horses and cows.
Peterson chemically altered the product to create a creamy substance that turns to a malleable, claylike material and hardens into a plastic in about…