S. China plastics firms struggling, but eye modernization
 Au
Re-evaluating China, from across the Taiwan strait
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (September 30, 2008) -- With costs quickly climbing across the Taiwan strait, many of the island’s companies are reassessing their relationship with mainland China, a region that is
both its biggest market and its fiercest competitor. Plastics News spoke with several Taiwanese firms on the subject at the Taipei Plas show, which was held earlier this month.
Sipa aims for flexibility in the China market
HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG (July 22, 2008) -- After a whirlwind debut on the Chinese market more than a decade ago, Italian bottle machinery company Sipa SpA has gained a reputation in the region. And with
the help of a new China-made injection press and increasing marketing efforts, it’s a reputation the company is looking to expand.
International plastics mergers, acquisitions on rise
 Blaige
Has China lost its ‘low-cost workshop’ status?
 Franz
Design competition goes international for NPE 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2008) -- In a break with tradition, the Washington-based Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) will make its next design competition an international event and will
add new design categories. The competition will be held in conjunction with NPE 2009, scheduled for June 22 to 26 in Chicago, Illinois. In the past, the National Plastics Design Competition was
mostly restricted to U.S. entries and limited to load-bearing parts, enclosures and structural parts. The upcoming competition will be open to virtually any type of design, including packaging
products, bioplastics, nanocomposites, and products that address energy efficiency and sustainability.
Opinion: Design center gala full of surprises
 Grace
Liuzhou Jingye motivated to develop equipment lines
SHANGHAI (May 20, 2008) -- Inspired by the dominance of foreign suppliers in the higher end of China’s blow molding machinery market, Liuzhou Jingye Machinery Co. Ltd. told Plastics News it
plans to improve its technology and develop products. The 11-year-old company supplies to the medical, housewares, cosmetic and baby products industries and cited as its end users such big names as
Procter & Gamble Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Starbucks Corp.
PN Forum speaker offers keys to unlock creativity
 Innovation expert Ken Robinson
Learning to embrace sustainability
 Coleman-Kammula
A primer on supplying the global medical market
 Avery
Reliable Toy auctioning off equipment and molds
TORONTO, CANADA (March 4, 2008) -- Reliable Toy Corp. of Toronto has been a long-standing blow and injection molder of toys, but the Canadian firm has succumbed to pressure from competing imports and
will sell off some of its equipment and molds.
West Pharmaceutical breaks ground for Shanghai plant
 West Pharmaceutical ground breaking ceremony
China behind others in mega-scale resin plants – for now
ORLANDO, FLORIDA (April 22, 2008) -- Globalization in the PET resin sector was a topic of discussion at a recent trade show gathering in the States. China was singled out for uncharacteristically
lagging behind other countries in number of mega-scale plants, while South Korea could be at an advantage if a proposed trade agreement with the U.S. goes through.
April conferences are first in China for SPI, SPE
SHANGHAI (February 19, 2008) —- Two prominent U.S. plastics industry trade groups — the Society of Plastics Industry Inc. and the Society of Plastics Engineers — both are planning
their first conferences in China this spring, in conjunction with the big April 17-20 Chinaplas 2008 trade show in Shanghai.
U.S. plastic package maker buys Sheng’an Packaging
 AVC’s environmental rigid blister packaging
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