Advanced Drainage Systems garners pipe certification
HILLIARD, OHIO (August 19, 2008) -- Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. has received 100-year service life approval for its corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe by the Florida Department of
Transportation, which will open up the state’s high-traffic arteries for the first time to the U.S.-based pipe maker.
Plastic pipe maker JM Eagle runs ad during Olympics
 JM Eagle ad image “all people everywhere”
N. American Rotomolders adjust to changing landscape
 Mooney
ITW’s decorative surfaces business going up for sale
GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS (August 19, 2008) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) plans to sell its decorative surfaces business, which includes the Wilsonart, Polyrey and Resopal brands, with international
operations in China, Thailand, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. And, with several inquiries from companies about buying Wilsonart International Inc., ITW officials think now might be the time
to sell.
Plastics help designs bring home IDSA gold
 One project provides low-cost, energy-efficient laptops to children around the world.
Lubrizol makes its China debut at the Beijing Olympics
 Lubrizol supplied the piping for the Water Cube’s water treatment system.
JM Eagle donates pipe for humanitarian water project
LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2008) -- Los Angeles-based JM Eagle, the world’s largest plastic pipe manufacturer, has teamed up with Columbia University’s Earth Institute to bring sanitary, potable water to
thousands of suffering people in the African nation of Senegal.
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
Russia’s plastics growth boon for additives suppliers
 Stott
U.K.-based BNL to open Thai plastic bearings plant
RAYONG, THAILAND (June 24, 2008) - BNL UK Ltd., a U.K.-based plastic bearing designer and manufacturer, is opening a new factory in Thailand this month. Production will start later this year.
Initially, the plant will assemble parts for some Asia-based customers, with further opportunities to transfer other assembly work and molding activities to the factory. The Rayong plant will also
start injection molding on seven new Krauss Maffei presses.
Fast facts
China’s manufacturing capacity of plastic pipe has exceeded 4.5 million metric tons annually. More than 100 manufacturers across the country have capacity of more than 10,000 metric tons.
(Source: China Plastics Processing Industry Association)
China exported 39,700 units/sets of plastics machinery, 65 percent higher than 2006. Dollar value of sales reached $820 million,
52 percent over a year ago. (Source: China Plastics Processing Industry Association)
Cincinnati Extrusion closing Dalian plant
SHANGHAI (April 22, 2008) -- Sister companies Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH and Cincinnati Extrusion GmbH are consolidating their production in China, closing Cincinnati’s production in Dalian,
Liaoning province and relocating it to Battenfeld’s facility in Foshan, Guangdong province. The two European companies said they will keep separate brand identities in China, but will be combining
production later this year as a way to control cost and boost efficiency.
Qenos rallies for duties on Asian HDPE, LLDPE goods
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (April 8, 2008) -- Australian plastics manufacturer Qenos Pty. Ltd. has applied to have anti-dumping duties extended to protect Australian high and linear low density polyethylene
(HDPE and LLDPE) product manufacturers from being undercut by Asian exporters. Duties imposed on HDPE products exported to Australia from South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore are due to expire in
December, as are duties imposed on LLDPE products exported from South Korea and Thailand.
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