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Minima makes gains in maturing PLA market
 Huang
Nike keeps scrap plastics out of landfills with new shoe
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (October 7, 2008) -- Nike Inc. has put a price tag on sustainable sneakers. For about 700 yuan, shoe buyers can pick up a pair of “Trash Talk” basketball shoes, made from
bits of recycled urethane foam, odd lots of unused leather and even post-industrial scrap rubber. Look for video highlights of Nike´s Trash Talk talk from the Industrial Designers Society of
America´s design conference. The upcoming video is part of Plastics News´s Design Briefs series, viewable at www.plasticsnews.com/designbriefs.
Ecolect compiles eco-friendly data for materials
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (October 7, 2008) -- The people who will create tomorrow’s products are giving a lot of attention to sustainability. During the annual Industrial Designers Society of America
conference in Phoenix, designers talked about topics surrounding the issue, but the problem is, there are few ways to define what actually makes a product “green” or sustainable. So,
Ecolect is putting together a database to help designers understand what is eco-friendly.
Plantronics builds ‘green’ plant in China
 Pineda
In Taiwan, collaboration opens doors to new markets
TAINAN, TAIWAN (October 7, 2008) -- For many companies coming into Asia´s plastics industry, Taiwan´s manufacturers can be a good place to look for collaboration. Dependent on exports, the
island has created companies that know their regional markets.
Taiwanese recycler looks to Africa and South America
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (October 7, 2008) -- As oil prices rise and virgin resin prices increase, demand for recycling machines is rising, particularly in Africa and South America. So Taiwan’s Ko Win Yang
Industrial Co. Ltd., which is in the business of plastic recycling technology, has decided to move beyond Asia and into those markets. Ko Win Yang Industrial makes a range of machines, from sorting
and crushing to cleaning to repelletizing PET.
Conair brings energy-saving system to Asia
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (October 7, 2008) -- Conair Group Inc. debuted its energy-saving PET drying system, EnergySmart, in Asia. But, even as energy-awareness grows across the globe, the company is making the
introduction to the new market with care. “Most customers in Asia think about energy, but they think about budget first,” said Jack Chen, operations manager for Conair East Asia.
“In Europe and the U.S., our customers tend to take a long-term view of costs.”
Versatile PVC sandal hot seller for Aussie firm
 PVC “jelly” sandal
Industrial design group begins vote to add China chapter
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (October 7, 2008) -- The 3,300-member Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) could get a lot bigger very quickly, if its members vote to change the group’s bylaws to allow
creation of a China chapter. Many Chinese designers are eagerly awaiting word of the vote, and are ready to join immediately, according to Tim Fletcher, IDSA’s Hong Kong-based international liaison
officer for Asia. (View an English-language video interview with Fletcher on the subject at
www.plasticsnews.com/multimedia/video.html?id=1222556904.)
S. China plastics firms struggling, but eye modernization
 Au
Ticona to make LCPs at new China plant
NANJING, JIANGSU (September 30, 2008) -- Ticona plans to build a plant in Nanjing to make its Vectra range of liquid crystal polymers (LCPs). The new facility will be the engineering polymer maker’s
fourth at the site where it already manufactures Celstran long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and GUR-brand ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. A new compounding plant is scheduled to start up
early next year at the site.
Austrian machine maker Wittmann tries again in Taiwan
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (September 30, 2008) -- After a nearly decade-long absence, Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH has returned to Taiwan. And this time around, the company plans to make its presence permanent. For
the first time ever, the Vienna, Austria-based company exhibited at Taipei Plas. The arrival at the show is a sign of the success of the company’s strategy for Asia, said Jonathan Ching, managing
director of Wittmann Battenfeld (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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.
Microcell develops foaming tech for plastic lumber
 Shih
Taiwan press makers unveil all-electrics at Taipei Plas
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (September 30, 2008) -- With much fanfare, several of Taiwan’s largest machinery firms unveiled new all-electrics at the recent Taipei Plas trade show. The presses use servomotors
developed by a joint Taiwanese industry and government funded research project. As previously reported by Plastics News, industry officials said the technology will aid local press makers in
becoming more competitive against high-end Japanese and European all-electrics.
Lenovo expands into Europe
BEIJING (September 30, 2008) -- Leading personal computer manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd. has extended its global footprint with its first European computer plant nearing completion in Legnica, Poland.
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