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Chinese PP recycler filing IPO in Australia
QUANZHOU, CHINA (February 28, 2010) -- One of China’s largest makers of polypropylene filament yarns wants to use a stock offering in Australia to expand its business using recycled PP feedstock,
believing a focus on green materials gives a cost advantage and better meets rising demand for eco-products.
Sunningdale reports profit thanks to geographical diversity
SINGAPORE (February 26, 2010) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd. has returned to profit last year, saying its markets in Japan, Europe and South Korea had offset the drop in sales from the North American
automotive industry.
Lifetime files infringement suits in Chinese court
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (February 19, 2010) -- American plastic table maker Lifetime Products Inc., which has filed more than 20 patent infringement lawsuits in the United States aimed at blocking Chinese
products from U.S. stores, is bringing its first such lawsuit in mainland China in an effort to more directly target alleged copycats.
Paper shredder maker using bioplastics
 Chang (L) and Huang
DONGGUAN, CHINA (February 8, 2010) -- Office equipment maker Intek America Inc., which last year launched a program to make some of its paper shredders carbon neutral, is hoping a partnership with
Taiwanese bioplastics compounder Minima Technology Co. Ltd. will help it “green” its material choices.
Opinion: IP remains big issue in China
 Toloken
Stung by slower growth in the United States and Europe, or maybe just attracted by rising markets in Asia, smaller firms like toy makers are strategizing about whether they can tap into growing
consumer wealth in China, particularly in coastal cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen. But intellectual property protection remains a big issue.
Firms find higher-than-expected costs in China's interior
 Levine
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (January 26, 2010) -- While some smaller foreign manufacturers in China have built factories in interior regions as a lower-cost escape from coastal cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen,
the reality of those moves has not always matched their expectations.
Overseas toy makers exploring China's domestic market
 Cheng
HONG KONG (January 25, 2010) -- With China’s economy growing, some overseas plastic toy makers are starting to seriously explore the country’s expanding but sometimes challenging domestic market.
Hong Kong's toy industry hopeful but unsure about 2010
 Ting
HONG KONG (January 19, 2010) -- The toy making hubs of Hong Kong and South China saw their exports fall about 10 percent in 2009, on slow worldwide demand. But local industry leaders interviewed at
the Hong Kong Toy Fair said there are some tentative signs of an upturn.
Hong Kong toy show exhibit results in yo-yo logo tiff
 Duncan and Hanye yo yos
HONG KONG (January 19, 2010) -- The Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, Asia’s largest toy exhibition, is the place where the factories of China meet the Western companies filling up their retail shelves.
It’s also a place where China and the West confront sometimes very different ideas about intellectual property, as American plastic yo-yo maker Duncan Toys recently learned first-hand.
Frisbee, Hula Hoop production returning to US from China
EMERYVILLE, CALIF. (January 19, 2010) -- Wham-O Inc. is moving some production of the iconic Frisbee and Hula Hoop to the United States from China. Manufacturing Marvel America, a division of
Manufacturing Marvel Group that has plants in California and Michigan, will injection mold the Frisbee discs.
Governments urge keeping focus on toy safety
 Wong
HONG KONG (January 18, 2010) -- Chinese factories make more than 70 percent of the world’s toys, so top toy safety regulators in America and Europe came to the Hong Kong Toy Fair recently with a
message -- don't step back from the recent focus on safety.
German plastic lamp design folds like origami
LONDON (November 23, 2009) -- Using the inspiration of the playful forming of origami and Lego, a German design student has created a plastic lamp which can be adapted into different sculptural
shapes. The design will be on display at the EuroMold exhibition in Frankfurt in December.
Schulman planning new masterbatch plant in India
FAIRLAWN, OHIO (October, 2007) -- A. Schulman, Inc. plans to establish a masterbatch facility in western India, an area that the company considers a “key geographic growth market.” The firm said
the facility will start with one line that will manufacture the company’s masterbatch products for the packaging, appliance and consumer products markets.
Hong Kong plastics firms report mixed results
Hong Kong (October 27, 2009) -- Hong Kong-based compounder Ngai Hing Hong Co. Ltd. said it is seeing signs of recovery in its Chinese factories, while other plastics firms reporting financial results
recently at the Hong Kong stock market were more cautious.
Two Indian housewares firms continue expansion
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (October 19, 2009) -- Plastic packaging extruder Specialty Polyfilms India Pvt. Ltd. invested in a significant capacity expansion in August, as the company sees growth for its plastic
food wrap. Meantime, household goods injection molder Princeware International Pvt. Ltd. is planning to add 15 injection molding machines at its Mumbai headquarters factory.
Molder takes production from China to U.S.
GREENVILLE, MICH. (October 14, 2009) -- Two injection molders plan to add more than 100 jobs in Greenville, including a company bringing business to the United States from China. Zero1 LLC of Ada,
Mich., has been involved with designing and backing office chairs made in China, but now plans to launch production in Greenville.
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