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Celgard expands battery membrane production in S. Korea
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 5, 2010) -- Lithium-ion battery membrane maker Celgard LLC is investing $30 million (204. 8 million yuan) to expand production in South Korea.

Robots: a lesson in US history

Sun
Plastics News assistant managing editor Nina Ying Sun examines the relationship between U.S. jobs, China and robots in this column."Robots outperform and replace not only Chinese workers but also American workers. If the goal of U.S. manufacturing is to keep domestic jobs, ultimately robots are not the solution," she notes.

Mitsubishi claims world first for new back-barrier sheet
TOKYO (December 7, 2009) -- Mitsubishi Plastics Inc. of Tokyo claims its new photovoltaic (PV) back sheet, launched globally this week, is the world’s best barrier against water vapour of its kind.



Samsung design chief talks about sustainability efforts
MIAMI (November 24, 2009) -- South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has built a reputation as an innovative design leader. Geehong Yoon, senior vice president of the design strategy team at Samsung Electronics’ Corporate Design Center in Seoul, shared some thoughts with Plastics News about the company’s efforts to leverage its design advantage to become more environmentally friendly.

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.

Sunarrow closes Hungarian manufacturing plant
TOKYO (SEPTEMBER 29, 2009) -- Japanese electronics component moulder Sunarrow has announced the closure of its Hungarian manufacturing plant in Komárom with the loss of 76 jobs. The Tokyo-based company also operates three Chinese plants in Xiamen, Beijing and Shenzhen, one at Saraburi, Thailand, and four in Japan.

Plastics used in winning designs
DULLES, VA. (August 18, 2009) -- The use of polymer resins helped numerous products — including advanced medical devices, double-color injection molded consumer electronics and an amphibious sport plane — win 2009 International Design Excellence Awards.



Singapore's Sunningdale reports cautious optimism
SINGAPORE (Aug 18, 2009) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd said it faces a challenging business environment for the rest of this year though there are signs that the global economic crisis may be bottoming out. The Singapore-based injection molder and tooling supplier said it remains cautious for the rest of the year.

China’s manufacturers mull ways to boost industry


Chan
HONG KONG (June 30, 2009) -- Stung by the collapse of their export markets, Chinese manufacturers should not look for that big volume business to return and instead ought to explore new areas such as manufacturing products targeted at niche markets, using better industrial design and looking inward at Chinese culture for inspiration. That, at least, was some of the advice coming from manufacturers and industrial designers -- like Eric Chan, a native of Guangdong province and now president of industrial design firm Ecco Design Inc. in New York -- at a Hong Kong forum on reinvigorating the sagging manufacturing industries in the Pearl River Delta.

Resin makers realizing China’s import potential

Hanck
GUANGZHOU (June 2, 2009) -- Just a few years ago, China was mainly a cheap export base, where products were made and sent elsewhere around the world. These days, the reverse is increasingly true: China’s growing domestic market is attracting more attention, particularly from global resin makers. “There is real demand in the domestic China market,” said Hong Kong-based Philippe Hanck of DuPont’s engineering polymers unit. He said DuPont has seen a tangible effect from China’s government stimulus spending in automotive, rail, mobile phones and renewable energy.

Ashland Distribution continues to grow in China
GUANGZHOU (May 26, 2009) -- After weathering a difficult first year in China, Ashland Distribution arrived at Chinaplas 2009 last week with a growing list of distribution agreements in the region. In an economic downturn, a company official said, there are some advantages to being a new arrival.

Underwriters Laboratories buys Bayer plastics testing lab
NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS (April 28, 2009) -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has purchased a plastics testing lab in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, from Bayer MaterialScience AG. The deal will allow Northbrook-based Underwriters Laboratories -- an independent organization that tests more than 19,000 products, components, materials and systems each year -- to expand its services in the plastics market.

Package thermoformer Prent expands in China, Denmark

Pregont
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN (April 21, 2009) -- Packaging thermoformer Prent Corp. is expanding its plant in Shanghai and is building a plant in Holbaek, Denmark. Both projects are scheduled to be finished within nine months. “We have outgrown our space in China,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Pregont. The expansion into Europe was driven by market conditions, he said. Medical packaging accounts for more than 50 percent of the company’s sales, followed by electronics packaging. Prent designs and manufacturers blister packs, pressure-formed trays and clamshells.

BASF Vietnam unit to focus on growth opportunities
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY (April 14, 2009) -- BASF SE has set up a subsidiary in Vietnam. BASF Vietnam Co. Ltd. will target growth industries in Vietnam, including electrical and electronics, construction, footwear, crop protection, packaging and petrochemicals. BASF has had a presence in Vietnam since 1994 with a representative office, and it has been active in the construction chemicals business since 2006.

SK Capital Partners to buy Solutia's nylon business
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (April 14, 2009) -- Private equity firm SK Capital Partners LP has bought the integrated nylon business of Solutia Inc. The business being sold includes nylon resin -- sold under the Vydyne and Ascend trade names -- as well as fiber, feedstocks and compounds.

SPI stimulus brings Nissei back to NPE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2009) -- In light of current economic conditions, the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) has put in place what it calls an “economic stimulus” of financial incentives designed to lower the overall cost of exhibiting at NPE2009 and to prevent exhibitors from incurring unexpected move-in and move-out costs. The offer already has succeeded in getting Japanese injection press supplier Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. to reverse its recent decision to drop out of the show.

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