Tuesday, 18-Oct-11

Moldmakers and molders in South China face consolidation, Part III
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Oct. 18, 2011) -- The sharply rising costs and weakness in major export markets in North America and Europe are making it probably the most difficult time in at least 20 years for many export-oriented small and medium-sized manufacturers in China.

Tuesday, 11-Oct-11

Global suppliers see advantages in China's medical market
SHANGHAI (Oct. 11, 2011) -- China can be a challenging market to crack, but foreign plastics firms active in the country’s medical device industry believe they have an advantage -- a solid understanding of the steep quality requirements of the global medical device industry.

Tuesday, 04-Oct-11

Moldmakers and molders in South China face consolidation, Part II

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Oct. 4, 2011) -- Although the tough economic conditions are hiting some manufacturers in South China hard, other are doing well, according to industry sources.

Electronics molder hurt by rising labor and material costs
HONG KONG (Oct. 4, 2011) -- In an indication of the difficulties facing China’s small and mid-sized plastics molders, Hong Kong-listed injection molder V.S. International Group Ltd. blamed rising labor costs and raw material prices for significantly higher losses in its fiscal year ending July 31.

Tuesday, 13-Sep-11

Press makers say China is ready for all-electrics
SHANGHAI (September 13, 2011) -- Driven by an increasingly energy-conscious customer and a robust domestic machine market, a growing number of plastics machinery companies are looking to bring the manufacture of all-electric machines to Chinese soil. In doing so, they are hoping to tap a market that has long been dominated by Japanese manufacturers.

Gerresheimer adding medical molding capacity in China
SHANGHAI (September 13, 2011) -- German medical injection molder Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH will increase capacity in its China facility four-fold in the next 18 months, and is actively planning for a second factory in the country.

Thursday, 08-Sep-11

Wittmann Battenfeld to assemble injection presses in China
SHANGHAI (September 8, 2011) -- Equipment maker Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH plans to start assembling injection molding machines in China in 2013, its first such production in Asia, in a bid to reduce costs and shorten delivery times.

Tuesday, 06-Sep-11

CMT develops injection molding technology for pipe
BARANDUDA, AUSTRALIA (September 6, 2011) -- Profiles and pipe can be injection molded using “indefinite-length” technology developed by Continuous Moulding Technologies Pty. Ltd. of Baranduda, Australia, which has been granted a U.S. patent.

Monday, 29-Aug-11

LG and KraussMaffei sign development deal
MUNICH, GERMANY (August 29, 2011) -- LG Electronics Inc. and KraussMaffei AG have agreed to work together on technological developments in plastics processing for electronics devices. The deal was signed at a ceremony in Munich where LG also ordered additional injection molding machines from KraussMaffei’s MX series.

Effects of Japan crisis lowers profit at Eva Precision
HONG KONG (August 29, 2011) -- Supply chain disruptions from Japan’s crisis have hit the earnings of Chinese injection molder and metals processor Eva Precision Industrial Holdings Ltd., although the company said it believes that the worst is behind it.

Tuesday, 16-Aug-11

Jite buys back China plant, new owners lack financing
TORONTO (August 16, 2011) -- Electronics supplier Jite Technologies Inc. is buying back a tooling and molding operation it spun off last year, because of problems completing that sale.

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