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.”
S. China plastics firms struggling, but eye modernization
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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.
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.
Victor Taichung Machinery enters recycling business
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (September 23, 2008) -- Taiwanese injection press maker Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co. Ltd. said in an interview last week at the Taipei Plas 2008 show that it is diversifying into
the recycling business with the purchase of Taiwan’s largest plastic container recycler.
Dalian Rubber & Plastics floats bonds for expansion
DALIAN, LIAONING (September 16, 2008) — Chinese extrusion equipment maker Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery Co. Ltd. plans to issue up to 50 million yuan (US$7.31 million) of bonds. The
Dalian-based company said its shareholders approved the proposal in a Sept. 8 meeting.
Matsui files 2nd suit against competitor
TOKYO (September 2, 2008) -- Japanese auxiliary equipment maker Matsui Mfg. Co. Ltd. has filed a second patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Kawata Mfg. Co. Ltd., this time accusing its
rival of violating its patent on a hopper.
Press maker Haitian’s profits dip
NINGBO, ZHEJIANG (September 2, 2008) -- Haitian International Holdings Ltd., China’s largest maker of injection molding machines, saw its profit fall more than 8 percent in the first half of 2008, as
demand plummeted from economic woes in the United States, rising oil prices and higher costs in China. The tougher business environment led to a “rapid and steep decline” in demand for
molding machines, particularly for smaller machines of less than 500 metric tons of clamping force, the company told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late last month. Profit for the first six months of
2008 fell even as sales rose about 9 percent.
Auto suppliers seek edge with automation
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Extruder maker PTi to debut global line at ’09 shows
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Toshiba expanding all-electric press output in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (August 26, 2008) -- With mainland China’s demand for all-electric injection presses on the rise, Japanese press maker Toshiba Machine Co. Ltd. is doubling the capacity of its Shanghai
factory. The company is also seeing increased exports from Shanghai to other Asian markets. Toshiba makes all-electrics from 40 to 350 metric tons of clamping force in Shanghai, along with
die-casting machines.
DMT opens Guangzhou biax equipment making facility
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Taiwanese alliance develops all-electric press tech
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (August 19, 2008) -- A Taiwanese research alliance has developed technology that it claims puts it on par with high-end all-electric presses at a 30 percent cost savings, compared to
similar Japanese machines. Now the Taiwan Association of the Machinery Industry says it just needs time for its image to grow to become competitive in the Taiwanese and mainland Chinese market, and
then it will expand to Southeast Asia and South America. The technology will debut next month at Taipei Plas. Members of the partnership are press makers Fu Chun Shin Machinery Co. Ltd., Multiplas
Enginery Co. Ltd. and Victor Taichung Machinery Co. Works Ltd.; servomotor supplier Teco Electro Devices Co. Ltd.; and stretch blow molding machine maker Chum Power Machinery Corp.
Husky to emphasize packaging over automotive
BOLTON, ONTARIO (August 12, 2008) -- Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. will reduce its presence in the large-molding-machine market for the automotive sector in favor of building up its core
business of presses for PET preforms and the packaging sector. The decision to de-emphasize large-machine manufacturing reflects differing growth rates in the respective markets.
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