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Development provides opportunity for PVC sector in India
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 22, 2012) -- India’s government is planning $1 trillion in infrastructure investment as part of its 12th Five Year Plan, creating opportunities for PVC in the construction sector.

US trade office in China wants to boost American plastics exports

Tyminski
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (May 22, 2012) -- A U.S. government trade promotion office in China is focusing on plastics as one of its industries to try to boost American exports to the country, as part of a federal government initiative to double U.S. exports worldwide.

Supplier collaboration drives auto innovations

Panel discussion
SHANGHAI (May 22, 2012) -- China’s automotive market is dominated by big domestic players. International brands, more often than not, partner with local companies to gain easier access to the market. Plastics companies interested in the market must also work with local OEMs.

Copycats don’t cut it when it comes to design for car interiors


Fortner (L) and Wang
SHANGHAI (May 22, 2012) -- After years of arriving in China with exact copies of the cars sold in the West, international automakers are getting wise to the different design expectations of Chinese customers. For designers of car interiors, that could mean making small adjustments to instrument panels -- or gutting the car’s entire interior and starting fresh.

Luxury cars reign at China auto show

Lamborghini Urus
BEIJING (May 22, 2012) — When Automobili Lamborghini SpA unveiled its newest supercar concept — a carbon fiber sports utility vehicle study — it didn’t take it to Paris or Los Angeles or Tokyo or Detroit.

China brakes UK recycling
LONDON (May 22, 2012) -- Exporting high quality plastic waste to China and the Far East is damaging the UK’s recycling sector, putting ‘green’ jobs at risk in the process, warn industry experts.

Taiwanese startup launches plastic outdoor furniture

Anthony Yu (left)
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (May 15, 2012) — A Taiwanese startup firm, Polyteak Co. Ltd., has developed a proprietary process to make 100 percent polystyrene outdoor furniture that looks and feels like wood, and it’s opened an extrusion factory in southern China to try to expand its market.

Formosa to shift paste PVC production to China
MUMBAI, INDIA (May 15, 2012) -- Formosa Plastics Corp. is shifting a paste PVC plant from Mailiao, Taiwan, to eastern China in the next couple of years.

Futuristic car draws inspiration from manta ray


BatShark
SHANGHAI (May 14, 2012) -- In the opening moments of Chinaplas 2012, partners in the annual plastics and rubber exhibition uncovered the “BatShark,” a prototype eco-friendly red sports car designed by students at Shanghai’s East China University of Science and Technology.

DSM to market PPS resin from China's Lumena
CHENGDU, CHINA (May 14, 2012) -- Polyphenylene sulfide resin maker China Lumena New Materials Corp. and DSM Engineering Plastics have agreed to discuss joint marketing of several grades of engineering plastics and jointly develop alloys of PPS and polyamide 4/6.

Wuhan Huali building bioplastics R&D, production base

Ground-breaking ceremony
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) — China’s leading bioplastics firm Wuhan Huali Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. has broken ground for what the company said will become the most automated, technologically intensive and largest production site in China’s bioplastics industry.

China's new resin association aims to clear plastics' name

Zheng
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) -- The China Synthetic Resin Supply & Sale Association made a debut at the Chinaplas 2012 trade show in Shanghai. The new group will aim to “clear the name of plastics,” among other tasks, said Chairman Yang Weicai at a news conference at Chinaplas.

Songwon eyes U.S., Germany, Mideast for expansion

Schlaepfer
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) -- South Korean plastics additives maker Songwon Industrial Group is in the advanced planning stages for putting its first plant in the United States, while it also is doubling production capacity in Germany, stepping up its activity in the Middle East and retooling its strategy in Asia, according to a senior company official.

Clariant features biodegradable masterbatches at Chinaplas

Pfeifer
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) -- On the heels of the inauguration of a new pigments plant in Tianjin, China, Clariant International Ltd. arrived at Chinaplas featuring a selection of masterbatches intended to improve process efficiency and performance, as well as introducing its line of eco-friendly masterbatches to the Chinese market.

Sabic finally breaks ground on China tech center
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) -- Saudi Basic Industries Corp. on April 6 broke ground on its long-planned, $100 million technology center in China, and separately announced that its Sabic Innovative Plastics unit is adding new production lines for the company’s Lexan-brand polycarbonate resins and films in Shanghai and Nansha, China.

Booming Chinaplas assesses its future options

Chu
SHANGHAI (May 8, 2012) -- While China plans to open the world’s largest exhibition center in Shanghai by mid-2014, the fast-growing Chinaplas plastics and rubber exhibition is likely to remain at its current site in Pudong for its Shanghai leg at least till 2016, if not beyond.

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