Nanostructured copolymers release drugs right on target
SINGAPORE (Dec. 27, 2011) -- Singapore scientists have designed the chemical and physical properties of a new copolymer to target drugs straight to disease sites, improving efficacy and reducing side
effects.
TPE bonding rivals PVC
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (Dec. 27, 2011) -- Teknor Apex Co. has developed three technologies to bond its Medalist thermoplastic elastomers to traditional connectors.
Distinctive Plastics brings work from China
SAN JOSE, CALIF. (Dec. 27, 2011) -- Injection molder Distinctive Plastics Inc. of Vista, Calif., has received another influx of work from Asia.
Masterflex expands into Asia
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (Dec. 20, 2011) -- Polyurethane hose producer Masterflex Group is starting an expansion into Asia, setting up a business unit, Masterflex Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore, and planning
another subsidiary near Shanghai, China, where it plans to manufacture from 2012 onwards.
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.
China medical market targeted
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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.
France's Top Clean Packaging investing in China
SHANGHAI (September 8, 2011) -- France’s Top Clean Packaging Group plans to double the size of its thermoforming factory in China in response to growing demand for health care packaging, the first
part of what it says will be a larger global expansion.
Rexam invests in Asia plastics business
LONDON (August 23, 2011) -- Packaging firm Rexam plc is making sizable investments in its Asian plastics business, building one new plant and enlarging another in India to meet demand in medical, at
the same time as it downsizes a Shanghai cosmetics factory to tackle rising costs and a tougher business environment.
West continues to expand in Asia with new facilities
SHANGHAI (July 12, 2011) -- West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. has begun constructing a compression molding plant in Shanghai, China, to handle new growth and expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific
region.
Global pharm packaging to reach $62 billion by 2015
CLEVELAND (July 12, 2011) -- Global demand for pharmaceutical packaging is forecast to expand 5.5 percent annually to $62 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Cleveland-based Freedonia
Group Inc.
West breaks ground on second China plant
SHANGHAI (June 21, 2011) -- West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. has broken ground on its long-planned compression molding plant in Shanghai, the company’s second manufacturing plant in China.
PolyOne launches new products at Chinaplas
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (June 21, 2011) -- PolyOne Corp. chose the recent Chinaplas show for the global launch and the Asian launch of its latest products.
Net maker DelStar expands in China
MIDDLETOWN, DEL. (June 6, 2011) -- DelStar Technologies Inc. doubled its capacity in China with the May 18 opening of a 70,000-square-foot facility in Suzhou.
China losing ground to Latin America
HURON, OHIO (May 3, 2011) — China’s status as the most favored place for U.S. contract medical manufacturers to offshore production is being challenged as its domestic market matures and global
shipping costs increase.
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