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Nypro boosts medical capacity in China and France
NEW YORK (June 23, 2009) -- Nypro Inc. is expanding its medical operations in China and Europe as part of its strategy to increase the percentage of its sales from medical from 30 percent to 40
percent over the next two years. “Asia continues to be where we put a lot of our energies because our customers are manufacturing there,” Brian Payson, vice president of business development for
Nypro Healthcare, told Plastics News at the Medical Design & Manufacturing East show in New York.
KraussMaffei expanding PU equipment business in Asia
SHANGHAI (June 16, 2009) -- German machinery maker KraussMaffei Machinery Co. Ltd. is expanding its capabilities for polyurethane (PU) equipment in Asia, expanding capacity in both China and Japan, in
response to a growing PU market in both countries.
PTI develops system for making foamed PET bottles
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Honda looks to aluminum molds for cost savings
MARYSVILLE, OHIO (May 5, 2009) -- Four years ago, executives with Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. asked a simple business question: How should the global automaker change to reflect an expected
decrease in production volume? Aluminum alloy molds for injection molding held promise, and thanks to an extensive network of molders, mold makers and material supplier partnerships Honda has
created, the company was in the right place to see just what aluminum tooling could do.
Outsourcing rumor spurs talks between GM, toolmakers
DETROIT, MICHIGAN (March 31, 2009) -- An ill-advised, off-the-cuff comment about the tooling industry by a General Motors Corp. (GM) executive earlier this month could evolve to a watershed change in
the long-standing supply chain relationship between hundreds of tooling suppliers and GM — if discussions turn into results.
Industry still contracting as debt forces more closures
 Mengel
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.
Two more plastics equipment majors pass on NPE show
 Carteaux
North American auto toolmakers seek timely payments
WINDSOR, ONTARIO (March 3, 2009) -- Craig Wiggins said it is easy to demonstrate what the automotive slowdown has done to mold makers based around Detroit, Michigan, home of the Big Three automakers.
During a news conference in Windsor, he turned to representatives from about 20 different tooling firms. “How many of you shipped a tool six months ago that you haven’t been paid for yet?”
Wiggins asked. Everyone put their hands up. Wiggins, a consultant with Tooling & Equipment Capital Solutions Inc. of Tecumseh, Ontario, is working with toolmakers to raise their profile among
government leaders in Canada and the United States who are crafting bailouts for the North American auto industry.
China’s M-Tex prepares for economic recovery
DONGGUAN, GUANGDONG (March 3, 2009) -- M-Tex Co. Ltd. said it has opened a mold- and roll-texturing facility in Dongguan, a move it hopes positions it for future growth. The company said it has been
hurt by the economic downturn, but said it sees the investment in the 2,000-square-meter facility as a longer-term strategy.
Sunningdale relocates some Singapore, Mexico work
SINGAPORE (March 3, 2009) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd. is moving its Mexican auto parts production into Asia and relocating some Singapore parts production to neighboring Johor, Malaysia. Chief Executive
Officer Khoo Boo Hor said the move was part of a strategy to realign the company’s manufacturing operations.
Yu Hing bides its time while building medical business
 Benjamin Chan
Injection molder, mold builder Mastercraft expanding
 Rawlings
Sunningdale moving most of its molding to Malaysia
SINGAPORE (November 25, 2008) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd. said it is relocating all molding activities, except for health care, from Singapore to Malaysia, targeting completion by the first quarter of
next year. Sunningdale has reported a drop in orders during the third quarter of this year in all business segments except for health care.
EAS Europe opens facility in Jiangsu province
 Nijzink
China´s Ace partners with Ireland´s Avenue Mould
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