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- Business/Economy, Materials
Sabic Innovative Plastics expanding Asian operations (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- Sabic Innovative Plastics LP is underscoring the value it attaches to the Asian market, particularly China, by continuing to expand production facilities, research and
development centers, and product offerings in the region. The company is launching a compounding facility at its existing plant near Shanghai, to tap the demand of China’s booming automotive and
electrical and electronic sectors, according to Alan Leung, the Asia-Pacific president for Sabic Innovative Plastics. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Injection Molding, Machinery
Nissei opening its 1st Chinese press-making facility (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- Japanese injection press maker Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. plans to break ground later this year on its first production plant in China. Production is set to begin
next year, said Nissei President Hozumi Yoda at the Chinaplas trade show. Nissei is Japan’s second-largest press maker, but has lagged some of its rivals in setting up manufacturing in China. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Building/Construction, Business/Economy, Machinery
Fast facts (04-29-2008)
- China’s manufacturing capacity of plastic pipe has exceeded 4.5 million metric tons annually. More than 100 manufacturers across the country have capacity of more than 10,000 metric tons.
(Source: China Plastics Processing Industry Association)
- China exported 39,700 units/sets of plastics machinery, 65 percent higher than 2006. Dollar value of sales reached $820 million,
52 percent over a year ago. (Source: China Plastics Processing Industry Association)
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- Business/Economy, Materials
Ashland expanding resin distribution in China (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) – Prompted by the success of its distribution unit in China, officials at U.S.-based Ashland Inc. announced the aggressive expansion of the company’s China resin distribution
network, with new deals to handle materials from a number producers, including BASF, Clariant Masterbatches, DSM, LTL Color Compounders and Teknor Apex. Larry Hunt, Shanghai-based commercial director
of Ashland Distribution China, said his unit’s latest move means it now has “a full, in-country model.” hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
Arkema expanding capacity at Jiangsu province site (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) – Four-year-old start-up firm Arkema SA is ready to expand in Asia. After opening a Shanghai-based development service center in January, the company now plans to add
capacity with the construction of a facility at the company’s Changshu, Jiangsu province-based site. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy
Opinion: China makes giant leap forward in auto design (04-29-2008)
BEIJING (April 29, 2008) -- This year´s Auto China show in Beijing was Automotive News China bureau chief Alysha Webb´s fourth, and she says it was just as loud and crowded on press day this
time as it has been for the other three she´s attended. But there was one big difference: the number and quality of the local-brand cars on display. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials, Rotational Molding
China’s rotomolders put their powder to the test (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- As China’s rotational molders look to move into high-value products, there is a fundamental challenge they first must overcome -- the availability of high-quality raw
material. Bruce Muller, a U.S.-based plastics consultant with Plastics Consulting Ltd., offered attendees at the China International Forum for Rotational Molding and Hollow Parts conference a series
of tests to ensure the quality of their powder. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Machinery, Molds/Tooling
D-M-E extends its reach into Asia with Futaba alliance (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- American mold equipment maker D-M-E Co. and Japanese mold base and electrical component manufacturer Futaba Corp. formed a strategic alliance April 18. Futaba is investing
in D-M-E’s Japanese facility, while D-M-E benefits by expanding its Asian manufacturing footprint through Futaba factories in China and Vietnam. “The crux of the whole relationship is we need a
bigger footprint in manufacturing in China, especially in some of the mold plate, special mold machining and hot runners,” said D-M-E President Dave Lawrence. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
BASF expands biodegradable plastics facility (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- Demand for sustainable and environmental plastics is gaining momentum around the world, and in an effort to stay ahead of the game, BASF AG announced the expansion of its
biodegradable plastics production plant April 16. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
Sichuan Deyang adding PPS capacity (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- Sichuan Deyang New Special Material Co. Ltd., which claims to be the only commercialized producer of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin in China, is beefing up its
production. The company started China’s first PPS line in 2002 with annual capacity of 1,000 metric tons. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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- Business/Economy, Materials
Sabic Innovative Plastics expanding Asian operations (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- Sabic Innovative Plastics LP is underscoring the value it attaches to the Asian market, particularly China, by continuing to expand production facilities, research and
development centers, and product offerings in the region. The company is launching a compounding facility at its existing plant near Shanghai, to tap the demand of China’s booming automotive and
electrical and electronic sectors, according to Alan Leung, the Asia-Pacific president for Sabic Innovative Plastics. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
Ashland expanding resin distribution in China (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) – Prompted by the success of its distribution unit in China, officials at U.S.-based Ashland Inc. announced the aggressive expansion of the company’s China resin distribution
network, with new deals to handle materials from a number producers, including BASF, Clariant Masterbatches, DSM, LTL Color Compounders and Teknor Apex. Larry Hunt, Shanghai-based commercial director
of Ashland Distribution China, said his unit’s latest move means it now has “a full, in-country model.” hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Machinery
Auxiliary equipment maker Shini has big plans (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- Shini Plastics Technologies Ltd. of Taipei hopes to turn its third production facility on the mainland into the world’s largest production base of plastics auxiliary
equipment. The company is building a factory in the Pinghu Industrial Park near Shanghai. Once finished, Shini will move production at its current facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, to the new
factory. Corporate President Kenny Wu said the company makes more than 70,000 units of equipment annually. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
BASF expands biodegradable plastics facility (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- Demand for sustainable and environmental plastics is gaining momentum around the world, and in an effort to stay ahead of the game, BASF AG announced the expansion of its
biodegradable plastics production plant April 16. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Extrusion, Packaging, Thermoforming
Malaysian thermoformer building Thai extrusion factory (05-06-2008)
GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG (May 6, 2008) -- Malaysian thermoformer SCGM Bhd plans to build a factory in Thailand and expand its extrusion capacity in Malaysia, using some of the nearly 12.9 million
Malaysian ringgits (28.5 million yuan) it raised from a February public offering. Andrew Lee Wee Teck, marketing executive with the company, said the Thai plant could eventually be larger than SCGM’s
Malaysian operation. Lee spoke during an April 15 interview at the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Opinion
Opinion: China’s new labor law may even playing field (05-06-2008)
China’s far-reaching new labor law is getting a lot of attention, says Plastics News’ Asia bureau chief Steve Toloken. The law expands worker protections, which can raise costs, and some
companies are citing it as a reason to seek cheaper manufacturing spots such as Vietnam. But the head of one prominent U.S. business group in China thinks that notion misses the point. He suggests
China’s getting tough on labor abuses could be good for U.S. companies doing businesses in the country. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Injection Molding, Machinery
Sumitomo sees Demag acquisition as blend of abilities (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., which now owns Demag Plastics Group, intends to bring a long-term, Japanese style of thinking to the German machinery builder. Officials from
both companies discussed this new type of “global” injection press company -- with factories around the world and a global blending of top managers. “Everybody among our competitors
-- and Demag was included in the concept -- says that ‘we are global,’ ” said Raik Flämig, Demag’s director of marketing. “But we are really global, together with Sumitomo. We are present
all over the world, for all cultures.” hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Environment, Materials
For plastics, it’s not easy being green (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- In the world of prefixes, “bio” has become one of the most popular, particularly in the lexicon of the plastics industry. From additives to downstream products,
companies are rushing to attach those three, marketing-friendly letters to their products. The newborn industry, however, still lacks the infrastructure and standardization that could make their
products truly green. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy, Materials
DuPont adding nylon capacity in Guangdong (05-06-2008)
SHANGHAI (May 6, 2008) -- DuPont Co. plans to expand its South China nylon compounding capacity, as the company said demand continues to be strong in China’s domestic automobile market. Wilmington,
Deleware-based DuPont plans to add an extrusion line for nylon 6/6 and a line for its Zytel HTN polyamide resin, with production targeted for mid-2009 at the company’s plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong
province. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Injection Molding, Machinery
Nissei opening its 1st Chinese press-making facility (04-29-2008)
SHANGHAI (April 29, 2008) -- Japanese injection press maker Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. plans to break ground later this year on its first production plant in China. Production is set to begin
next year, said Nissei President Hozumi Yoda at the Chinaplas trade show. Nissei is Japan’s second-largest press maker, but has lagged some of its rivals in setting up manufacturing in China. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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