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- Automotive, Business/Economy
Minth and Tokai Kogyo form auto parts joint venture (01-24-2012)
HONG KONG (Jan. 24， 2012) -- Chinese auto parts maker Minth Group Ltd. is forming a $5 million (31.5 million yuan) joint venture with Japanese plastic and rubber products maker Tokai Kogyo Co. Ltd. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Consumer Products, Injection Molding
Duncan tapping into China's booming yo-yo market (01-24-2012)
HONG KONG (Jan. 24, 2012) -- The classic American plastic yo-yo is becoming big business in China. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Consumer Products
Toy manufacturer Fu Hong growing its own brand (01-24-2012)
HONG KONG (Jan. 24, 2012) -- An ambitious and risky move into China’s domestic market making its own brand of plastic childcare products has given Hong Kong-based injection molder Fu Hong Industries
Ltd. what it says is a solid growth strategy. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy
China forecasts 8 percent growth for 2012 auto sales (01-24-2012)
BEIJING (Jan. 24, 2012) -- China's sales of light vehicles and commercial trucks rose 2.5 percent to 18.5 million units last year -- a record level despite a sharp slowdown in the growth rate. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy
China's state-owned suppliers seek U.S. acquisitions (01-24-2012)
DETROIT (Jan. 24, 2012) -- It might be going too far to call it a buying spree, but China’s state-owned automotive suppliers are looking for U.S. acquisitions this year. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Design/Innovation, Injection Molding
Technology illuminates injection molded surface (01-24-2012)
RAPPERSWIL, SWITZERLAND (Jan. 24, 2012) -- The Institut für Werkstofftechnik und Kunststoffverarbeitung (IWK) materials and plastics processing institute at the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
(HSR) in Rapperswil, presented an illuminated metal foil back injection molded demonstration part at Fakuma 2011. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Design/Innovation, Environment, Materials
Colorado prof. researching catalysts for bioplastics (01-24-2012)
FORT COLLINS, COLO (Jan. 24, 2012) -- Eugene Chen, a chemistry professor at Colorado State University, has developed several patent-pending chemical processes for converting non-edible plant biomass
into bioplastics. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
Keyuan building ABS plant in Guangxi (01-24-2012)
NINGBO, CHINA (Jan. 24, 2011) -- China’s Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. said Jan. 19 it plans to build a 400,000 metric ton ABS resin plant in Guangxi province, allowing it to expand its markets in
south and west China and in Southeast Asia. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy, Environment, Materials
Ford using PET in Focus Electric models (01-24-2012)
DEARBORN, MICH. (Jan. 24, 2012) -- About 2 million plastic bottles will be used in the 2012 Ford Focus Electric and future Ford Motor Co. vehicles. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy, Injection Molding, Materials
Dr. Schneider expands in China and Mexico (01-31-2012)
KRONACH-NEUSES, GERMANY (Jan. 31, 2012) -- German auto supplier Dr. Schneider Group will spend 5 million euros to open new manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico. CEO Klaus Fricke said the
plants answer requests from customers to expand with them in China and North America. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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- Automotive, Business/Economy
China forecasts 8 percent growth for 2012 auto sales (01-24-2012)
BEIJING (Jan. 24, 2012) -- China's sales of light vehicles and commercial trucks rose 2.5 percent to 18.5 million units last year -- a record level despite a sharp slowdown in the growth rate. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy, Injection Molding, Materials
Dr. Schneider expands in China and Mexico (01-31-2012)
KRONACH-NEUSES, GERMANY (Jan. 31, 2012) -- German auto supplier Dr. Schneider Group will spend 5 million euros to open new manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico. CEO Klaus Fricke said the
plants answer requests from customers to expand with them in China and North America. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Packaging
Global packaging to reach $820 billion by 2016 (01-31-2012)
LONDON (Jan. 31, 2012) -- The global packaging industry will grow in value to almost $820 billion by 2016, predicts a new report from Pira International, driven mainly by increasing demand for
packaging in emerging and transitional economies. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Consumer Products, Materials
Dow additive keeps PC from scratching (02-07-2012)
MIDLAND, MICH. (Feb. 7, 2012) -- Dow Chemical Co. plans to introduce an anti-scratch additive for compounding with polycarbonate to compete with ultraviolet-light-cured PC hard coatings. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy
Indian group, two U.S. schools, to build plastics university (02-07-2012)
NEW DELHI (Feb. 7, 2012) -- India’s largest plastics trade association and two American universities with prominent plastics engineering and material science programs signed an agreement Feb. 3 to
help build an international-level university for polymers in western India. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Design/Innovation, Injection Molding
Technology illuminates injection molded surface (01-24-2012)
RAPPERSWIL, SWITZERLAND (Jan. 24, 2012) -- The Institut für Werkstofftechnik und Kunststoffverarbeitung (IWK) materials and plastics processing institute at the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
(HSR) in Rapperswil, presented an illuminated metal foil back injection molded demonstration part at Fakuma 2011. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Automotive, Business/Economy
Minth and Tokai Kogyo form auto parts joint venture (01-24-2012)
HONG KONG (Jan. 24， 2012) -- Chinese auto parts maker Minth Group Ltd. is forming a $5 million (31.5 million yuan) joint venture with Japanese plastic and rubber products maker Tokai Kogyo Co. Ltd. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Consumer Products
Toy manufacturer Fu Hong growing its own brand (01-24-2012)
HONG KONG (Jan. 24, 2012) -- An ambitious and risky move into China’s domestic market making its own brand of plastic childcare products has given Hong Kong-based injection molder Fu Hong Industries
Ltd. what it says is a solid growth strategy. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Materials
Indorama planning integrated PET plant in India (01-31-2012)
BANGKOK (Jan. 31, 2012) -- Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL) plans to build an integrated purified terephthalic acid), PET resin and polyester staple fiber plant in India, with a third-party
paraxylene producer. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
- Business/Economy, Extrusion, Materials
China acquisition creates strong position for Dynisco (02-07-2012)
FRANKLIN, MASS. (Feb. 7, 2012) -- After more than two decades of organic growth in the China market, Dynisco LLC today announced the completion of the purchase of the assets of Shanghai Hao-Ying
Measurement & Control Technology Co. Ltd. hide summary | view story | e-mail this story
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