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LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (May 16, 3:15 p.m. ET) -- Soccer fans across Europe are looking forward once more to watching games during this summer’s European football championship during June. And the national teams may play better than ever, since they will be using a new ball claimed to offer greater precision of control.
May 16, 2012
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. (May 16, 3:15 p.m. ET) -- Hey, Crayola: Some California elementary school students want you to listen to them.
May 16, 2012
MILAN, ITALY (May 15, 12:30 p.m. ET) -- Italian molder and compounder Finproject SpA is making new investments at facilities in India and Mexico as part of its international expansion strategy.
May 15, 2012
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (May 10, 3:20 p.m. ET) -- Industrial services company Spotless Group Ltd. has bowed to shareholder pressure and agreed to sell 100 percent of its shares to Pacific Equity Partners Pty. Ltd. (PEP).
May 10, 2012
SINGAPORE (May 7, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- Injection molder and toolmaker Sunningdale Tech Ltd expects the business environment to continue to remain challenging for the rest of the year.
May 7, 2012
MASON, MICH. (May 4, 5:30 p.m. ET) -- Dart Container Corp. today completed its acquisition of Solo Cup Co. for $1 billion. The deal creates a company with estimated combined thermoforming sales of $1.27 billion and total sales of more than $3 billion.
May 4, 2012
SHANGHAI (May 4, 3:15 p.m. ET) -- Oechsler Plastic Products (Taicang) Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary by Ansbach, Germany-based precision molder Oechsler AG, reported a whopping 160 percent growth of sales and a major facility expansion.
May 4, 2012
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (May 4, 2:20 p.m. ET) — 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.
May 4, 2012
MALTERDINGEN, GERMANY (May 2, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Ferromatik Milacron GmbH announced a major sale of all-electric injection presses to China: 113 Elektron machines to a single customer.
May 2, 2012
SHANGHAI (May 1, 3:20 p.m. ET) -- South Korea’s SK Chemicals touted its self-developed BPA-free copolyester resin at Chinaplas 2012 in Shanghai, hoping to gain some momentum with Chinese consumers that are willing to pay a premium for better materials.
May 1, 2012
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (April 27, 12:20 p.m. ET) -- American plastic table manufacturer Lifetime Products Inc. has won its first victory in its patent litigation in Chinese courts, but the company and its Chinese rival, Zhejiang Bestem Furniture Co. Ltd., continues to argue over other claims.
April 27, 2012
HATFIELD, PA. (April 26, 1 p.m. ET) -- Irving Glickman, who founded injection company Rodon Group LLC in 1956, celebrated his 100th birthday April 24.
April 26, 2012
HONG KONG (April 26, 12:30 p.m. ET) -- Hong Kong-based plastics machinery maker and processor Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd. saw its profit drop sharply in 2011, but it hopes a focus on energy-saving machinery and investments in a molding factory targeting China’s consumer electronic markets will help turn things around.
April 26, 2012
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO (April 20, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- Recent tornado touchdowns near Dallas had the usual impact on Granger Plastics Co. — a spike in sales of its tornado shelters. The Middletown rotational molder makes the shelters for markets across the country and every time a tornado hits the news, residents and businesses everywhere think about how they might protect themselves.
April 20, 2012
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (April 19, 4:40 p.m. ET) -- About two weeks after local government officials said the company was shutting down, plastic cutlery and straw producer Jet Plastica Industries Inc. has been sold.
April 19, 2012
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