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WASHINGTON (May 22, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- Recycling messages used by bottled-water companies on overwrap for 24-pack cases aren’t being noticed by 70 percent or more of shoppers, a survey shows, and many of those messages don’t even resonate well with consumers.
May 22, 2012
CHENNAI, INDIA (May 18, 2:45 p.m. ET) -- Global retail chains are looking towards India for sourcing of toys due to rising labor costs in China and Vietnam. India’s leading toy brand hopes to cash in through a long-term sourcing deal with a French retailer.
May 18, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND (May 17, 1:45 p.m. ET) -- Jobs could be lost at the United Kingdom plant of Plastic Logic Inc., the manufacturer of plastic display systems, after the group confirmed it planned to exit the e-reader market.
May 17, 2012
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
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