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HUDSON, WIS. (Feb. 3, 12 p.m. ET) -- Giant injection molder Phillips Plastics Corp. -- which gets 75 percent of its $500 million in annual sales from the medical business -- is changing its name to Phillips-Medisize Corp.
February 3, 2012
LYNCHBURG, VA. (Feb. 1, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Tessy Plastics LLC is expanding its Lynchburg plant by nearly 50 percent to take aim at the medical disposables market and so that it has more capacity to grow the other parts of its business.
February 1, 2012
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 31, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- A subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience LLC is exploring automotive and medical applications for its ViviTouch-brand actuator, now used in an external case for Apple Inc.’s fourth-generation iPod Touch device.
January 31, 2012
BRUSSELS (Jan. 31, 1 p.m. ET) -- In Brussels in December, many speakers at the Plastics in Medical Devices conference agreed that the developed markets, unlike in many other areas of the plastics industry, will lead growth in medical plastics.
January 31, 2012
FAIRLAWN, OHIO (Jan. 30, 6:15 p.m. ET) -- Compounder A. Schulman Inc. is expanding in Europe and boosting its specialty color masterbatch business, buying Elian SAS from British Vita plc. Founded in 1949, Elian has about 100 employees and is located in France’s “Plastics Valley” in Oyonnax.
January 30, 2012
DELANO, MINN. (Jan. 23, 2 p.m. ET) -- Sil-Pro Medical Manufacturing Solutions said it is expanding its Delano-based facilities with the recent purchase of a 55,000 square foot building.
January 23, 2012
OAKLAND, CALIF. (Jan. 20, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Without specifying what alternative material or materials it will use, managed health-care provider Kaiser Permanente said it will no longer purchase intravenous solution bags made from PVC or that contain the plasticizer DEHP, or IV tubing that contains DEHP.
January 20, 2012
LANSING, MICH.(Jan. 19, 12 p.m. ET) -- Austrian liquid silicone rubber molding technology supplier Elmet Elastomere Produktions – und Dienstiestungs GmbH opened a 6,000-square-foot North American headquarters in Lansing on Jan. 1.
January 19, 2012
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Jan. 17, 3 p.m. ET) -- Century Mold Co. Inc. is expanding in Tennessee and Mexico to keep up with its customers. The firm, which is heavily involved in automotive injection molding, is seeing growth in its key market and in relatively new business areas, said Century Mold CEO and President Ron Ricotta.
January 17, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 10, 3:40 p.m. ET) -- Custom injection molder Diversified Plastics Inc. has been purchased by its employees through an employee stock ownership plan. Company co-founder James Dow, who will remain as president, said the ESOP allows the firm to survive as a business entity and continue to grow -- and avoid layoffs.
January 10, 2012
AKRON, OHIO (Dec. 10, 1:50 p.m. ET) — Three custom injection molding companies — Bemis Manufacturing Co., Rodon Group LLC and Steinwall Inc. — are finalists for the 16th
Plastics News’ Processor of the Year Award.
January 10, 2012
AKRON, OHIO (Jan. 9, 1:20 p.m. ET) -- Glenn Glasberg has joined
Plastics News in its Akron headquarters as director of audience development and data products. Glasberg joins
PN from his role as director of marketing, circulation and data products for a unit of UBM Canon in Newtown, Pa.
January 9, 2012
TROY, MICH. (Jan. 5, 12:55 p.m. ET) -- Precision injection molder and contract manufacturer Florida Production Engineering Inc. has acquired Erie, Pa.-based thermoplastic injection molder Omni Plastics Inc. in order to expand its capabilities to serve the healthcare and medical markets.
January 5, 2012
LAS VEGAS (Dec. 30, 11 a.m. ET) – Plastics applications in cardiovascular and orthopaedic devices will be highlighted in an upcoming conference in Las Vegas.
December 30, 2011
CLEVELAND (Dec. 29, 11 a.m. ET) -- U.S. demand for aseptic packaging will outpace the overall packaging average, rising 8 percent annually between 2010 and 2015, according to a new report.
December 29, 2011
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