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NPE 2012 Business news & features

NPE Orlando: small world, big success
Austrian plastics group makes mark at NPE
Jarden Team Sports back in uniform — football, that is
Borch has eye on North American sales
Remember the $345 Pepsi? Orlando saves NPE exhibitor grief, not money
Chief sees SPI agenda succeeding
Battle to prevent PS bans a 'big challenge'
NPE edition: Material Insights
Chinese firm pursues US market for UHMW-PE extruders
Horizon Plastics buys massive Uniloy machine
Compounder Kingfa adding capacity in Asia
M&A activity picking up in the molding sector
Zip Zester wins People's Choice design award
Novak, Arnold-Feret win SPE mold makers awards
Plastikos invests in new Arburg presses
Chinese exporters dealing with rising costs
Green PE a boon for Braskem
Mac Process opens Houston tech center
Invista considering US expansion
China's Haitian opens Cleveland-area tech center
Commodore Technology signs deal with Mucell Extrusion
Toolmaker Hitop Mold planning to double capacity
Branson Ultrasonics pursuing global market
Grant helps Hennepin students visit NPE2012
R&B reaching out to dairy customers
Woojin Plaimm setting up offices in Japan and Mexico
Uniloy delivers structural foam press to Russia
Kautex offering rapid prototyping through shell inserts
Ultrasion using ultrasound to improve processing
Genesis Plastics Welding completing expansion
Longzu Plastic adding metalworking
Dynisco looking at geographic expansion
Advanced Photonix using T-Gauge systems
Magna technology brings high-tech look to car interiors
Virginia company uses poultry feathers in plastic
PTi investing $3 million in expansion
Simple Wave honored for export efforts
Licensing agreement takes Thermylene to Germany
Welex brings new executive team to NPE
DAK settling into post-acquisition phase
DuPont urges customers to consider sustainability
Engel cites 30 percent growth in North America
Netstal shows off Elion with 72-cavity mold
Zhongtian explores US market at NPE
China firm seeks US partners for compounding, distribution
A. Schulman sets sights on specialty applications
Kammann signs deal to sell printing equipment
China's Bluestar makes NPE debut
Uniloy opens R&D facility in Michigan
Taipei Plas expects visitor bump as exports grow
Plastics Color focusing beyond commodities
More Canadian firms sign up for Clean Sweep
PolyOne outlines progress since last NPE
Techne's blow-fill machine debuts
Styrolution sees growth for PS in North America
NPE2012 registration already passes 2009 total
More machines at NPE means more recycling - a lot more
Ireland's Balcas orders equipment for fiberboard production
SPI targets OEMs with new council
HPM is back at NPE - but now it's made in China
Plastic bans, EPR laws not going away
SPI to cooperate with Chinese machinery association
Battenfeld-Cincinnati extends brand to America
Canada's Copol buys 5-layer cast film line
PN has got NPE covered – in print, digitally and socially
Progressive helping toolmakers and molders bridge the communications gap
GN Thermoforming expands workforce
Exports up for China's King Tech Mould
Davis-Standard targeting China
Phthalate-free, bio-based PVC products hitting store shelves
Dow plastics business features clear polyethylene
Natureworks displays Plexiglas Rnew
Mold-Masters touts integrated barrier technology
Kortec makes high-volume system for multilayer food containers
Orlando location popular with Synventive
Gloucester picks up business from Mexico
Husky's goal: thinner parts, faster machines
SPE aims at youth and international audience
Entek expanding battery separator plant
US Commercial Services highlights opportunities in Europe
Wittmann Battenfeld expanding Mexico HQ
NPE2012 by the numbers: More exhibitors, more machines, more power
Plastics Pioneers honors Albert Spaak
Wise buys three presses from Battenfeld
Sigmasoft designed for on-floor process simulation
SPI says US plastics industry is on track to recover from recession this year
Polymax narrows US plant search
Sabic's Keith Smith brings big expectations to NPE2012
Novatec adds downstream extrusion equipment
Milacron gets new private equity owner
Woodex Bearing workers adjusting to employee ownership
Software 'cloud' helps molders monitor production
Printpack adding Kiefel thermofoming machine
A. Schulman Inc. raises dividend nearly 12 percent
Suncast order a good sign for accumulator-head sector
US Commercial Service aids global growth at NPE2012
Germany machinery firms report record sales in China
Clariant launching new plant in Tianjin
NPE showdown? Kreyenborg sues PSI-Polymer Systems
UL to offer free consultations at NPE
Engel expanding Schwertberg, Austria, headquarters
CBW robot takes step in new direction
Styrolution shifting resin production
Velocity Equipment buys Molinaro Tool & Die
China's Haitian sees flat sales, profit in 2011
Pacific Northwest on tap next for recycler Coll Materials
SPI appoints Dalzell industry affairs director
Antec conference to run along with NPE
Continental Automotive wins Arburg energy award
Arburg achieves record turnover in 2011
Velocity Equipment opens West Coast hub
DuPont applauds support of biobased innovation
CoreTech working on software for MuCell process
Arburg's Kraibühler wins Georg Menges Award
Laurel BioComposite boosting capacity
PolyOne names new chief operating officer
Design competition invites votes for 'People's Choice'
EDI buys Premier Dies
Prestige Mold spins off molding business
Kraton reports higher 2011 sales, but lower profit
Plastics Pioneers names 13 new members
Distributor Chase Plastic invests in South Bend warehouse
3-D printed car dashboard goes on tour
Gloucester Engineering buys Future Design
Barnet signs supply deal with Auserpolimeri
Deal gives BASF foam extrusion technology
DSM reports a strong year
Frigel offering HB-Therm temperature controllers
Mold-Masters to provide Ritemp cooling technology
Moulds Plus opens Ultra Purge facility in Brazil
SPI projects big numbers for NPE2012
Natureworks and BioAmber form bioplastics joint venture
PolyOne forming health-care-focused group
Bemis Manufacturing installs 3,000-ton press
Schuering replacing Rademacher at PolyOne Distribution
PSI-Polymer Systems opens European subsidiary
Jon Huntsman Jr. to deliver keynote address at NPE2012
Debate continues in India over Chinese press imports
Orlando: It's more than Disney
Zwick USA moves to larger headquarters
Ten new Plastics Hall of Fame members slated for induction at NPE2012
SPI extends NPE2012 design contest entry deadline
Guide to weekend fun at NPE
No charges against HPM's Filos
EDI expands China factory, adds staff in India
China acquisition creates strong position for Dynisco
Milacron adding production of Magna Servo presses in Ohio
New NPE venue brings new travel challenges
Dow and Teknor Apex working together on flexible PVC
Conferences at NPE to highlight hot topics
SPI planning design competition at NPE

Auxiliary Equipment
Gamma Meccanica expecting big sales

Primary Equipment
Boots says Milacron 'clearly poised for additional growth'
Uniloy sells machines to Russian dairy
Swiss firm returns to NPE with eye on North America
Bekum touts sustainability message at NPE2012
Wittmann Battenfeld touts connectivity
Coperion expanding US plant
Allison takes helm at American Extrusion Services
Maac makes quick change for Tier 1 firm

Process Controls & Software
RJG touts pre-production molding analysis

Processors
Growing Sze Pak looks to transition to medical
V.S. Industry plans to build molding factory in Indonesia

Resins & Additives
Dyna-Purge shows new E2 purging agent
Shale gas find good as gold
Radici, BASF present new nylon lineups
Iowa State University expanding bio-container research
NatureWorks plan expands PLA efforts
Calif. additives firm sees promise in nanotechnology
Compounder RheTech targets automotive
Lubrizol making a bioresin push
Indian masterbatch maker Rajiv expands
China ramps up biodegradable PBS capacity

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