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Management group buys Balda's injection operation in Malaysia


May 7, 2013 12:05 pm ET

IPOH, MALAYSIA — The Malaysian management of Balda AG's injection molding plant in Ipoh, Malaysia, have purchased the plant's production and services, effective March 31.

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Refillable bottle comes with app to find water fountains


April 19, 2013 1:30 pm ET

CHICAGO — A newly designed bottle is only part of Merijn Everaarts business plan to get consumers to ditch disposable water bottles. The rest relies on a smartphone app that leads consumers to public water spots.

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Yonwoo riding Asian 'cosmetics wave'


April 16, 2013 1:10 pm ET

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA — South Korean cosmetics packaging maker Yonwoo Co. Ltd. has grown from $20 million in sales in 2002 to $150 million last year, and the company gives a lot of credit to one key strategy — a financial commitment to...

Lock & Lock building another Vietnam plant


April 16, 2013 1:03 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Large South Korean plastic container maker Lock & Lock Inc. is investing $30 million in an injection molding factory in Vietnam — its fifth worldwide — as the company increasingly targets inland China and Southeast Asia for growth.

Rev-A-Shelf boosts European presence with Widmer buy


April 10, 2013 5:36 pm ET

JEFFERSONTOWN, KY. — Jones Plastic & Engineering LLC's Rev-A-Shelf housewares business is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of Widmer GmbH of Altach, Austria.

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Australian firm to re-launch PVC sandals in US


April 10, 2013 2:36 pm ET

NOOSA, AUSTRALIA — Australian fashion accessories company Holster Fashion Pty. Ltd. plans to re-launch its injection molded PVC women's and children's footwear, called jelly sandals, in the U.S. next year, following an unsuccessful attempt in...

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Consumer households comfy with Teflon, Tritan


April 9, 2013 3:31 pm ET

CHICAGO -- DuPont Co. with its Teflon and Eastman Chemical Co. with its Tritan were busy at the International Home + Housewares Show, making their materials' names remained on retailers' lips.

Newell Rubbermaid creating design center in Kalamazoo, Mich.


March 28, 2013 3:37 pm ET

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Newell Rubbermaid Inc. will create a $2.3 million design center in Kalamazoo, as part of a planned corporate increased focus on design and new product development.

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Tight credit in China hits Liansu, but firm eyes outside ventures


March 20, 2013 10:33 am ET

SHUNDE, CHINA -- Earnings at China Liansu Group Holdings Ltd., the country's largest plastic pipe maker, have taken a hit from tighter credit in China and global economic troubles, but the company said it still expects growth from generally solid...

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Bodum moves into electronics, brings plastics


March 19, 2013 2:18 pm ET

CHICAGO — Luzern, Switzerland's Bodum Design Group AG was known for years in North America as the brand with a French press coffee system. Now it's out to make a whole new name for itself as a maker of electronic kitchen items, and is using...

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