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Is Korean FTA helping US equipment makers?


April 16, 2013 2:07 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Free-trade agreements often have winners and losers within industries, but two recent trade deals with South Korea seem to be helping European and U.S. plastics equipment makers pick up market share in that country,...

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Korea press makers invest domestically


April 16, 2013 2:00 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Several of South Korea's largest plastics equipment makers are making sizable investments to expand their domestic factories, making a bet in part that they can maintain competitiveness by improving efficiency at home...

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Chinese firms make push into South Korea


April 16, 2013 1:43 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — China's plastics machinery industry is making a push into South Korea, one of Asia's largest markets, with the Chinese taking on a much bigger presence at Korea's national plastics exhibition and some reporting rapidly...

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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.

Engel expanding Korean capacity for all-electrics


April 16, 2013 12:57 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Austrian press maker Engel Holding GmbH is doubling capacity at its South Korean factory.

Rapak opens bag manufacturing plant in Thailand


April 1, 2013 2:31 pm ET

LONDON — Rapak, a maker of bag-in-box packaging and filling systems, has opened a new plant in Chachoengsao, Thailand.

Asia, South America to get 'lion's share' of biopolymer investment


March 7, 2013 12:34 pm ET

HURTH, GERMANY -- The “lion's share” of capital investment in bio-based polymers through 2020 will happen in Asia and South America because of better access to feedstocks and a favorable political framework, according to a new study from Germany's Nova Institute.

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Toy maker Alpha combines cartoons with injection molding


March 6, 2013 12:12 pm ET

HONG KONG — Imagine if Walt Disney Co. owned injection molding factories and you get some idea of the business model of one of China's largest toy makers, Guangdong Alpha Animation & Culture Co. Ltd.

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