Stephen Downer

An executive at Industrias Ferroplásticas survived an assassination attempt Sept. 6 when his armored SUV was ambushed on the outskirts of Querétaro.

In an Aug. 22 statement, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said proposed reforms to the Mexican judicial system threatened "the historic commercial relationship" between Mexico and the United States.

Alcamare International Recycling Group S de RL de CV says it has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce food-grade recycled polypropylene.

The government of the state of Tamaulipas on the Gulf of Mexico has officially declared an end to the severe drought that played havoc with industrial operations, including plastics, for more than a month.

Cabot Corp., which makes carbon black additives at its facility in Altamira, Mexico, said it expects to resume full operations at the plant within a few days as a severe drought in northeastern Mexico continues to ease.

National water commission Conagua reported on June 23 that only one of seven dams in the state region is operating at above 50 percent of its capacity.

In public, members of Mexico's plastics industry are contemplating the economic consequences of another six years of populism imperturbably.

Geon Performance Solutions LLC plans to invest $1.3 million to expand compounding capacity of its plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.

Prominent Mexican food packaging thermoformer Goplás SA de CV has ordered two additional machines from West Palm Beach, Fla.'s OMV Technologies USA LLC as it eyes increased business in the United States.

Orbia Advance Corp. is pausing plans for a 1.1 million-tonne-per-year PVC resin project on the U.S. Gulf Coast "until prices stabilize above $1,000 per metric ton."

Ineos Group Ltd. CEO Jim Ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United plc, one of the world's wealthiest soccer clubs, through a stock acquisition deal worth $1.58 billion.

Global chemicals distributor Tricon Energy Inc. acquired Mexico's Polymat SA de CV in early December. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Water storage and piping products provider Grupo Rotoplas SAB de CV of Mexico City has acquired HiTech Irrigation de México S de RL de CV of Tecomán, Mexico, in the state of Colima.

The list of machines Mexican inventor Sergio Beutelspacher Sandoval has designed and developed exceeds 1,200, according to his own estimates.

Lego's manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico, is already its largest production site. It is investing $205 million in an expansion and will hire another 900 workers.