Nov 21,2012
To increase its capabilities for medical device manufacturing, custom injection molder Plastikos Inc. is in the process of adding a third press for its Class 10,000 clean room at its headquarters plant in Erie. "There is no firm ...
Nov 19,2012
Automotive thermoformer Corvac Composites LLC has bought an injection molding and thermoforming plant from D.A. Inc. of Charlestown, Ind., but will use the plant exclusively for thermoforming work. No purchase price was disclosed. ...
Nov 16,2012
U.S. demand for plastic containers will grow an average of 4.9 percent annually through 2016, as the market recovers from the 2007-2009 recession, according to a new market study. Growth will be moderated by a deceleration in ...
Nov 15,2012
Thermoforming equipment and welding system supplier Kiefel GmbH is opening a new office in Warren, within an existing technical center for Proper Group International Inc. and KraussMaffei Corp. The companies said that through ...
Nov 14,2012
Sonoco Products Co. announced two expansions to its growing plastics packaging business this week. The newest: 18,000 square feet of space at its Waynesville, N.C., plant, where it plans to start up a new multilayer, ...
Nov 14,2012
The University of Massachusetts Lowell has added an SE-EV Series all-electric injection press at its new Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC). The press, from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, will be used to support ...
Nov 13,2012
Germany-based Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH has sold five of its rotation filters to North American customers since it launched Ettlinger North America last year, officials said at a KraussMaffei Corp. open house. Ettlinger ...
Nov 12,2012
Aurona Industries,Inc.recently decided to move 70%of the production capacity at its phenolic resin laminate factory in Kunshan of mainland China back to Taiwan in light of the mainland's labor shortage and wage increase. The ...
Nov 12,2012
Precision Products, an ISO: 9001-2008 certified designer and manufacturer of high precision machine parts for the textile industry has announced the release of their second generation texturizer upgrade for Plantex BCF extruders. ...
Nov 09,2012
Two Japanese firms are launching a Vietnamese factory to make wood-plastic composite building products and plastic pallets, hoping to use it as a low-cost export base for Japan and Southeast Asia. The two companies, Koei Vietnam ...
Nov 09,2012
A European project to introduce labeling on injection molding machines that gives a rating for their energy consumption has completed the first stages. However it will be at least a year before the labeling system is launched by ...
Nov 08,2012
Ahmedabad, India-based JH-Welltec Machines India Pvt. Ltd. is setting up its own production facility in India. Currently, the Indo-Chinese injection molding joint venture is operating from a leased site. The company expects to ...
Nov 08,2012
Ferromatik Milacron India, part of Cincinnati-based Milacron LLC, recently introduced new machine sizes to the Indian market. At an October open house in Ahmedabad, where it is based, Ferromatik Milacron unveiled its ...
Nov 06,2012
German robot manufacturer Kuka AG is looking to Asia for its future. The 1.5 billion euro ($1.9 billion) company laid the foundation for a new assembly plant in Shanghai earlier this month with plans to start production in late ...
Nov 06,2012
Vietnam’s economic slowdown is proving a tough hurdle to overcome for mainland Chinese and Taiwanese plastics industry exporters, although some of them say they continue to see long-term potential there. Chinese and ...
Nov 05,2012
Thai blow molding machinery maker SMC Corp. Ltd. is spending 40 million euros ($51.7 million) on an expansion that will roughly double its capacity, reflecting what it said was demand from increasing population and economic growth ...
Nov 01,2012
KraussMaffei AG, the German machinery group, has reorganized its reactive process technology business, which makes systems, mixing heads and other equipment for polyurethane processing. Starting in August, KraussMaffei’s ...
Oct 31,2012
Pepsi Beverages Co. will begin manufacturing plastic bottles at its Latham bottling plant. Pepsi will invest $10 million in a project to replace merchant-supplied plastic bottles with ones blow molded on-site, according to a news ...
Oct 30,2012
Ferromatik Milacron India, part of Cincinnati-based Milacron LLC, recently introduced new machine sizes to the Indian market. At an October open house in Ahmedabad, where it is based, Ferromatik Milacron unveiled its ...
Oct 29,2012
Turnover at Austria-based machinery maker Engel Holding GmbH should reach at least 900 million euros (US$1.18 billion) this fiscal year, about 8 percent higher than 834 million euros in fiscal 2011-2012. Engel President and CEO ...
