Apr 26,2012
The US Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has revealed details of its first ANTEC conferences to be held in India. The two-day event is taking place at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel in Mumbai on December 6 and 7, ...
Apr 24,2012
The global automotive plastics revenue is forecast to grow from US$ 22, 155 mln in 2011 to US$42, 135 mln in 2016 at an estimated CAGR of 13.7% from 2011 to 2016. The consumption of automotive plastics worldwide is expected to ...
Apr 20,2012
Aligning with NPE 2012′s theme of “The return of the machines”, Wittmann Group is presenting a wide range of injection molding machines and peripheral equipment at the show. A full range of PowerSeries is on ...
Apr 18,2012
Milacron, the only US-based broad-line manufacturer of primary plastics equipment, will get a new private-equity owner, in news announced just before NPE2012 which runs April 1-5 in Orlando, Florida. Avenue Capital Group will sell ...
Apr 16,2012
The US plastics industry has an “extremely good chance” to recover to production levels from before the global recession by the end of this year, barring a Eurozone meltdown or other unforeseen economic shocks, a ...
Apr 13,2012
BASF, one of the world's leading chemical companies, will showcase innovative and energy efficient solutions in TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) - Elastollan NEX at Chinaplas (to be held from 18 to 21 April), Asia's number one ...
Apr 12,2012
Larry Mermuys started buying Borch injection molding presses imported from China in 2004 for his company, Tier 2 auto supplier Plastics Plus Inc. In Hamilton, Ontario. “The first ones had issues, ” he said. But at ...
Apr 11,2012
With rapidly rising costs and continuously strengthening local currency, Chinese exporters are under mounting pressure. Most Chinese exhibitors interviewed at NPE2012 expect their export business to be at least stable, and many ...
Apr 09,2012
A joint venture between Engel, the Austrian injection moulding machine company, and Plastisud, the French mould maker, will offer turnkey systems for the production of sealing caps for water and soft drinks containers in China. ...
Apr 08,2012
Husky Injection Molding Systems is not done pushing the envelope of thinner and faster, when it comes to packaging and medical moulding. A Husky official also said the company would break ground on a new plant in China. At NPE2012 ...
Apr 07,2012
The HPM brand of American injection moulding machines is back at NPE – but now it’s made in China. A 220-tonne servo-hydraulic machine is churning out clear plastic boxes at HPM North America Corp. ’s NPE booth ...
Apr 03,2012
Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) is showing a newly developed mid-range controller called the DS-eVUE at NPE2012 (Orlando, FL; April 1-5). Features include a solid-state hard drive, a 15-inch (381mm) wide-screen HMI (human machine ...
Apr 02,2012
DB Automation offers its new Compact Flexible Robot (CFR) to the injection moulding industry as “the next generation of high-performance robotic take-out technology”. Take-out times as short as 200 milliseconds are ...
Apr 01,2012
A precision injection molder has rid itself of the last vestiges of outdated technology, and received significant energy savings and part-quality improvements as a result. That’s the short story behind a recent move by ...
Apr 01,2012
Sometimes costly and seemingly intractable problems can have simple and inexpensive solutions.Such is the case with the platenGUARD, the first product from the new firm of Advanced Concepts & Precision Components (ACPC) LLC, ...
Mar 30,2012
Indian machinery maker Sai Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd. is investing 35 million rupees ($700, 000) in a dedicated facility to make drip irrigation tube extrusion machinery. The company sees demand growing for technologies to help ...
Mar 28,2012
Extrusion major Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. has expanded its technology base with the acquisition of blown film specialist Future Design Inc. Of Mississauga, Ontario. Gloucester announced the acquisition March 6 but did not ...
Mar 27,2012
Players in China report that the gap between import LLDPE and HDPE film prices has narrowed over the past few weeks as LLDPE prices have risen more rapidly than HDPE or LDPE film prices during the recent rally in the Chinese PE ...
Mar 26,2012
Songwon Industrial Group finished 2011 on a high note having announced a number of key events that demonstrate how growth is at the heart of its success now and in the future. Capacity at its state- of-the-art Maeam plant was ...
Mar 23,2012
Local PVC availability in Italy has been squeezed due to the absence of several mainstream European suppliers, as per ChemOrbis. Some of the suppliers are still facing production issues at their plants while some already sold out ...
