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A great deal is written in the trade media for the plastics and rubber industry. Our “Industry News” gives compact summaries of the reports that appear in these media.
US to achieve cost parity with China by 2015
( Source: Plastics Today )
[07/05/2013] In another sign that America is becoming increasingly competitive in manufacturing, the United States is now equal to Mexico in "attractiveness" as a location for manufacturing operations and is on track to achieve cost parity with manufactured imports from China by 2015. US to achieve cost parity with China by 2015 - Read more
Where are you on the Project Management Maturity Scale?
( Source: Plastics Today )
[07/05/2013] Mold manufacturers typically see themselves as "job shops" or "machine shops" that do one-off mold builds, when in actuality they should be viewing themselves as project-oriented organizations. That's the conclusion of Jason Williams, a lecturer and head of the Medical Plastics Center of Excellence at Penn State Erie's The Behrend College.Where are you on the Project Management Maturity Scale? - Read more
bvse: 16th International Conference on Recycling of Plastics on June 11th/12th - "Understanding Plastics Recycling
( Source: www.plasticker.de )
[06/05/2013] "Understanding Plastics Recycling is the motto of the 16th International Conference on Recycling of Plastics, organized by the bvse-Division for Plastics Recycling. It will be..bvse: 16th International Conference on Recycling of Plastics on June 11th/12th - "Understanding Plastics Recycling - Read more
Japanese-owned PP compounding businesses restructured
( Source: Plastics Today )
[06/05/2013] Three Japanese polypropylene companies have decided to transfer their compounding subsidiaries to group company Japan Polypropylene Corporation (JPP; Tokyo). The PP compounding operations of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo), Japan Polychem Corporation (Tokyo) and JNC Corporation (Tokyo) will be unified both in Japan and abroad.Japanese-owned PP compounding businesses restructured - Read more
Major glass fiber price hikes loom
( Source: Plastics Today )
[06/05/2013] A five-year slump in glass fiber pricing may soon be coming to an end. The industry built up global capacity just in advance of the Great Recession that began in 2008. As a result, prices dropped and have failed to match gains made in thermoset resins or competing materials such as steel and aluminum. Major glass fiber price hikes loom - Read more
Mauser Group talks producing IBCs in Mexico
( Source: Plastics Today )
[06/05/2013] With the opening of the industrial bulk containers (IBCs) production facility in Toluca, Mexico, industrial packaging provider Mauser Group has officially entered the Mexican IBC market.Mauser Group talks producing IBCs in Mexico - Read more
Proprietary tooling makes Placon's new tamper-evident containers possible
( Source: Plastics Today )
[06/05/2013] Placon, a manufacturer of thermoformed plastic packaging, has launched a new package that puts consumer food packaging safety at the forefront. The new Crystal Seal tamper-evident PET thermoformed food containers are 100% recyclable with a patent-pending feature that helps minimize the potential of food tampering.Proprietary tooling makes Placon's new tamper-evident containers possible - Read more
Reinfenhäuser ramps up U.S. operations, moves headquarters
( Source: Plastics Today )
[06/05/2013] n 2012, Ulrich Reinfenhäuser said his company's strategy could be summed up in one word-China-and in 2013, three words suffice: the United States. Reinfenhäuser, who runs the extrusion technology company of the same name with his brother, Bernd, told PlasticsToday that the December 2012 purchase of Wichita, KS-based screw and barrel maker, Westland, ...Reinfenhäuser ramps up U.S. operations, moves headquarters - Read more
BASF: New head of Catalysts division
( Source: www.plasticker.de )
[03/05/2013] Kenneth T. Lane, currently Senior Vice President, Isocyanates Europe located in Brussels, Belgium, will become President of BASF's Catalysts division headquartered in Iselin, New..BASF: New head of Catalysts division - Read more
Flexi-Cube: new concept for high-volume, high-tech mold commercialized
( Source: Plastics Today )
[03/05/2013] Boucherie, a Belgium-based manufacturer of machinery for brush manufacturing and injection molds for consumer, medical and engineering products, recently introduced a completely new multi-component mold: Flexi-Cube. The first mold of this type, developed for one of Boucherie's customers to produce a three-component handle, was delivered to the customer.Flexi-Cube: new concept for high-volume, high-tech mold commercialized - Read more
