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Friday, 26-Jun-09

Rubbermaid to use Mirel bioplastic in consumer product

CHICAGO (June 26, 2009) -- Bioplastics maker Metabolix has landed a pretty big fish in the sea of consumer products: Consumer and commercial products maker Newell Rubbermaid, which will use Mirel-brand bioplastic made by Telles -- the bioplastics joint venture between Metabolix and Archer Daniels Midland -- in an unspecified consumer-based, retail product.

Wednesday, 24-Jun-09

Fathead wall graphics’ popularity a slam dunk


Fathead graphic of U.S. basketball player LeBron James
LIVONIA, MICHIGAN (June 24, 2009) -- The personal mission statement of one of Fathead’s vice presidents: Cover the universe, one Fathead at a time. For the uninitiated, a Fathead is a large -- sometimes life-size -- wall graphic depicting a famous athlete or entertainment industry celebrity. The high-resolution images are digitally printed on thin, flexible vinyl sheets with a proprietary adhesive that allows them to stick to walls and be moved without losing its adhesive stickiness.


Tuesday, 23-Jun-09

Silcotech targets India's domestic market with new JV

CHICAGO (June 23, 2009) -- Canadian liquid silicone molder Silcotech North America Inc. and India’s Bonny Products Pvt. Ltd. have formed a joint venture aimed at tapping India’s domestic market, the latest step in Silcotech’s push into developing economies, following startups in China and Bulgaria.

Tuesday, 16-Jun-09

PTI to introduce Globaline extrusion system at NPE
CHICAGO (June 16, 2009) -- Processing Technologies International LLC (PTI) is unveiling its new Globaline extrusion system that allows efficient short-run production of sheet at NPE2009. The system is especially designed for PTI’s strategy of expanding into areas such as Russia, Eastern Europe, South America, China and India where an extrusion line needs to handle a variety of jobs.

German molder Oechsler optimistic in China


Chan
GUANGZHOU (June 16, 2009) -- German-based precision injection molder Oechsler AG said its China sales are recovering, and it intends to proceed with an expansion plan in 2010 if the trend continues. The global recession hit the company’s sales in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter this year, said Vincent Chan, deputy general manager of Oechsler Plastic Products (Taicang) Co. Ltd. “But we’ve seen a recovery in recent months, largely due to Chinese policies to stimulate the auto and appliances markets."

Monday, 01-Jun-09

Resin makers realizing China’s import potential


Hanck
GUANGZHOU (June 2, 2009) -- Just a few years ago, China was mainly a cheap export base, where products were made and sent elsewhere around the world. These days, the reverse is increasingly true: China’s growing domestic market is attracting more attention, particularly from global resin makers. “There is real demand in the domestic China market,” said Hong Kong-based Philippe Hanck of DuPont’s engineering polymers unit. He said DuPont has seen a tangible effect from China’s government stimulus spending in automotive, rail, mobile phones and renewable energy.

Tuesday, 26-May-09

Nanocyl technology helps make plastics electric
GUANGZHOU (May 26, 2009) -- Displayed inside a glass case at the Nanocyl SA’s booth at Chinaplas was a large-scale model of the company’s product -- a bunch of white tubes connected at the tips to form a web. It could have been an anonymous model inside a high school science lab, but for Nanocyle, the potential of its product depends entirely on its shape.

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