Tuesday, 30-Jun-09

Qinchuan-Future Plastic mulls initial public offering

Song

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (June 30, 2009) -- Strong growth in the wood-plastic composite market is prompting joint venture Chinese wood-plastic composite equipment maker Qinchuan-Future Plastic Machinery Co. Ltd. to consider an initial public offering, a company executive said in an interview at NPE2009. The Baoji, Shaanxi province-based company hopes to raise funds for an expansion to handle increasing demand in both China’s domestic wood-plastic composite market and in exports, said Wayne Song, director of one of the joint venture partners in the machinery maker.

International Plastics Design award winners announced

Hospira's award-winning iSecure syringe

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (June 30, 2009) -- Pharmaceutical and medical delivery company Hospira Inc. used multishot molding and in-mold assembly to create the iSecure Syringe with four different pieces and three materials. The product, designed by Hospira and molded by MGS Manufacturing Group, won the Industrial Designers Society of America/Plastics News Design Award at the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.’s 2009 International Plastics Design Competition. The design is simple and straightforward at first glance -- with the different parts labeled in the mold to designate the first, second and third steps for the nurse administering the drug -- but integrating that into a complex manufacturing piece in a clean room environment was very impressive, said one of the judges.

Thursday, 25-Jun-09

Natural fibers, shiny surfaces to grace future car interiors
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN (June 25, 2009) -- The next generation of car interiors are likely to have a completely different look from today. Whether it’s a stripped-down or glossed-up look is yet unclear, but either direction it takes will involve plastics. Traditionally, interior plastics have been disguised as something else, such as PVC or urethane given a grained texture to mimic leather. “If you look into product design, there is a move to use plastic that’s happy to be plastic,” said Dave Lyon with General Motors, at Ward’s Auto Interiors Conference in Dearborn.

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

DuPont pushing for global sustainability standards
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (June 23, 2009) -- DuPont Co. is throwing its weight behind a push to have global sustainability standards. The company revealed its support for the standards as part of its recent 2009 DuPont Packaging Awards event.

Monday, 22-Jun-09

Arburg launches new hybrid injection machines
LOSSBURG, GERMANY (June 22, 2009) -- German injection machinery maker Arburg GmbH + Co. KG used its annual Technology Days open house event at its headquarters in Lossburg to launch its energy-saving Hidrive hybrid machine line and to invite customers into its newly completed customer center.

Nypro boosts medical capacity in China and France
NEW YORK (June 23, 2009) -- Nypro Inc. is expanding its medical operations in China and Europe as part of its strategy to increase the percentage of its sales from medical from 30 percent to 40 percent over the next two years. “Asia continues to be where we put a lot of our energies because our customers are manufacturing there,” Brian Payson, vice president of business development for Nypro Healthcare, told Plastics News at the Medical Design & Manufacturing East show in New York.

Monday, 08-Jun-09

Joyatech benefits from China’s design push

Liao

XIAMEN, FUJIAN (June 9, 2009) -- Even with all the focus on upgrading its industrial design capabilities, China remains a very different environment for design firms than in the West and other developed economies. Or at least that’s how Liao Ke, the head of design firm Xiamen Joyatech Co. Ltd., sees it. The conventional wisdom is that design can help some of the country’s struggling manufacturers develop more of their own products and move up the value chain, into higher-profit products.

Monday, 01-Jun-09

Sabic slates Shanghai tech center for 2010
GUANGZHOU (June 2, 2009) -- Sabic Innovative Plastics LP is moving ahead with its plans to establish a new technology center in Shanghai, expected to be ready by the end of next year. The new facility also will serve as the Asia-Pacific headquarters for U.S.-based Sabic Innovative Plastics.

Tuesday, 26-May-09

PTI develops system for making foamed PET bottles

oPTI bottle technology

HOLLAND, OHIO (May 26, 2009) -- Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI) has developed a system to make foamed PET bottles and jars that fit existing recycling programs. The oPTI bottle technology produces a white or silver bottle wall without the use of pigments that can contaminate a recycling stream. Besides recycling benefits, the oPTI bottle promises shelf appeal and product differentiation. Swirls and streaks on the bottle exterior can be controlled and can improve grip of the bottle.

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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