Automatik opens offices in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur
 Opening ceremony
Steer enters new markets
Bangalore (November 1, 2009) -- Bangalore-based Steer Engineering Pvt. Ltd. has appointed Taurus Comtrade Fzco of Dubai its agency to sell Steer’s products in the Middle East Asia and Africa.
Two Indian housewares firms continue expansion
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (October 19, 2009) -- Plastic packaging extruder Specialty Polyfilms India Pvt. Ltd. invested in a significant capacity expansion in August, as the company sees growth for its plastic
food wrap. Meantime, household goods injection molder Princeware International Pvt. Ltd. is planning to add 15 injection molding machines at its Mumbai headquarters factory.
Liansu builds extrusion plants across China
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (October 19, 2009) -- Liansu Group, one of China’s largest plastic pipe makers, has opened a new factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to target growing domestic demand for
infrastructure projects. The company has also broken ground on new extrusion plants in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, and in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Liansu is also planning a pipe factory near Xi’an,
Shaanxi province.
Cardia expands bio film production in Nanjing
NANJING, CHINA (October 12, 2009) -- Australian bio plastics firm is expanding production of its Biohybrid film after receiving food contact approval from the European Commission. The company is
investing millions of dollars to expand its manufacturing facilities in Nanjing.
Asia drives growth of world BOPP film market
GUILSBOROUGH, ENGLAND (October 6, 2009) -- While growth in the global biaxially oriented polypropylene film market through 2013 is expected to be slow compared to the last five years, Asia’s BOPP
film producers will see the most opportunities and the Middle East will emerge as a manufacturing center, according to a new report.
Aerospace market in Asia attracts global firms
 Medalie
Beijing Beipeng purchases XPS extrusion line
 ZE75/KE250 line
Bemis to acquire Alcan Packaging Food Americas
NEENAH, WIS. (July 7, 2009) -- North America’s largest film and sheet maker just got a whole lot bigger. Bemis Co. Inc., a packaging giant based in Neenah, Wis., announced July 6 that it will spend
$1.2 billion to acquire the Food Americas business of Alcan Packaging from Rio Tinto plc. Bemis has a partnership venture in Guangzhou.
China’s manufacturers mull ways to boost industry
 Chan
Jwell building new factory, mulling acquisition
CHICAGO （June 26, 2009） -- Chinese equipment maker Shanghai Jwell Extrusion Machinery Co. Ltd. is building a new factory in Suzhou to significantly expand its capacity, as executives say they are
looking at an European acquisition.
Taiwan's Jenn Chong to double capacity
CHICAGO (June 25, 2009) -- Taiwanese equipment maker Jenn Chong Plastics Machinery Works Co. Ltd. showed a blown film line at NPE that was bound for a Canadian customer. The Tai Pao, Taiwan-based
company also plans to add another 43,000 square feet to its existing facility, giving it about 75,000 square feet, as demand for its film extruders, monofilament extruders and strapping machines
grows.
U.S. machinery shipments plunged in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 23, 2009) -- The U.S. plastics equipment market suffered an across-the-board decline in 2008 that hit all sectors of injection presses, extruders, blow molders, auxiliaries and
screws and barrels, according to a year-end report from the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.
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.
Steer Engineering aims for top of China extruder market
 Padmanabhan
Some companies taking a long-term look at solar power
HONG KONG (May 19, 2009) -- Plastics companies are trying to take a long-term view of China's solar power markets, even as the industry struggles through a sizable downturn. Some firms are pushing
forward with investments, even as others say they are holding back.
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