Canada switching to polymer money
TORONTO (March 14, 2010) -- Canada will move to plastic currency in mid-2011 for enhanced security against counterfeiting. As well, plastic bills last longer than cotton paper ones currently used.
ContiTech inaugurates Changshu facility
 Opening ceremony
DME and P.E.T.S. form alliance
WARREN, MICH. (March 14, 2010) -- Tooling component supplier DME Co. has created a strategic alliance with hot runner firm Plastic Engineering & Technical Services Inc. to provide a complete package
to improve processing.
Asia alliance helps Thermoforming Systems tap global sales
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (March 12, 2010) -- American plastic equipment maker Thermoforming Systems LLC is crediting an Asian manufacturing partnership with letting it tap into growth in emerging markets like
Brazil and India.
LM Glasfiber builds wind blade facility in China
JIANGYIN, CHINA (March 12, 2010) -- Denmark-based wind turbine blade maker LM Glasfiber is strengthening its position in the Chinese market by building a fourth manufacturing facility in Jiangyin,
Jiangsu province.
Wanhua to take over BorsodChem in Hungary
LONDON (March 12, 2010) -- China’s Wanhua Industrial group has won the option to take over the Hungarian PVC group BorsodChem within two years in return for providing €140 million (1.3 billion
yuan) to help fund the indebted chemical firm’s expansion.
India's Rajoo targeting Latin America, Eastern Europe
NEW DELHI, INDIA (March 12, 2010) -- Rajoo Engineers Ltd. has set out a double-barrel export strategy for this year, focusing on Latin America and the former Eastern Bloc countries in Europe, offering
competitively priced machines for major upgrades and new start-ups.
India's processors upgrade to compete globally
MUMBAI, INDIA (March 11， 2010) -- India’s small and medium-size plastics producers are upgrading to be globally competitive in the next two to three years and keep in step with the industry majors
in the international league, according to Ashok Goel, president of the PlastIndia 2012.
Shini expanding factories in China and India
TAIPEI (March 9, 2010) Taiwanese auxiliary equipment maker Shini Plastics Technologies Inc. is finishing a US$ 18.7 million (128 million yuan) expansion of its factories in mainland China and India.
Australia green building rules revised in favor of PVC
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (March 8, 2010) -- Sydney-based Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA） has revised its previously negative view on PVC materials. The new system for rating the plastic should
be in force by April.
Teijin Kasei America faces discrimination lawsuit
NORCROSS, GA. (March 8， 2010) -- Five current or former employees of resin supplier Teijin Kasei America Inc. have filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming the firm had planned to fire them and
replace them with younger Japanese workers.
Taiwan machinery firms seeing strong rebound
TAIPEI (March 8, 2010) -- Taiwan’s plastic machinery industry is seeing a strong economic rebound as mainland China and other emerging markets push production almost to levels seen before the
worldwide economic meltdown in 2008.
Coal-based PVC maker continues expansion in China
URUMQI, CHINA (March 5, 2010) -- Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Urumqi, plans to add more PVC capacity, as it expects PVC price and market demand to rise in 2010.
US studies runaway complaints in 'repaired' Toyotas
WASHINGTON (March 5, 2010) -- U.S. regulators are investigating 10 recent cases in which owners of recalled Toyota vehicles say they brought their cars in for repair and yet still experienced
unintended acceleration.
Celgard expands battery membrane production in S. Korea
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 5, 2010) -- Lithium-ion battery membrane maker Celgard LLC is investing $30 million (204. 8 million yuan) to expand production in South Korea.
Processors lobby European Union for support
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (March 5, 2010) -- EuPC, the Brussels-based trade body for plastics processors, has urged European Union legislators to “get policy on plastics right; otherwise there will be
widespread damaging effects on user and supply industries.â€
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Plastics News' extensive coverage of NPE2009, North America's largest plastics trade show, included 17 news videos
shot on-site in Chicago. View the English-language clips here.
