Automatik opens offices in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur
 Opening ceremony
Sweden's Rapid Granulator restructuring
BREDARYD, SWEDEN (November 2, 2009) -- Rapid Granulator AB has filed for financial restructuring, according to news reports in Sweden. The company blamed slumping machinery sales and the cost of a
recent acquisition of a recycling equipment maker in China.
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.
Rebus deal expands Milliken thermoset colorant portfolio
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (October 16, 2009) -- Milliken & Co. announced that its Milliken Chemical subsidiary has purchased the assets of Rebus Inc., a North American supplier of pigment and additive
dispersions for the thermoset plastics and high-performance industrial coatings markets. Milliken said the deal will allow it to offer Rebus products to thermoset and coatings manufacturers in
fast-growing markets such as Asia-Pacific.
Trendelkamp opens sales office in Ho Chi Minh City
NORWALDE, GERMANY (October 16, 2009) -- Trendelkamp Technologie GmbH, a maker of polymer filtration equipment based in Norwalde, has named Reinhard Finger sales manager and Stefan Krenz will be
responsible for the support of the American and Asian sector. The firm's new sales office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam will be managed by Mark Murphy.
Netstal ends short-time manufacturing
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (October 15, 2009) -- Swiss injection machinery maker Netstal AG will return to full-time work schedules beginning Nov. 1, citing a significant improvement in orders. Netstal
is believed to be the first of the major machinery makers to bring short-time working measures to a close. The company has a sales and service office in Shanghai.
Machinery imports to Mexico drop
MEXICO CITY (October 9, 2009) -- Imports of plastic processing machinery by companies in Mexico in the first half of 2009 fell 15.1 percent, according to the national plastic industries association.
China, which failed to make the list of the top 11 exporters of plastic processing machinery to Mexico until 2006, occupied eighth place in 2008, with sales of $37.9 million, after leapfrogging such
rivals as South Korea ($35 million), Austria ($32.1 million) and Taiwan ($20.8 million).
Rexam won over by all-electrics
MUNICH (September 29, 2009) -- Rexam Pharma GmbH product and technology manager Frank Henninger says a study of all-electric vs. hydraulic molding machines at its Neuenberger, Germany, plant has
revealed huge energy saving potential and focused its future investment strategy in the all-electric direction.
EcoPower press makes debut
 EcoPower 100 injection press
Cosmos sees improvement, but reports a loss
Hong Kong (September 29, 2009) -- Cosmos Machinery Ltd., one of China’s largest injection press makers, said first half 2009 machinery sales fell 44 percent, although it said it’s seeing signs of
a pickup in China and some overseas markets.
China's rotomolders looking to modernize
 Wang
Beijing Beipeng purchases XPS extrusion line
 ZE75/KE250 line
Sumitomo Demag signs agreement with Sepro robots
SCHWAIG, GERMANY (September 1, 2009) -- French automation supplier Sepro Robotique will supply robots to Injection press maker Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH — and Sumitomo Demag
intends to fully integrate the robots into its presses, under an agreement signed in June.
Reifenhäuser GmbH purchases Kiefel film machinery business
TROISDORF, GERMANY (September 1, 2009) -- Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik has extended its extrusion technology base by acquiring blown film machinery maker Kiefel Extrusion GmbH for
undisclosed terms. Reifenhäuser Managing Director Ulrich Reifenhäuser said in a telephone interview that the extrusion machinery business is a tough one in the current economic climate.
Milacron emerges from Chapter 11
BATAVIA, OHIO (August 25, 2009) -- Milacron Inc. has a new name, and a new president and CEO, as it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Milacron LLC, a new company owned by a group of investors led by
Avenue Capital Group and DDJ Capital Management LLC, completed its previously announced purchase of substantially all of the businesses and assets of Batavia-based Milacron Inc.
Engel touts growth in Mexico
QUERÉTARO, MEXICO (August 25, 2009) -- Engel North America President and CEO Stephan Braig said Aug. 19 that the technical center the injection molding machine manufacturing giant is building in
central Mexico will be operational in the first half of next year.
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