Tuesday, 15-Dec-09

Machine makers look closer at emerging markets

Schley

SHANGHAI (December 15, 2009) -- As the dust begins to settle from the financial upsets of the past year and a half, machine makers are starting to take a closer look at individual markets around the world, honing their strategies to better match the specifics of a single country or region and looking to gain foothold in emerging markets.

Sunday, 13-Dec-09

Husky breaks ground on India hot-runner plant
CHENNAI, INDIA (December 13, 2009) -- Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. has broken ground on its new hot runner manufacturing plant in Chennai. The 35,520-square-foot facility will have sales, customer support and manufacturing and sourcing teams, and will provide local hot runner and mold refurbishing.

Tuesday, 08-Dec-09

Auto industry continues to drive recovery in China
SHANGHAI (December 8, 2009) -- Many manufacturers at the Asian-Pacific International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition, held Nov. 25-28 in Shanghai, seemed to be breathing a tentative sigh of relief. After a sharp drop in sales early in the year, machine makers are seeing an improvement in the market, pushed forward by China’s stimulus and a booming automotive market.

Monday, 07-Dec-09

KM's China tech center closer to domestic customers
SHANGHAI (December 7, 2009) -- While Munich, Germany-based Krauss Maffei’s China manufacturing plant is located a short distance outside of Shanghai in Jiaxing, the tech center location in Shanghai is the heart of Krauss Maffei’s evolving China strategy. The center, which is used both for product development and operations, offers customers design and development services previously not available within China.

Tuesday, 01-Dec-09

Zhafir presents Mercury prototype as revolutionary design
EBERMANNSDORF, GERMANY (December 1, 2009) -- The Zhafir subsidiary of Chinese press maker Ningbo Haitian Plastic Machinery Group has developed a new all-electric injection molding machine, called Mercury.

Haitian’s European base to move to Germany in 2010
EBERMANNSDORF, GERMANY (December 1, 2009) -- Haitian Europe says it will transfer its headquarters to Ebermannsdorf, near Nuremberg in Germany, from Italy in June next year.

Tuesday, 24-Nov-09

Chinese OK with NPE move, but timing concerns some

CPPIA's Ma

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (November 24, 2009) -- Some Chinese industry leaders are happy with the decision to relocate NPE from Chicago to Orlando, with some pointing out that service in Chicago needed improvement. But the spring dates for NPE2012, mere weeks before that year’s Chinaplas trade show, have raised some concern.

Orlando rolls out welcome mat for NPE 2012 show

WASHINGTON (November 24, 2009) -- Moving NPE to Orlando, Fla., offers the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. the opportunity to attract new companies to the show, according to the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau. SPI said the switch will save exhibitors $10 million in travel and exhibiting costs, which was key to the decision.

Monday, 23-Nov-09

Gerold Schley to head Milacron China
BATAVIA, OHIO (November 23, 2009) -- Primary equipment maker Milacron LLC named Gerold Schley vice president China operations and global sourcing. He will lead the machinery operations in China including the firm’s joint venture in Jiangyin. Jay Woerner was named vice president of India operations, Ferromatik Milacron India Ltd.

Tuesday, 17-Nov-09

NPE moving to Orlando for 2012 and 2015
WASHINGTON (November 17, 2009) -- The 2012 and 2015 NPE trade shows will be in Orlando, Fla. The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., which produces the show every three years, said cost savings was key in moving NPE away from Chicago, which has been home to the show since 1971.

Monday, 02-Nov-09

Automatik opens offices in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur

Opening ceremony

GROSSOSTHEIM, GERMANY (November 2, 2009) -- Pelletizing equipment maker Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH has established two subsidiaries in Asia -- Automatik Plastics Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and Automatik Plastics Machinery Sdn Bhd.

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.

Sunday, 01-Nov-09

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.

Friday, 16-Oct-09

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.

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