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Mold-Masters opens manufacturing plant in India
COIMBATORE, INDIA (March 17, 2010) — Mold-Masters Ltd. has opened a hot runner production facility in Coimbatore, India, where the company has had an engineering office since December 2006.
DME and P.E.T.S. form hot-runner alliance
MADISON HEIGHTS, 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.
U.S. moldmakers see China factory as way into local market
DONGGUAN, CHINA (February 16, 2010) -- Like many foreign-invested mold making shops in China, Cosmos Tooling Solutions Ltd. began business by exporting lower cost tools to North America and elsewhere.
But increasingly, the company is looking to China’s expanding domestic market for growth.
Synventive adding second China factory
 Moss
Dongguan mold makers organize to upgrade
 L-R: Reinie Liu, Anna and Ron Grunwald, and Hercules Shum
Gurit acquires Chinese wind blade mold maker
TAICANG, CHINA (December 15, 2009) -- Wattwil, Switzerland-based Gurit Holding AG has signed an agreement to acquire Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co. Ltd. of Taicang, a move that will make China
Gurit’s largest production base.
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.
Chinese OK with NPE move, but timing concerns some
 CPPIA's Ma
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.
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.
EDI adds slot die coating system in Shanghai factory
 Modular coating system
Composites One China to distribute closed-mold equipment
SHANGHAI (October 9, 2009) -- Shanghai-based Composites One China is now helping Magnum Venus Plastech (MVP) of Clearwater, Fla., distribute closed-mold conversion equipment and systems in the Chinese
market.
Chinese toolmakers plan for economic improvement
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Japanese companies make PVOH film deal
Toyohashi, Japan (September 15, 2009) -- Aicello Chemical Co. will expand its polyvinyl alcohol film stake by acquiring Tohcello Co.’s PVOH film product line and assets. Aicello will boost its PVOH
film production capacity by 50 percent as a result of the deal.
China's M-Tex adds support staff in U.S.
DONGGUAN, CHINA (September 1, 2009) -- Chinese mold-texturing firm M-Tex Co. Ltd. has added sales and technical support staff in Youngstown, Ohio, and Detroit -- to beef up support in the U.S. for
projects being manufactured in China.
Singapore's Sunningdale reports cautious optimism
SINGAPORE (Aug 18, 2009) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd said it faces a challenging business environment for the rest of this year though there are signs that the global economic crisis may be bottoming out.
The Singapore-based injection molder and tooling supplier said it remains cautious for the rest of the year.
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