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Mexico Coke bottler saving money with lightweight preforms

MEXICO CITY (Nov. 5, 11:35 a.m. ET) -- Coca-Cola FEMSA SA de CV plans to extend the use of its PET short-height bottle finishes from Mexico to all its markets in Latin America within 12 months. The design cuts the weight of the company’s 16-ounce bottles to 20.5 grams, and has saved the bottler about $10 million in PET resin annually. November 5, 2009

Eastman has design on buyers

MIAMI (Nov. 4, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Getting engineers and designers to communicate has always been one of life’s greater challenges. In this video from the Industrial Designers Society of America's recent international conference in Miami, Eastman's Mark Costa explains how the company has made the most of design in its effort to find new customers for its materials. November 4, 2009

Video interview with design exec

MIAMI (Oct. 28, 5:10 p.m. ET) -- Clive Roux wasted no time getting his feet wet as leader of the world’s largest design trade association. Nine days after assuming the post of executive director of the Dulles, Va.-based Industrial Designers Society of America, Roux — a long-time former official with Netherlands-based Philips Design — was on stage in Miami addressing a crowd of nearly 500 at IDSA’s annual international conference. October 28, 2009

Thogus rapidly re-engineers itself

AVON LAKE, OHIO (Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Matt Hlavin, third-generation president of Thogus Products Cos. in the Cleveland suburb of Avon Lake, considers his firm to be “a 51-year-old startup company.” Indeed, the custom injection molder has changed its stripes enough that one could argue it’s been reborn. October 20, 2009

Nypro invests $1 million in solar startup

MEBANE, N.C. (Oct. 14, 4:30 p.m. ET) — Injection molder Nypro Inc. has invested $1 million in solar energy startup, Morgan Solar Inc. It is the first investment made by New Ventures Group LLC, which Clinton, Mass.-based Nypro formed as a subsidiary 13 months ago to invest in innovative and green technologies. October 14, 2009

IDSA China chapter takes flight

MIAMI (Oct. 2, 4:40 p.m. ET) — After years of discussion and effort, the Industrial Designers Society of America recently approved the formation of a China Chapter. Its champions hope the move will help to advance the practice of design in creating social as well as business value in China, while also allowing IDSA to serve as a non-political networking channel and clearinghouse of design-related information across the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. October 2, 2009

Plastic scooter maker Vectrix files for Chapter 11

NEW YORK (Sept. 29, 4:45 p.m. ET) — Vectrix Corp., the maker of an all-electric, thermoplastic bodied scooter, has filed for Chapter 11 protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, but has a deal in hand to sell its assets to a private equity company. September 29, 2009

Electric bike design goes with the Protoflow

TELFORD, ENGLAND (Sept. 28, 3:15 p.m. ET) -- The world’s lightest production electric two-wheeler, produced by British company Karbon Kinetics, was developed using rapid injection moulding provided by Protomold, part of Telford-based Proto Labs. September 28, 2009

Water bottle combines coconut, metal and plastic

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 25 1:20 p.m. ET) — Getting people to believe there is an alternative to the plastic water bottle is his biggest challenge, said Joey Mendelsohn, president and CEO of EcoUsable Inc., at the ASR Marketplace show in San Diego. September 25, 2009

Trexel touts MuCell technology in design phase

SOUTH ELGIN, ILL. (Sept. 24, 7:05 p.m. ET) -- Trexel Inc. continues to market the list of advantages from its MuCell technology, including faster cycle times, lighter parts and lower injection pressure. President and CEO David Bernstein calls that Phase 1 of MuCell molding. But next comes Phase 2: incorporating MuCell into upfront part design. September 24, 2009

Sonoco Products launches True Blue packaging program

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 22, 10:20 a.m. ET) -- Packaging maker Sonoco Products Co. is launching a new "umbrella brand" for what the company calls packaging solutions and recycling services that meet sustainability requirements. September 22, 2009

They do make them like they used to ... well, sort of

DEARBORN, MICH. (Sept. 21, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- With its latest version of the Taurus sedan, Ford Motor Co. is out to combine clean design with new technology to help polish its image in the marketplace. And that image extends inside the car, where one piece of the interior trim highlights a marriage of hand-made design with newer materials and production, and opens the window for more decorative flourishes in the future. September 21, 2009

Designer: plastics to dominate packaging

MARLBOROUGH, ENGLAND (Sept. 21, 10:05 a.m. ET) -- Characterizing the plastics industry as fleet of foot, British industrial designer Martin Bunce considers the plastics packaging engineering and industrial design communities kindred spirits. Bunce was the featured speaker for the Industrial Designers Society of America’s most-recent Designer Spotlight webinar series. September 21, 2009

Fuel economy rules encourage material changes

TROY, MICH. (Sept. 16, 9:20 p.m. ET) -- One number is pushing innovation in the North American auto industry: 35.5. That’s the average number of miles per gallon that the passenger vehicle fleet will have to hit by 2016 according to new rules announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The least expensive way to improve fuel economy is to reduce vehicle weight, and reduce it everywhere, so automakers are open to new ideas and new materials. September 16, 2009

Former Philips Design exec to head IDSA

DULLES, VA. (Sept. 9, 1:50 p.m. ET) — After a five-month search, North America’s largest industrial design trade association has chosen a South African with worldwide business experience to take its helm. The Dulles-based Industrial Designers Society of America announced today that Clive Roux will become its new executive director on Sept. 14, replacing Frank Tyneski, who resigned in April after 18 months in the post. September 9, 2009

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