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Rapid reconstruction underway for Swedish granulator firm

JÖNKÖPING SWEDEN (Nov. 5, 12:25 p.m. ET) -- Rapid Granulator AB has been granted a suspension of old debts by the District Court of Jönköping. The court has granted permission for a so-called reconstruction procedure, which under Swedish law, allows the company to continue in business. This means that Rapid will continue to operate as usual, including the fulfilment of all service contracts, product guarantees and obligations. November 5, 2009

SPI names executive board members

WASHINGTON (Nov. 5, 12:20 p.m. ET) -- Chris Keller, president of plastic processing auxiliary equipment manufacturer Conair Group Inc., has been named chairman of the executive board of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. He replaces immediate past chair Jim Buonomo, the chief strategy officer and chief financial officer of Nypro Inc. in Clinton, Mass. November 5, 2009

ITW acquires Hartness International

GLENVIEW, ILL. (Nov. 4, 6:20 p.m. ET) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets of Greenville, S.C.-based packaging machinery maker Hartness International Inc. Hartness makes packaging equipment and conveyors for bottling and material handling. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. November 4, 2009

Machinery firms offer tips for thrifty processors

INDIANAPOLIS (Updated Nov. 5, 10:35 a.m. ET) -- Machinery firms Engel Machinery Inc. and Frigel North America Inc. are doing their part to help processors recover from recent economic setbacks. Officials with both firms spoke at an industry conference hosted by MAPP Inc., Oct. 29-30 in Indianapolis. November 3, 2009

Auctions set for Visteon and CertainTeed plants

DETROIT (Nov. 3, 4:40 p.m. ET) -- Auctions are set Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 for two closed Visteon Corp. plants in Ohio and Missouri while surplus equipment from CertainTeed Corp.’s vinyl siding operation in Social Circle, Ga., will be auctioned on Dec. 3. November 3, 2009

Downsteam equipment maker Steer enters new markets

BANGALORE, INDIA (Nov. 2, 4 p.m. ET) — 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. November 2, 2009

Political leaders in Illinois and Florida lobby hard for the next NPE

CHICAGO (Oct. 30, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Chicago and Orlando each want to be the home of the 2012 and 2015 NPE trade show, and big-name politicians are making their case. SPI President and CEO Bill Carteaux met on Oct. 28 with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley -- in Daley’s office -- and Carteaux has also discussed the issue with the mayor of Orange County, Fla., and the governors of Illinois and Florida. SPI’s 12-person NPE executive committee will have the final vote, and Carteaux said they plan to make a decision by the end of the year. October 30, 2009

Sweden's Rapid Granulator restructuring

BREDARYD, SWEDEN (Updated Oct. 30, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- 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. October 29, 2009

Automatik opens offices in Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur

GROSSOSTHEIM, GERMANY (Oct. 29, 4:45 p.m. ET) -- 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. October 29, 2009

Legal issues plague HPM

MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO (Oct. 23, 3 p.m. ET) -- HPM, a maker of plastics machinery and wind-turbine components, faces a mounting debt load and legal action. Morrow County in Ohio is seeking foreclosure for unpaid taxes, Huntington National Bank wants $13.7 million in loans repaid, and a lawsuit from a customer, International Plastics & Equipment Corp., froze some of HPM’s bank accounts. October 23, 2009

MassPlastics exhibitors optimistic

FITCHBURG, MASS. (Oct. 23, 2:55 p.m. ET) -- Despite the economic downtown and a smaller presence, MassPlastics 2009 remains an important New England event, according to organizers. “We do the show because it is a statement for the region. It is not just to show the history of plastics, but to show that there is lot of diversity here, from medical devices to defense work to staple consumer goods -- that’s the primary reason,” said David McKeehan, president of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. October 23, 2009

Fakuma visitor numbers down about 11 percent

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (Oct. 22, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Preliminary figures from Fakuma exhibition organizer P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG show that 37,281 people traveled to Friedrichshafen for this year’s trade show, down about 11 percent from the 2008 total of 41,856. October 22, 2009

SPI considering Orlando, Fla., for future NPE shows

ARLINGTON, VA. (Oct. 16, 1:25 p.m. ET) — The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.’s national board met in Arlington on Oct. 14-16 and discussed the location for the 2012 and 2015 NPE trade shows. Chicago and Orlando, Fla., both made presentations. President and CEO Bill Carteaux said SPI would make a choice by the end of the year. October 16, 2009

Competition heats up in cooling

BENSENVILLE, ILL. (Oct. 15, 7 p.m. ET) -- Green Box America Inc. opened in January and for the first time had its own NPE exhibit, in June. But the company’s Italian parent is certainly not a new player in the process cooling business.

October 15, 2009

Netstal ends short-time manufacturing

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (Oct. 14, 11:55 a.m. ET) -- Swiss injection machinery maker Netstal AG will return to full-time work schedules beginning Nov. 1, citing a significant improvement in orders. The company has been operating on short-time work schedules in parts of its production plant since February and across most of the manufacturing operations since July. October 14, 2009

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