Import PVC prices are moving lower for the fourth consecutive week in Southeast Asia as persistently weak demand along with tumbling upstream costs pushed sellers into agreeing to further reductions on their October prices. This was after ...
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On Oct. 5, the EU released its final ruling of anti-dumping (AD) sunset-review investigation on China-made fasteners. It holds that anti-dumping duties should continue to be levied on China-made fasteners because material injury to European ...
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The findings from a trial funded by Waste & Resources Action Program (Wrap) indicate it could soon be possible to recycle almost all domestic plastic packaging waste. According to Wrap, despite more than 300,000 metric tons of plastic ...
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Last year saw a robust recovery in foreign deliveries by German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, according to a Sept. 20 news release by the VDMA, the German Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. But in spite of annual ...
Tightness in raw material supplies has sent North American prices for PET bottle resin up by an average of 4 cent per pound since Sept. 1. Paraxylene feedstock, in particular, has been in tight supply, according to buyers contacted recently ...
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China’s total polymer imports reached the highest level of 2011 in August. According to the recent data released by the Chinese Customs Agency, China imported 1.51 tons of plastics in August 2011, with the country’s overall ...
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"Mill Log Marine's reputation, expertise and knowledge of the marine market gives us great confidence in knowing that our products will be strongly supported in western Canada",added Jan Willem de Jong, Commercial Director, Thordon Bearings ...
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Action Bearing, providers of bearings and related products to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) markets throughout New England, has been contracted to provide bearings for the rebuilding of ...
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2011 Five Region Fastener Association Conference was held successfully at Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business (Kbiz) Grand Hall, Seoul, South Korea, on Sep. 26th, 2011. Mr. Katsuyoshi Okawa, Vice President of the Fasteners ...
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American and European plastics firms are stepping up their investments in medical manufacturing in China, as that country undertakes a major expansion of its health-care system. The investments are driven both by global medical-device ...
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While the market is still booming in China, the country’s top machine makers are looking to expand outside their borders. And they’re interested in more than just exports. In countries like Brazil, India and Russia, Chinese ...
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Italian plastics and rubber machinery makers experienced a 22 percent increase in exports in the first half of 2011, according to figures released by the country’s machinery association Assocomaplast. Exports reached an estimated ...
For the first time in history, the Society of Plastics Engineers Inc. has given its Mold Maker of the year award to an executive at a company outside North America. SPE’s Mold Making and Mold Design division presented the award to ...
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Thailand is opening its own institute supported by both the public and private sectors to develop the local plastics industry into a major force in Asean. The institute starts operating today with full-time staff, headed by Kriengsak ...
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With the implementation of the 12th Five-Year Plan, more and more manufacturing industries have placed their focus on the materials and equipments featuring energy-saving and environmental protection. Under the 12th Five-Year Plan, the ...
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