IRL has published the sixth edition of its report, "A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry." The report updates IRL's previous study released in 2009 and includes the latest industry trends and up-to-date statistics. Chinese paints and ...
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Milacron, the only US-based broad-line manufacturer of primary plastics equipment, will get a new private-equity owner, in news announced just before NPE2012 which runs April 1-5 in Orlando, Florida. Avenue Capital Group will sell the ...
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Growing up together with China's plastics and rubber industries in the last 30 years, the promotional slogan of CHINAPLAS - "The Growth Engine for your industries" – is to bring out the show mission as continuing to bring plenty of ...
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Industrial dryers are machines that are used to dry or moisture and liquid from: product parts, solids, powder and liquids, etc. through the process of evaporation or sublimation. This process is sometimes helped along by conveyor belts ...
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The US plastics industry has an “extremely good chance” to recover to production levels from before the global recession by the end of this year, barring a Eurozone meltdown or other unforeseen economic shocks, a senior official ...
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BASF, one of the world's leading chemical companies, will showcase innovative and energy efficient solutions in TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) - Elastollan NEX at Chinaplas (to be held from 18 to 21 April), Asia's number one international ...
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Larry Mermuys started buying Borch injection molding presses imported from China in 2004 for his company, Tier 2 auto supplier Plastics Plus Inc. In Hamilton, Ontario. “The first ones had issues, ” he said. But at NPE2012, he ...
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With rapidly rising costs and continuously strengthening local currency, Chinese exporters are under mounting pressure. Most Chinese exhibitors interviewed at NPE2012 expect their export business to be at least stable, and many ...
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ANH Refractories Europe has secured a major new deal to supply products to the Middle East petrochemical market. The American owned firm manufactures materials at its Bromborough plant, in the UK, used in linings for furnaces, kilns and ...
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A precision injection molder has rid itself of the last vestiges of outdated technology, and received significant energy savings and part-quality improvements as a result. That’s the short story behind a recent move by Sinicon ...
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Sometimes costly and seemingly intractable problems can have simple and inexpensive solutions.Such is the case with the platenGUARD, the first product from the new firm of Advanced Concepts & Precision Components (ACPC) LLC, Wauconda, ...
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The NPE2012 plastics exposition, which took place April 1-5 in Orlando, Florida, substantially exceeded NPE2009 in size, and it attracted more participants from outside the United States than any other NPE in history, it was announced today ...
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China further consolidated its leading position as the most important market for German plastics and rubber machinery in 2011. German exports rose by 30.5% to 66.4m, up more than 60% on the previous year. “That is a new record for ...
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The output of Taiwan's light emitting diode (LED) streetlight manufacturing sector is expected to reach as much as NT$34 billion (US$1.15 billion) by 2018, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. Based on the government's ...
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The output of Taiwan's light emitting diode (LED) streetlight manufacturing sector is expected to reach as much as NT$34 billion (US$1.15 billion) by 2018, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. Based on the government's ...
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