The New Year will bring a giant auction -- more than 130 injection presses and 20 extruders -- from four closed-down plants of Fortis Plastics LLC. Branford Group and Great American Group will conduct the auctions over three weeks, one ...
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Here’s a message from people who sell injection molding machines: The joy is back. Sales have increased for two years in a row, after a steady 10-year decline. That should continue in 2012. The U. S. Injection press market is nearing ...
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Compounding extruders continued their comeback this year, with something new - demand for large-volume compounding machines, industry officials said. A resurgent automotive sector, joined with steady packaging and recycling markets, has ...
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Extruders make everything from medical tubing and film and sheet for packaging — Strong markets— To vinyl windows and siding — These days, not so hot. The diversity sums up the North American extruder market in 2011. The ...
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The Nor’easter that rattled New England over the weekend cut power and caused more than a few companies to ponder how to keep communications open when disaster strikes. The Saturday night storm dumped an icy, heavy snow on southern ...
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Green Lights Go On Stamford Streets November.7, 2011 - 09:56 — jasminezhuang In Stamford, Conn., they’re taking green to the streets in the form of energy-efficient LED streetlights, which are set to replace more than a thousand ...
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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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Nanolayer extrusion technology is moving at breakneck speed. In blown film, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., recently discussed patent-pending technology for producing film structures with 100+ layers, while BBS Corp., Spartanburg, S. ...
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Advance word on several new press models were provided by two exhibitors at next month's Fakuma show in Germany. Arburg (U.S. office in Newington, Conn.) will feature its new Allrounder E (Edrive) series of “entry-level” ...
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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 SY Chu, ...
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