PPG has completed its new $10m coatings center of excellence at its existing complex in Tianjin, China. The new facility will serve regional customers in the automotive plastics and decorative accessories industry. The new coatings ...
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Sonoco Alloyd, an arm of global packaging leader Sonoco, will integrate robots manufactured by Rethink Robotics into its sealing machines system to offer complete automation to its customers. US-based medical and retail package design ...
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Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, will come together as one company at the European Coatings Show 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing coatings for a full range of ...
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The global automotive plastics industry is in boom mode today. Improvements in vehicle design and the ongoing trend toward lighter weight for improved fuel efficiency have led to greater demand for engineering plastic components. A recent ...
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France based automotive plastics manufacturer Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors will invest $65m to establish a new facility in Enterprise South Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The new facility will be built on a 21 acre site, ...
Vitro Minerals announces the commercialization of a synthetic light weight mineral filler for plastics and sealants that is 10-17% lower specific gravity than traditional fillers commonly used. At 40% filler loading in nylon or ...
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Toray Industries is expected to report a 30% jump in group?operating profit for last quarter, which saw solid performance in textiles and growth in carbon fiber composites. But with other segments missing targets, the Tokyo-based ...
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Driven by increasing demands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, automakers worldwide are in a race to find new ways for improving the fuel efficiency of passenger cars and trucks. Along with more aerodynamic designs and incremental ...
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According to a new report from Frost and Sullivan, the Indian automotive coatings market has witnessed growth over the past two to three years due to growth of the automotive industry, both in the new and used car segments. Increased ...
Benecke-Changshun Auto Trim, a joint venture between Benecke-Kaliko and Jiangsu Changshun International Trading – the specialist Chinese dealer for automotive plastics – manufactures the products at the site in Zhangjiagang. ...
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Rising raw material prices and the crash of the rupee has badly mauled India's plastic industry, according to the country's largest plastics trade association. "[The] future of over 50,000 manufacturing units and four million jobs are at ...
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Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions, has launched an enhanced website focused on providing customers optimal support. Featuring a responsive design that is seamlessly viewable on a computer, tablet or smartphone, the ...
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The global automotive plastics revenue is forecast to grow from US$ 22, 155 mln in 2011 to US$42, 135 mln in 2016 at an estimated CAGR of 13.7% from 2011 to 2016. The consumption of automotive plastics worldwide is expected to increase from ...
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German auto supplier Dr.Schneider Group will spend 5 million euros to open new manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico. "We will invest 2.5 million euros in each facility by early 2014 at the latest," CEO Klaus Fricke told Automotive ...
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PlasticsEurope director Wilfried Haensel says there are still opportunities for the region’s plastics industry, despite all the ongoing economic uncertainties facing the Eurozone. This year has brought the industry back from the ...
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