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| | Breaking News | Inteplast buys Pitt Plastics
LIVINGSTON, N.J. (Sept. 14, 1:45 p.m. ET) -- Inteplast Group is expanding its commercial can-liner footprint in North America with the purchase of Pitt Plastics Inc. of Pittsburg, Kan. Pitt will ... (more)
Calif. thermoformer InterTrade moves work to larger site
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. (Sept. 14, 1:45 p.m. ET) -- Thermoformer InterTrade Industries moved its heavy-gauge and computer numerically controlled operations 2 miles in Southern California, while ... (more)
Varroc pursues auto sector, sells JV stake to Plastic Omnium
AURANGABAD, INDIA (Sept. 14, 3 p.m. ET) -- Indian auto parts supplier Varroc Group and France’s Cie. Plastic Omnium have ended their joint venture in India, and now Varroc is moving ... (more)
Southern Imperial buys Sunbelt Plastic Extrusions
ROCKFORD, ILL. (Sept. 14, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Point-of-purchase display maker Southern Imperial Inc. has acquired Sunbelt Plastic Extrusions Inc. for an undisclosed price. Sunbelt makes a ... (more)
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| Today's sponsor: |  |  | Con-Pearl to make recycled plastic board in S. Carolina
GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 14, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- A German company that makes board, sheet and textiles out of recycled plastics is opening its first North American factory in Greenville, ... (more)
Senators visit machinery firms
AKRON, OHIO (Sept. 14, 3:40 p.m. ET) — U.S. Senators Scott Brown and Richard Blumenthal recently made separate visits to plastics machinery ... (more)
PolyOne invests in Asia Pacific and US tech centers
AVON LAKE, OHIO (Sept. 14, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- PolyOne Corp. has opened a new color and additives innovation center in South Korea and has expanded its technology efforts at three other sites as ... (more)
Chinese urged to widely adopt Responsible Care
TIANJIN, CHINA (Sept. 14, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- China’s chemical industry needs to do more to address challenges it faces building public trust over pollution and chemical health concerns, ... (more)
Report offers alternatives to extended producer responsibility
PITTSBURGH (Sept. 14, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- A cost analysis done for the Grocery Manufacturers Association argues that alternatives to extended producer responsibility policies can achieve high ... (more)
Ohio's PMC adds thermoforming line
FINDLAY, OHIO (Sept. 14, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- Premier Material Concepts recently added a single-station thermoformer with programmable logic controls to boost product development capabilities and ... (more)
| | Opinion | Viewpoint Collaboration nets design successes
By Don Loepp
This week’s special report on Plastics & Design highlights some of the opportunities for plastics processors — and suppliers — that are involved with the industrial design ... (more)
Perspective Forum vital for OEMs, suppliers
By Al Hickok
Roehr Tool Corp.
OEMs depend heavily on their plastic component suppliers to execute projects. They also need vendors that can continually bring new innovations and cost-saving ideas to them. Seems like a simple ... (more)
| | | | The Plastics Blog | How does PVC fit with sustainability?
Sep 14, 12:25 PM -- PVC often comes up in discussions of sustainability -- most often the context is looking for a replacement material. Cases in point: the debate over PVC in green buildings ("Battle over vinyl spawns building coalition"), and the medical market ("Kaiser... (more)
| | The China Blog | Anti-Japan sentiment sweeps China market
Sep 14, 3:28 PM -- A man yesterday set his Honda Civic on fire outside of a Honda dealership in Shanghai, as anti-Japan protests intensify across China over disputed islands near Okinawa. Shortly after the photos were uploaded to Sina Weibo, a popular Chinese social media platform, an executive from China's domestic automaker BYD Auto Co. Ltd. commented on the string of tweets and offered a complementary BYD vehicle. (more)
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| Also of Interest | | Koestner to present carbon fiber technology Dan Koester, director of new product technology for auto interiors supplier Johnson Controls Inc., is on the agenda for Plastics News' second annual Plastics in Lightweight Vehicles conference, which will be held Nov. 6-7 in Livonia, Mich., at Laurel Manor Conference Center. Koester will discuss ongoing development in carbon fiber applications which builds on previous experience in natural fiber composites. PLV will again be held in conjunction with the 42nd annual Innovation Awards Competition & Gala of the Society of Plastics Engineers' Automotive Division. After the PLV conference, participants can plan to attend this event on the evening of Nov. 7 at Burton Manor, located just minutes from the conference. Visit the website for this year's event at www.plasticsnews.com/plv2012 where you can also get more insight into last year's event via the articles and videos from it. | |
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