Italian compounder Taro Plast buys US-based Delta Polymers
Italian compounder Taro Plast SpA has acquired compounder and resin distributor Delta Polymers for an undisclosed price.
Polymer Points Live – March 2023
Join us on March 21 at 2pm (est) for the Polymer Points Livestream. Even with a slowing economy some commodity resin prices have been on the rise, in part thanks to increased exports. But are suppliers due to give back some of those increases? In our next Polymer Points Live, Frank Esposito will cover the latest pricing trends. Presented to Plastics News Subscribers only
Biomass Polycarbonate in Pipeline via Japanese Partnership
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (MGC) have launched initiatives to manufacture and market biomass polycarbonate (PC) as part of the companies’ efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Mitsui Chemicals will provide biomass-derived bisphenol A (BPA), which is scheduled to be developed under its BePlayer brand, and MGC will use this as a monomer feedstock in the manufacture of its PC Iupilon. In December 2021, Mitsui…
Top Shops Time: Take the Injection Molding Benchmarking Survey Today
Whether it’s your phone telling you how much time you wasted the previous week; your music streaming service displaying what you spent the last year listening to; or even your car keeping you up to date on gas (or electric) mileage for today’s errands, our world is awash in data. Injection molders are no different. Nowadays, virtually every piece of equipment on the shop floor can tell you a lot…
Mold Builders Association Conference Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Registration is now open for the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) conference, scheduled for May 10 to 12, 2023, at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, MI. AMBA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, which inspired the conference theme, Powering Growth, said the association. Keynote presentations will be complemented by a series of panel discussions, workshops, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities. The Pre-Conference Session for Emerging Leaders — exclusive to…
South Korean auto supplier Sewon invests $300M in Georgia for EV body parts
Automotive parts supplier Sewon America, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Sewon Precision Industry Co. Ltd., is investing more than $300 million in a new Rincon, Ga.-based manufacturing plant for EV body parts.
Infiltrator adds another 8,000-ton press
Two of the giant injection molding machines installed at the Infiltrator Water Technologies LLC plant in Winchester, Ky., are the largest presses ever built at the St. Valentin, Austria, plant of Engel Austria GmbH.
Engel Delivers Its Largest-Ever Molding Machines to US Company
Two injection molding machines with a clamping force of 8,000 tons each have now been delivered by Austrian injection molding machine maker Engel to the Infiltrator Water Technologies (IWT) plant in Winchester, KY. IWT took delivery of the first Engel duo 130000/130000H/8200 combi US machine, the largest machine ever built at Engel’s St. Valentin facility in Austria, in February of last year. A second machine, a replica of the first, arrived…
Extrusion 2023 Conference: Call for Papers Deadline Looming
The clock is ticking on the Call for Papers for The Extrusion 2023 Conference. If you are interested in participating, please let us know by July 30. Plastics Technology is bringing the world of extrusion to Indiana at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, October 10-12 for The Extrusion 2023 Conference. During this event, business owners, plant managers, process engineers and manufacturing personnel will be brought up to speed on technology developments…
Call for Papers: Extrusion 2023
It’s that time again. Plastics Technology is bringing the world of extrusion to Indiana at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, October 10-12 for The Extrusion 2023 Conference. During this event, business owners, plant managers, process engineers and manufacturing personnel will be brought up to speed on technology developments impacting all types of extrusion operations. Each day will consist of a General Session that will be of interest to all extrusion processors,…