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Although it consumes a scant 9 percent of European plastics production, the auto industry is driving plastics research in the region, said Mathias Weber, head of the injection molding department at the Institute of Plastics Processing at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University. Under pressure to
Injection moulding machine maker Arburg’s Chinese subsidiary in Shenzhen celebrated the official inauguration of its new premises together with around 200 invited guests recently. The move increases the available space to 1,250 sq m. The 200 sq m demonstration room with space for three
Medshine Medical Devices, a leading Chinese medical device manufacturer based in Qingdao, has introduced one of the first locally-produced surgical sterilisation cases made of thermoplastics from Solvay Specialty Polymers. The sterilisation case – made of Radel polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) and AvaSpire polyaryletherketone (PAEK) resins –
With more than 500 guests in attendance, injection molding machine builder Engel (Schwertberg, Austria) officially opened its its new production plant in Changzhou in mid-September. Wintec Engel Machinery (Changzhou) Co., Ltd., which was founded in April, targets a growing market in Asia with its
Hong Kong-based mold maker and plastics processor TK Group (Holdings) Ltd. said it’s reached a tentative agreement to buy a tooling factory in Shenzhen from a multinational company, which it said is needed to expand capacity. While TK declined to identify the seller beyond
Japanese materials supplier DIC Corporation is building its first polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) compounding plant in China in the city of Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province. The new plant, total investment in which will be approximately 1.3 billion yen, will be located within the site occupied by
Increased manufacturing capacity and new high precision machine introductions show China’s Haitian intends to be a major player in Europe’s injection machinery market. Chinese injection machinery maker Haitian used its open house event at its Zhafir Plastics Machinery plant at Ebermannsdorf in Germany to