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Machinery Companies will be exhibiting and operating lots more equipement at NPE2012 than in 2009

Posted: February 1, 2012
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No trade show comes close to NPE for sheer dynamism, with aisle after aisle of working plastics equipment filling the exhibit halls with clamor and action. While some of this was lost at NPE2009 as the Great Recession took its toll, the excitement will come back in full force this year. In the words of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, NPE2012 will mark “The Return of the Machines.”
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LANXESS expands Jhagadia site to serve booming Indian market

Posted: February 1, 2012
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LANXESS is continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group is underlining its commitment to the subcontinent by inaugurating three new plants this month to serve the growing India market. LANXESS has invested over EUR 70 million and created roughly 300 new jobs at the site.
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Westchester Plastics Completes Expansion at its Wapakoneta Compounding Facility

Posted: January 27, 2012
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Westchester Plastics, a leading independent toll compounder of engineering resins, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers and other thermoplastic materials, has significantly expanded compounding capabilities at its Wapakoneta, OH facility. The new capacity provides Westchester Plastics with greater flexibility and processing capabilities and positions the plant to better meet the needs of its customers for high performance engineering resins in numerous markets.
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Machinery Companies will be exhibiting and operating lots more equipement at NPE2012 than in 2009

Posted: February 1, 2012
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No trade show comes close to NPE for sheer dynamism, with aisle after aisle of working plastics equipment filling the exhibit halls with clamor and action. While some of this was lost at NPE2009 as the Great Recession took its toll, the excitement will come back in full force this year. In the words of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, NPE2012 will mark “The Return of the Machines.”
Read more

LANXESS expands Jhagadia site to serve booming Indian market

Posted: February 1, 2012
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LANXESS is continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group is underlining its commitment to the subcontinent by inaugurating three new plants this month to serve the growing India market. LANXESS has invested over EUR 70 million and created roughly 300 new jobs at the site.
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Westchester Plastics Completes Expansion at its Wapakoneta Compounding Facility

Posted: January 27, 2012
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Westchester Plastics, a leading independent toll compounder of engineering resins, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers and other thermoplastic materials, has significantly expanded compounding capabilities at its Wapakoneta, OH facility. The new capacity provides Westchester Plastics with greater flexibility and processing capabilities and positions the plant to better meet the needs of its customers for high performance engineering resins in numerous markets.
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WITTMANN BATTENFELD increases its production capacity at the Kottingbrunn facility

Posted: January 17, 2012
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In response to the continuing positive order situation, and above all, strong demand for its new large machine model - the MacroPower, WITTMANN BATTENFELD has decided to increase its production capacity in 2012. The MacroPower, the company’s large machine model introduced for the first time in 2010 and now available with clamping forces ranging from 500 to 1,100 t, has met with an extremely positive response from the market.
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Global Demand for Plastics Processing Machinery to Reach $28.9 Billion in 2015

Posted: January 17, 2012
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Global demand for plastics processing machinery is projected to rise 6.0 percent annually through 2015 to $28.9 billion, a rebound from market declines experienced during the recession-impacted 2005-2010 period.  Sales growth will be driven by an acceleration in plastic product manufacturing, as well as by a favorable fixed investment environment worldwide.  Many nations are building up their plastics manufacturing infrastructure, due to both rising domestic demand for plastics-consuming goods and export opportunities to developed nations.  These and other trends are presented in World Plastics Processing Machinery, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.  
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Solarsoft Drives 15% More Business for Lakeside Plastics

Posted: January 6, 2012
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Solarsoft Business Systems, a leading provider of enterprise software and IT services to manufacturers worldwide, announced today that the integration of Solarsoft’s ERP software and Mattec MES manufacturing execution system has helped Lakeside Plastics, a mid-sized Canadian plastic injection molder, earn automotive industry recognition and a 15-percent increase in business.
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Advanced Carbon Fiber Nears Broad Automotive Use

Posted: December 20, 2011
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GM and Teijin will co-develop technology to reduce vehicle weight, improve fuel economy -Teijin to open U.S. technical center to facilitate collaborative development.

General Motors and Teijin Limited., a leader in the carbon fiber and composites industry, will co-develop advanced carbon fiber composite technologies for potential high-volume use globally in GM cars, trucks and crossovers. The co-development pact signed today involves use of Teijin's innovative carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) technology, a faster and more efficient way to produce carbon fiber composites. This potentially enables GM to introduce CFRTP components on mainstream vehicles. For Teijin, the arrangement could lead to widening its portfolio beyond specialty and high-end automotive carbon fiber applications. “Our relationship with Teijin provides the opportunity to revolutionize the way carbon fiber is used in the automotive industry," said GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky. "This technology holds the potential to be an industry game changer and demonstrates GM's long-standing commitment to innovation." 
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2011 Marks Year Of Growth For Penn Color

Posted: December 7, 2011
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While many companies struggled this past year, one local company completed two major plant expansions and is looking to extend its market reach through acquisition and/or international expansion.

Penn Color, a leading manufacturer of color and additive concentrates, headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has opened a new 52,000 square foot plant in Milton , Wisconsin and a new masterbatch manufacturing facility in Venray, The Netherlands.  
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The Solvay Group Consolidates its Leadership in Energy Efffficiency and CO2 with the Acquisition of ORBEO

Posted: December 2, 2011
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Solvay announced today it is acquiring Société Générale's equity interest in ORBEO, the 50/50 joint venture between the two groups dedicated to the carbon markets. Once this transaction has been completed, ORBEO will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhodia Energy, itself a subsidiary of Solvay. This acquisition illustrates the determination of the Solvay Group to continue Rhodia's drive to develop its activities in the area of greenhouse gas emission abatement.
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Wittmann Battenfeld Supporting Plastics and Engineering Higher Education Throughout USA

Posted: December 2, 2011
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In Massachusetts, a leading global molding firm upgrades its training facilities with new machinery.  In Wisconsin, students gather around an operating electric molding machine to learn basic molding principles.  In Michigan, students pack a classroom for an automation class to learn how to program a robot.  In Southern California, a ‘Plastics Applied Technology Center’ is created to teach students and working professionals injection molding best practices.
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