Injection moulding 
Cardiff-based Amadeus Associates, manufacturer of the Anywayup cup for toddlers, has been bought out of administration by four of its directors.
10 March 2010
Linpac Group has said there is “no formal sale process… currently underway” following speculation in UK newspapers that the global rigid packaging group could be split up and sold off by the banks that control it. But PRW understands informal approaches have been made by interested parties.
9 March 2010
Brazilian domestic appliance manufacturer Lorenzetti has won innovation and product design awards following a collaboration with gas-assisted moulding technology specialist Cinpres.
9 March 2010
Helesi, the Greece-based waste management products manufacturer and services supplier, has agreed terms for the sale of Helesi UK, which makes two-wheeled waste bins, to Straight, the maker of recycling containers.
8 March 2010
German automotive lighting and parts group Hella KGaA Hueck Co plans to invest around €20m in new production equipment at its manufacturing plants in Romania.
5 March 2010
EuPC, the Brussels trade body for plastics converters, has urged European Union legislators to “get policy on plastics right; otherwise there will be widespread damaging effects on user and supply industries”.
4 March 2010
A brand new award for young designers has been launched by Agentdraw, the product design, development and manufacturing company, in association with The Plastics Industry Awards. Shortlisted entrants will see their product ideas taken through a series of design and prototyping stages, with the winner being given the chance to see their design put into serial production.
4 March 2010
System solutions from four UK companies form the centrepiece of a one-day conference on improvement in production efficiency, aimed at enhancing performance in injection moulding and extrusion.
2 March 2010
Thomas Keating has opened a new factory in Billingshurst, West Sussex, writing a new chapter in a history spanning 230 years, in which the company has transformed itself from flea powder maker into injection mould maker and manufacturer of scientific instruments used in satellites and terrestrial applications.
1 March 2010
King’s Lynn-based medical device manufacturer Bespak has installed a new SmartScope CNC 500 multi-probe compact co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) from OGP UK, the company’s fourth such machine on site.
22 February 2010
Details have been announced for the PDM10 conference, which takes place on the exhibition floor of PDM at the Telford International Centre from 18 to 20 May 2010. Keynote speakers from Dyson, Tangerine and WMG are supplemented by sessions on medical devices, new product development and advanced processing.
22 February 2010
BNL is celebrating 40 years of designing and manufacturing fully-moulded plastic bearings. The company, originally based in Wetherby, North Yorkshire, now has subsidiaries in the US, Japan and Thailand.
19 February 2010
A mixture of recessionary factors has led injection moulder, Shep Plastics Ltd, based in Hailsham, Sussex, to be put into liquidation. It had supplied mouldings to a wide range of companies, with major customers in hygiene and filtration.
11 February 2010
Sweden-based injection moulder Nolato says business is on the up after sales and operating profit for all sectors rose during the fourth quarter 2009.
3 February 2010
A temporary worker at housewares injection moulder United Solutions has been arrested after he allegedly slashed two members of staff at the company. Aaron Valenzuela, 23, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
3 February 2010
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