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Taiwanese auxiliary equipment maker Shini Plastics Technologies is finishing a $18.7m expansion of its factories in China and India, as it seeks to reverse the hit it suffered in the financial crisis and tap into growth in some emerging economies. 9 March 2010

Colortronic (UK) says it has supplied materials handling systems to Nampak Plastics Europe to allow inclusion of recycled HDPE into the rigid packaging company’s HDPE containers. 8 March 2010

Tria, the Italian maker of granulators and shredders, will switch its distributor in the UK and Irish markets from Motan to Piovan next month. 8 March 2010

M&H Plastics hopes its latest investment in a new injection blow moulding machine from Uniloy Milacron will help it expand in the market for pharma packaging. 5 March 2010

Husky Injection Molding Systems, the Ontario-based maker of injection moulding machines, robots, PET pre-form moulds and hot runners, generated 2009 sales of C$1.1bn billion ($994m), a decline of 12% from 2008 sales of C$1.3bn. 1 March 2010

Sales of Italian plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds declined by 24% during 2009 to a total production value of €3,200m, according to provisional year-end results published this week by industry trade association Assocomoplast. 24 February 2010

The plastic machinery and raw material distribution market in France fell 40% in 2009, driven by the economic crisis during the first seven months of the year, according an industry association in the country. 24 February 2010

The VDMA says sales from Germany’s plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers were down 30% by the end of 2009, although the decline was not as steep as originally feared. 12 February 2010

Roberts Mart has installed a Fischer & Krecke flexographic printing press at its new Leeds facility. The company, established in 1852, is a privately owned sixth generation family business specialising in high quality flexographic printing and converting of flexible films. It also has its own blown film extrusion business, Romar Packaging. 12 February 2010

UK-based robotics company TM Robotics says its customers will now have the option of using vision processors, cameras and software from Italian vision specialist Tattile. 10 February 2010

Extrusion machinery producer Reifenhäuser is set to cut staff in its blown film extrusion machinery activities, according to news reports. The Troisdorf headquarters, where 60 employees will lose their jobs, will bear the brunt of the cuts, while another 18 jobs will go at the former Kiefel Extrusion plant in Worms that was acquired from Brückner Group in August 2009. 4 February 2010

Polymer buyers may be finding the old adage of being careful what you wish for carrying quite a marked sting if reports from the global polymer market are accurate. 10 October 2008

Half year results for China-based injection moulding machine manufacturer Haitian International released last week were mixed depending on machine size range. 3 September 2008

The Interplas exhibition represents an opportunity for Ferromatik Milacron to present itself, following the mbo at the Chesterfield base last year headed by managing director Clive Scott. 3 September 2008

Two machines will be on display from the Aylesbury-based UK operation, part of the Demag Plastics Group which was acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries earlier this year. 3 September 2008



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