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Lord Digby Jones, the UK's former Minister of State for Trade and Investment in Gordon Brown's cabinet, visited Arburg’s headquarters in Lossburg, Germany. 17 May 2013

talian hot runner manufacturer Thermoplay has signalled its intent to grow the UK market with the appointment of Chris Whitlam as sales manager, UK and Ireland. 8 May 2013

Husky Injection Molding Systems is restructuring its global leadership team to put new emphasis on its hot-runner and beverage packaging businesses. 7 May 2013

Engel North America reported more than $200m (£128m) in sales when the privately held company closed the books on fiscal year 2012 at the end of March. 2 May 2013

Wittmann Battenfeld generated 2012 sales of £230m, about 10% higher than 2011, and officials said an expansion into bigger injection moulding machines and a big backlog at the end of year points to higher sales in 2013. 29 April 2013

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has introduced the Sani-Tech SIB 3 high-speed fusion welding tool for the fabrication and installation of high purity water piping systems. 19 April 2013

China's plastics machinery industry is making a push into South Korea, one of Asia's largest markets, with the Chinese taking on a much bigger presence at Korea's national plastics exhibition and some reporting rapidly growing sales. 17 April 2013

Piovan has designed a system for processing machines that gives an instant and precise measurement of the quantity of material transferred from the container to the hopper. This enables prompt recalibrations of a machine’s operating parameters while also providing information on productivity gains. 16 April 2013

Summit Systems has acquired a technology that improves the quality of finished products while also reducing the overall cost of production. 16 April 2013

Wittmann Battenfeld UK has once again partnered with Kings Lynn-based medical and pharmaceutical products supplier Bespak. The two companies worked together four years on automated handling systems. 16 April 2013

The US turnaround continued in 2012 for sales of injection moulding machines — by far the largest plastics machinery segment — while extruders and blow moulding machine segments were flat or down, according to the Society of the Plastics Industry's Committee on Equipment Statistics. 8 April 2013

The Elektron series will make its debut at Ferromatik Milacron Roadshow’s next pit stop its UK technical centre in Chesterfield 8 April 2013

PolyTank to develop a new approach for testing welding joints in thermoplastic tanks. 5 April 2013

Romi-Sandretto underlined its returning confidence in traditional markets with three Open Days at its UK base in Rugby, attended by more than 100 visitors from not only the plastics sector but general engineering as well. 26 March 2013

A project between UK boiler maker Ideal Heating and Hull-based Advanced Plastics resulted in injection moulded parts replacing metal components. 26 March 2013

• Freefoam Plastics does Prisk business in Northampton 15 May 2013
• China's toy industry faces added safety checks 15 May 2013
• Axion toys with child-safe recycled plastic 14 May 2013
• MG Stuma invests £1.7m in new facilities 20 May 2013
• China’s ‘Green Fence’ slows recycled plastic imports 20 May 2013

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• China’s ‘Green Fence’ slows recycled plastic imports 20 May 2013
• Nampak four-pint bottle is industry first 16 May 2013

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