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KOREA: Hyundai Oilbank, part of Hyundai Heavy Industries, is establishing a carbon black business, according to a Korea JoongAng Daily report. The Korean oil refiners move is in response to [...]

LWB Steinl GmbH & Co. KG of Germany, and French company REP International have formed a joint venture to manufacture and supply rubber injection moulding machines in China. Both companies [...]

Kodak developed the most advanced multi-injection molding for its one-time-use Fun Saver Sport camera that features one-handed operation and rubberized waterproof casting. This multi-shot process was developed through Kodak's collaboration with two other injection molding machine-makers, namely Ferromatik Milacron and Foboha. The formulized process involved molding the camera in a two-step process, which resulted to a casing of hard, clear polystyrene shell overmolded by a soft, colored, rubbery material.

With today's industrywide downsizing, it takes a lot of confidence in a business model to commit to a major-league expansion. While others are downsizing, Menasha Packaging Co. bucked the trend [...]

Last month, Engel of Austria, an injection machine supplier with operations in Guelph, Ont., and York, Pa., became an equity holder in Omnexus, the Atlanta-based on-line electronic marketplace for plastics. [...]

Walgren Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), a manufacturer of high-production finishing lines, has entered into an alliance with Otefal Engineering (Bergamo, Italy), a producer of surface treatment facilities. The companies are [...]

Krupp Werner & Pfleiderer of Stuttgart, Germany, and Ramsey, N.J., has been merged into a new joint venture with Buss Compounding Systems of Pratteln, Switzerland, and Waeschle Maschinenfabrik GmbH of [...]

Among the latest business announcements made at this year's show was the press conference held jointly by Tech pack and Valois. Valois S.A., a subsidiary of Aptar Group, Inc., and [...]

BOY Machines has entered into a partnership with Panzer Tool Works to jointly develop state-of-the-art rotary indexing system for their injection molding machines. Designated ROTOSLIDE, it incorporates a ball-bearing-guided slide [...]

Two manufacturers of continuous thermoforming machinery for packaging have formed a joint venture to design, build, sell, and service integrated sheet-extrusion and thermoforming systems worldwide. Irwin Research and Development Inc., [...]

The joint venture between Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, Germany, and Creo Products, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, has been canceled. Heidelberg retains the right to sell Trendsetter and Prinergy to its customers [...]

Indigo N.V., Maastricht, Netherlands, has formed a joint venture with Datacard Worldwide, Minneapolis, MN, that establishes Datacard as the exclusive global distributor for the Indigo(r) [CardPress.sup.TM], a full-color digital press [...]

Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc., joined forces with Mamor International, a European packaging manufacturer, to become the exclusive manufacturer of the Mamor SM6 and SM7 inter mediate bulk containers in [...]

Hot-runner supplier Mold-Masters Ltd., Georgetown, Ont., has formed a strategic alliance with mold-components maker Hasco-Normalien in Germany (represented here by Hasco-Internorm Corp. West, Chatsworth, Calif.). The firms will jointly market [...]

Automated Assemblies Corp., Clinton, Mass., and Innovative Products & Equipment Inc., Lowell, Mass., have formed a joint venture to supply complete automation systems for injection molding. Automated Assemblies produces parts-removal [...]

Troester Machinery, Ltd. and ESI, Extrusion Services, Inc., have formed a joint venture company that will offer single-source convenience in creating complete lines of machines for the industrial rubber profile, [...]

Crompton Corp. (Middlebury, CT) remains busy after its merger with Great Lakes Chemical, signing a joint venture with Hamilton Robinson LLC's (Stamford, CT) Black Clawson Converting Machinery Co. to pair [...]

Siegel-Robert Automotive and Diversified Products and Battenfeld of America have joined forces to form the Siegel-Robert Technology Center in St. Louis, MO. With the technology center, Battenfeld can share with Siegel Robert its technology and training while better understanding the needs of the latter. The alliance of the two companies is an example of how the molder and machine supplier relationship can be improved., Siegel-Robert Automotive & Diversified Products (St. Louis, MO) and Battenfeld of America (W. Warwick, RI) have taken the molder and machine supplier relationship to a new level. The alliance comes [...]

General Motors Corp. and General Electric Co. have joined forces to improve thermoplastic parts design for injection molded applications. The four-year project, to be organized under a new group called the National Thermoplastic Engineering Design Venture, will receive $5.8 million from the US Dept. of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology. Companies engaged in plastic part design and manufacture can avail of free membership. Michigan State University will coordinate the technology transfer.

Procter & Gamble, Sidel, and PTI has announced the co-development of Deep Grip packaging, a technology for applying injection stretch blowmolding to create bottles with grip depth of more than 25 mm. Deep Grip also requires just less than 0.3 mm of web material in the center of the handle. How other advantages of Deep Grip might challenge features of extrusion blowmolded bottles is discussed.

Praxair says it has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in ROC Group's industrial gases businesses in the Mideast. Those assets, which will operate as a joint venture based in [...]

Danish press manufacturer Nilpeter has set up a joint venture with its Indian sales and service partner, Proteck Machinery. Called Nilpeter India, the joint venture will manufacture flexo servo presses [...]

Praxair and Yara have agreed to form a 50-50 industrial gases joint venture, which will start up in the third quarter. The jv will be headquartered in Oslo, and will [...]

Air Liquide and Linde have reached an agreement to end several joint ventures serving markets in China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. Linde was required to terminate certain jv's between [...]