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Plastics suppliers ride a Korean wave along I-85
For David Lyons, the off-the-grid deep-sea-fishing vacation was a welcome and well-deserved break. Project manager for West Point, Georgia鈥檚 development authority, Lyons has spent the last few years swept up in the whirlwind of investments and projects accompanying the Korean automotive manufacturing beachhead that鈥檚 being established in the American Southeast.
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Headlines from the K 2013 Show
Here’s just a taste of the innovations on display, a selection of the top headlines not covered in our September show preview.
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How do you consume media?
We live in an age of lists, as media outlets attempt to rearrange all the day鈥檚 events into a numbered format (even the assassination of President Kennedy). Inundated though we are, there are stories that that are better told with numbers.
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Red Star’s vertical integration goes to new heights
When a molder and mold maker adds machinery manufacturing to its repertoire, it brings new meaning to the oft-misused phrase 鈥渇ull-service supplier.鈥 For Larwill, Indiana based Red Star Contract Manufacturing, the description is apt, especially as it seeks to ramp up its machine-building 大象传媒.
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Engineering Plastics Kick Metals Out of the Kitchen
WEB EXCLUSIVE: At K 2013, Celanese takes metal replacement into a wholly new application鈥攁 kitchen oven.
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Tank is half full for Inergy’s new Michigan operation
In an industry and a region where for too long headlines called out closures and consolidation, last month’s opening of a brand new Inergy Automotive Systems fuel-tank manufacturing facility in Huron Township, Mich. was welcome news, and perhaps a harbinger of something bigger.
Read MoreThe Chinese [injection molding machines] are coming
Consolidation in the injection molding machine market has seemingly diminished the press options available to North American molders, but for every supplier that goes away or joins up with a former competitor, a new supplier from the world’s most active machinery market, China, fills the void.
Read MoreLong-term growth for long-term implantable silicone
Depending on who you ask and how you define the product, there are by some counts only two manufacturers of long-term implantable silicones for the medical device industry.
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P&G starts injection molding subsidiary amidst mounting hype
The world’s preeminent consumer goods company as a parent and a portfolio of 11 patent applications: from this enviable starting position, Procter & Gamble company iMFLUX is generating buzz in the plastics packaging space before it has even selected a location for its proposed injection molding plant.
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