by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Injection Molding
HAIYAN, China — German machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei Group has started construction of a new production plant at its existing location in Haiyan. The new intelligent manufacturing unit will cover an area of 1.3 million square feet and is expected to double the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Feb 27, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Injection Molding, North America
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — Fire crews from Auburn Hills, Troy, Waterford and Rochester have put out a massive fire at the U.S. Farathane Corporation in Auburn Hills. The facility is located at High Meadow Circle in Auburn Hills. Fire officials say the fire broke out...
by Plastics.com Editor | Feb 25, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Injection Molding, North America, Profile
Plastics Technology — Originally opened and dedicated by Mexican President Vicente Fox in 2006, GW Plastics has expanded the business and capabilities of its facility in Querétaro, adapting and evolving along with that country’s thriving injection molding market. In...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Global, Injection Molding, Part Design
Billund, Denmark — At the heart of this town lies a building that is a veritable temple to the area’s most famous creation, the humble Lego brick. It is filled with complex creations, from a 50-foot tree to a collection of multicoloured dinosaurs, all of them built...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 10, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Injection Molding
This incredible footage shows the moment a “firenado” erupted near a plastics factory in the UK. Firefighters filmed the column of flame shooting skywards as they battled the blaze near the factory in Derbyshire. Officers from the fire services had been...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 2, 2018 | Daily News, Engineering Plastics, Europe, Injection Molding
NIEDERZISSEN, Germany — Akro-Plastic GmbH is touting a special grade of nylon 6 that could be a replacement for nylon 6/6, a widely used engineering thermoplastic. The Niederzissen-based company said in a news release that it developed Akromid B+, a modified nylon 6...
