by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Automotive, Business, Daily News, Plastics Materials
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Aug. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Adient PLC. (NYSE: ADNT), the global leader in automotive seating, announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Futuris Group. The purchase price is approximately $360 million including the...
by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News
Fosun’s first overseas investment in the industrial sector. Fosun and its joint venture Nanjing Nangang Iron & Steel United Co. Ltd. (Nanjing Nangang) announced it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Koller Beteiligungs GmbH (Koller), a German...
by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News
The Great Lakes Manufacturing Council (GLMC) is shutting its doors after 10 years, to be replaced by the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR). Established in 2007 as a bi-national organization, the GLMC was designed to advance the idea that the Great Lakes...
by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Part/Product Design, Plastics Materials
Teton Composites has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,194 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on innovative software for structural modeling of chopped-fiber reinforced plastics...
by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Medical, Part/Product Design, Plastics Materials, Process Recycling
Sustainable bioplastics developer Secos Group Ltd. announced today that it has executed a license agreement with MiniFAB Pty Ltd. to co-develop a micro-engineered system for the manufacture of breathable films from non-breathable polymeric films. Both companies are...
by plastics editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Injection Molding
After months of negotiation with the Minnesota Department of Labor, four local manufacturing companies—Mold Craft, Du Fresne Manufacturing, Schwing America Inc. and SMC Manufacturing—have created a partnership program with White Bear Lake High School, offering...
