Aiming to grow its business in automotive lighting, Empire Electronics Inc. is meeting more stringent demands for high-temperature resistance and durability in automotive lighting parts with new T20 sockets and the 2.8 In-Line connector series made of two different DuPont engineering polymers. Empire assembles the components into wire harnesses for various car and truck lights that it supplies to automotive tier ones and OEMs.

Robert Burzler (44) was appointed Director Sales & Marketing at injection molding machine manufacturer Ferromatik Milacron at the beginning of this year. Four sales teams operate under his management, each responsible for specific countries. A fifth sales team will provide sales support and is responsible for the shipment of machines. Also the marketing sector now falls within his remit.

Flatter Hierarchy Optimizes Sales Structure

Schaeffler Concludes Takeover of Continental AG

The Schaeffler Group has concluded the takeover of Continental AG (Hanover/Germany) and paid 75 euros per share to the depositary banks of those shareholders who tendered their shares to Schaeffler. The depositary banks will now credit these payments to the shareholders’ accounts. This means that the Schaeffler Group holds 49.90 percent of the voting stock of Continental AG and is thus the company’s largest shareholder. Schaeffler has transferred the shares tendered in addition to this percentage to financial institutions.

Moulders can cut cycle time for PBT parts up to 30 percent with new super-fast grades of DuPont™ Crastin® PBT thermoplastic polyester. Designated Crastin® SF, the new resins come in non-reinforced form and in reinforced versions with 15 or 30 percent glass fibre.

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Biograde, the injection moldable biocompound from FKuR, in the form of the new Bio-Pen from the writing utensils manufacturer Ritter-Pen has been granted the award for innovation "Biomaterial of the year 2008".

KYDEX, LLC, the US-based manufacturer of KYDEX thermoplastic sheet, announced yesterday (Jan 6) the addition of Dekorem to its network of authorized distribution partners worldwide. Dekorem is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

KYDEX, LLC, formerly known as Kleerdex Company, LLC, was formed in 1987 and has since grown its KYDEX sheet brand internationally. The company's headquarters and ISO-certified major manufacturing operations, customer service, and R&D facilities are located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

Cereplast, Inc, a manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, announced this Monday (Jan 5) that it has signed a distribution agreement with A. Schulman, an international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins used as raw materials in a variety of markets.

TSM Control Systems, the Ireland based ancillary equipment provider for the plastics industry, has added new features to its existing vacuum loading system, facilitating simple installation and easy expansion.

The innovative TSM vacuum-loading system is typically made up of a central VAC350 Vacuum Sequencer (or CP2000), a centralized vacuum pump station, dust filtration (with integral blow-back cleaning) and individual self-cleaning vacuum loaders (situated on top of the material reservoir bins).

Plastica.asia wishing you all a Happy and prosperous year 2009.