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Plastics machinery shipments up in Q2 2017: report

The shipments value of injection molding machinery increased 9 per cent in Q2, the shipments value of single-screw extruders declined by 16 per cent, the shipments value of twin-screw extruders jumped 56 per cent, and the shipments value of blow molding machines slipped down by 2 per cent in Q2, the report said.


NAFTA benefits Canadian and U.S. auto sector, not just Mexico’s: report

In Canada, auto industry output is advancing nearly four times faster than the overall growth rate of manufacturing as a whole, the new report from Scotiabank said.


DowDuPont starts up new Texas PE and ethylene units

The new unit will have annual production of almost 900 million lbs of Elite-brand enhanced PE and more than 3 billion pounds of new ethylene. More than 1 billion lbs of ethylene capacity are expected to be added to that unit.


Magna opens new Shanghai engineering centre

The centre will deliver the latest mirror and vision systems technologies to Asian markets.
 
 
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Fifty years of Canada’s plastics industry, explained!

Picking up where an earlier volume left off, a new book chronicles the Canadian plastics industry from 1950 to 2000. » Read More
 
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Revere Plastics Systems is reborn in Brampton

The Brampton, Ontario plant of this U.S.-based injection molding firm has just embarked on an ambitious four-year growth plan, and has the strategy and the resources to make it happen. » Read More
 
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September 25-27, 2017
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October 18, 2017
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