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Basics of Plastics back by popular demand
Industry statistics for first half of 2008
Pioneers meet for golf
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Basics of Plastics back by popular demand
If you missed the Basics of Plastics seminar this spring, there's a second chance this fall. And it's not just being held in the Toronto area this time – we're taking this popular instructional session on the road to Halifax.
The Basics of Plastics is aimed at people in the industry whose technical knowledge is limited, and who would like to learn more about plastics materials, machinery, processing techniques and end-use markets. The one-day seminar is taught by Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group (Thornhill, Ont.), who has been presenting this type of educational event since the 1980s.
The Halifax date is November 5, and that for Toronto is December 2. The Halifax location is the city's World Trade & Convention Centre, and in the greater Toronto area it will be the Rogers Campus on Dixie Rd., Brampton, Ont.
Hours for the Halifax seminar are 8.30 am to 3.30 pm, and for Toronto, hours are still to be confirmed. The price for each seminar remains just $195, which will include break refreshments and lunch.
Both Basics of Plastics seminars are hosted by Plastics in Canada magazine. The one in Halifax is sponsored by Nova Scotia Business Inc. and the Atlantic region of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association.
The registration form will shortly be available available at www.plasticsincanada.com.
The last Basics of Plastics seminar was sold out.
Industry statistics for first half of 2008
Statistics Canada has released its data for shipments, imports and exports of plastics for the first half of 2008. The data is shown below, with the change compared to the first half of 2007 shown in brackets.
The plastic products industry showed a 12 percent drop in shipments and a 14 percent drop in exports during the first half of this year. Across the sub-industries that Statistics Canada tracks, only two showed an increase in shipments this year – polystyrene foam products and bottles. Unsurprisingly, the subsector showing the largest decline (37 percent) was plastic auto parts. This reflects the ongoing problems in the North American auto industry combined with the closure this year of several large producers of plastic auto parts.
Resin shipments were down substantially, though exports were up. While shipments were down in dollar terms, given that prices were higher in 2008 than in 2007, on a volume basis the decline was even larger. The decline is a result of the drop in demand from processors and the closure of several resin-producing facilities in the latter half of 2007 and early 2008.
For machinery, both shipments and exports were down markedly. For moulds, exports showed a steep drop.
www.statcan.ca
Plastic products
Shipments: $9.3 billion (-12 percent)
Imports: $3.7 billion (-2 percent)
Exports: $4.0 billion (-14 percent)
Synthetic resins
Shipments: $4.5 billion (-20 percent)
Imports: $3.1 billion (-4 percent)
Exports: $3.6 billion (+6 percent)
Plastics processing machinery
Shipments: $0.54 billion (-17 percent)
Imports: $0.25 billion (-4 percent)
Exports: $0.44 billion (-26 percent)
Moulds
Shipments: data is not published
Imports: $0.21 billion (-16 percent)
Exports: $0.38 billion (-23 percent).
Pioneers meet for golf
The Canadian Plastics Pioneers held its annual golf tournament in Richmond Hill, Ont., last week. Fine weather favoured 30 golfers, most of whom were honest about their scores. Here, tournament organiser Peter Stephen gets ready to hand out prizes.
Correction
Our last enewsletter gave the date for the Plastic Film Manufacturers Association of Canada fund-raising auction as September 3. The correct date is September 23.
www.cpia.ca
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Changes
Joe Ventura has been appointed business development manager for Bayer MaterialScience LLC's Baytubes carbon nanotube business in North America. Ventura was previously senior project manager – construction/green technologies at Bayer MaterialScience.
www.BayerMaterialScienceNAFTA.com
Rockwood Color Pigments & Services Division (Beltsville, Md.) has a new distribution network in the US and Canada for the full line of its pigments, including Elementis' pigments products which Rockwood acquired in 2007. Brenntag Specialties is handling Rockwood's product line throughout Canada.
www.rockwoodpigments.com
Dave Botelho is now technical sales manager for Cumberland Recycling Systems (South Attleboro, Mass.), a division of Cumberland Engineering that will focus on recycling products and services in all markets. Previously, he worked for ACS Group as automation technician and technical sales manager.
www.cumberland-plastics.com
Wolfgang Studener, longtime managing director of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH, now also heads Cincinnati Extrusion GmbH and American Maplan Corp. All the companies are owned by European private equity firm Triton, based in the Channel Islands location of Jersey. Some administrative functions among the companies are also being consolidated.
www.maplan.com
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Coming Events
2008
September 23: Plastic Film Manufacturers Association of Canada dinner and fund-raising auction, at Bellevue Manor, Vaughan, Ont. (Contact: Marilyne Berman at 905-678-7748 or mberman@cpia.ca).
September 23-25: Canadian Manufacturing Week, at the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: 888-322-7333 or www.sme.org)
September 23-25: Plastics USA – Plastec Midwest show and conference. At Donald E. Stevens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill. (Contact:
310-445-4200 or tshowreg@cancom.com). September 30-October 2: Interplas 2008, Britain's national plastics show, at the Birmingham NEC, UK. (Contact: Graham Earl at 020-8910-7890 or graham.earl@reedexpo.co.uk).
October 7-10: Ausplas 2008, Australia 's leading plastics show. At Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre. (Contact: Robert Damcevski, 61-3-9699-4699 or rob@exhibitionmanagement.com).
October 20-21: Expoplast 2008, Quebec's triennial plastics show, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca)
October 22: APAC international business development conference, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca)
October 22-23: Rotoplas '08, the international rotational moulding show and conference, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill. (Contact: Maria at 630-942-6589, or mariap@cmservnet.com)
November 5: The Basics of Plastics introductory seminar on industry practices and processes. With Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group. At the World Trade & Convention Centre, Halifax. (Contact: Nick Passingham at 416-764-1527 or npassingham@plastics.rogers.com).
November 5-6: Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo. At the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: Arnie Gess, 403-638-4410 or arnie.gess@cwre.ca).
November 18-19: Canadian Association of Mold Makers' Trade Fair, at Caesar's Windsor. (Contact Diane Deslippe at 519-255-7863, or info@camm.ca).
November 18: One-day seminar on Blown and Cast Film Optimisation and Troubleshooting, sponsored by SPE Ontario and featuring Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group. At the Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel. (Contact: Penny Perdis at 416-802-9565 or pennyperdis@sympatico.ca).
November 25: The Basics of Plastics introductory seminar on industry practices and processes. With Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group. At the Rogers Inc. campus, Brampton, Ont.. (Contact: Nick Passingham at 416-764-1527 or npassingham@plastics.rogers.com).
December 2: The Basics of Plastics introductory seminar on industry practices and processes. With Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group. At the Rogers Campus, Brampton, Ont. (Contact: Nick Passingham at 416-764-1527 or npassingham@plastics.rogers.com).
2009
January 10-13: Arabplast 2009, at Dubai World Trade Centre - Dubai International Exhibition Centre, Dubai, Arabic Emirates. This show features approximately 540 exhibitors, and draws 14,500 visitors. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524, or messduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca).
January 27- 30: Interplastica 2009, at ZAO Expocentr in Krasnaja Presnja, Moscow, Russia. This show features 530 exhibitors, and draws 24,000 visitors. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524, or messduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca).
February 4-9: Plastindia 2009, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This show features 1,300 exhibitors, and draws 80,000 visitors. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524, or messduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca). TOP
Coming Soon From Plastics In Canada Magazine - October issue:
Plastics in automotive safety systems
The evolving world of hot-runners
Product Spotlight on Mould releases, purge compounds and lubricants
Extrusion report – Producing extruded pipe
Raw materials report – Innovations in resin technology, fillers and additives
Troubleshooting – Our regular look at what can go wrong, and how to be sure it doesn't
Processor profile – A visit to an innovative moulder, extruder or other manufacturer of finished plastic items
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