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Larry Pascucci |
Negri Bossi grows its organisation
Negri Bossi Inc. (Canada) is in expansion mode. The injection moulding machine supplier is hiring a raft of new employees, as well as revamping the look of its whole product line.
According to general manager Larry Pascucci, the company, based in Mississauga, Ont., is looking for two people to handle machine and automation sales in central Canada and eastern Canada. It has also taken on an automation engineering integrator who will work with customers to develop integrated automation solutions using a range of products that includes KUKA multi-axis articulating robots, and Negri Bossi's Flash series of three-axis beam robots.
“Key to the success of Negri Bossi to date has been its unwavering commitment to provide the best in service,” Pascucci says. “Two new positions have been created and one filled, that will further improve responsiveness by providing timely customer support.”
The company is also looking for a service manager for its Mississauga, Ont. headquarters and a service technician to be based in Windsor, Ont. Owned by Italy¹s Sacmi Group, Negri Bossi's range of injection moulding machines runs from 70 to 6,000 metric tonnes.
Sandra Pupatello |
Ontario trade minister to open Plast-Ex
Ontario's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Sandra Pupatello, will be on hand to open Plast-Ex 2007 on May 1. The three-day show traditionally has its ribbon-cutting at the main entrance to Hall One.
Pupatello, as the member of the provincial parliament for Windsor West since 1995, has strong links to the mouldmaking and plastics processing communities in Windsor. She was named to the provincial cabinet after the 2003 election, and is the Minister for Women's Issues as well as handling Economic Development.
There is also expected to be a special announcement on the third day of the show by Ontario Labour Minister Steve Peters. Further details on this are to follow.
www.plast-ex.org
Chemtura slashes costs and workforce
Plastics additives producer Chemtura Corp.(Middlebury, Conn.) is restructuring in a move to save itself US$50-million annually. It will also eliminate more than 600 jobs. The firm will reorganise into four business units: polymer additives, performance specialties, consumer products and crop protection.
Company officials said this new structure will emphasise the priorities of its customers. The 620 jobs being cut represent about 10 per cent of the workforce.
Chemtura was formed in July 2005, after the purchase of Great Lakes Chemical Corp. by Crompton Corp. In the first full year of the conjoined companies' operation, Chemtura recorded a loss of US$205-million on sales exceeding US$3.7-billion. Plastics-related additives account for more than 40 per cent of sales.
Ontario sets regulations for hazardous waste
The Ontario government recently announced regulations requiring consumer product manufacturers (brand owners) or first importers of products and their containers to fund the diversion from landfill of household special waste. The government requires that a program be developed by May 31.
The regulations cover, among other things: paints and coatings, and containers in which they are contained; solvents and their containers; oil filters; containers with a capacity of 30 litres or less, made and used for holding lubricating oil; single-use dry cell batteries; antifreeze and its containers; pressurised containers, such as propane tanks and cylinders, as well as fertilisers, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides or pesticides and their containers.
The Environment & Plastics Institute of Canada has advised the government that many of the containers covered in the regulation are unsuitable for recycling because of harmful residues that may seep into the plastics, as well as their potential for causing occupational difficulties during extrusion. EPIC believes that these containers would be better suited to disposal via an energy recovery facility.
The exception is used oil containers. Used oil containers are ideally suited for recycling, but recyclers require special oil/water separation systems in order to facilitate this. EPIC believes a processing fee is required to make oil container recycling economically viable. Western provinces currently have a used oil container processor incentive that helps subsidise recycling. This is paid to registered processors that convert the containers into clean flake or pellets that are either sufficiently oil free or made into value-added products where the residual oil becomes a non-issue (such as parking lot plastic curbstones).
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Myers Industries, the parent company of Buckhorn Inc. (Brampton, Ont.), has bought the Xytec line of collapsible pallet containers and the Combo line of intermediate bulk containers from Schoeller Arca Systems Inc., North America (Detroit, Mich.) The Xytec line comes in various heights and footprints, and the Combo line of collapsible IBCs is suited for shipping and storing large volumes of fluids.
www.buckhorn.ca
The Edmonton Waste Management Centre will be home to a new gasification facility. The City of Edmonton has received $29-million from the province of Alberta to help turn municipal residue waste into electricity.
www.edmonton.ca
Dow Chemical Co. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP are combining their polystyrene and styrene monomer businesses in the Americas. Nova Chemicals Corp. and Ineos Group announced the same kind of deal in late March. Dow's contribution includes: a styrene monomer plant (Camacari, Brazil) and six polystyrene plants in the US, Colombia and Brazil. Chevron Phillips Chemical will contribute a styrene monomer plant in St. James, La., and a polystyrene plant in Marietta, Ohio.
www.dow.com
Moser Baer India Ltd., an optical media manufacturer in New Delhi, India, has purchased Philips Electronics NV's Optical Media & Technology BV, (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) which developed DVDs and Blu-ray technology for the optical disc industry. Philips employs 50 people in Eindhoven.
www.moserbaer.com
Cyclonaire Corp. (York, Nev.), a manufacturer of pneumatic conveying systems and controls for handling bulk materials, is building an addition to its plant to accommodate increased demand. When complete, the expansion will bring Cyclonaire's York operation to 57,000 sq ft. This is Cyclonaire's second addition this year. Cyclonaire makes vacuum, pressure, and vacuum/pressure systems, individual conveyors, and related equipment to create conveying solutions for virtually all pneumatically transportable materials.
www.cyclonaire.com
Dow Corning (Midland, Mich.) has named Mark Maxwell global marketing director for its engineered elastomers business, which provides silicone rubber solutions to the transportation, electrical, industrial and consumer industries. Sammy Hui will succeed Maxwell as global marketing communications manager.
www.dowcorning.com/rubber
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will recycle some of the vinyl signage used throughout the Games, as happened in Turin in 2006. Dow Chemical Co., one of the sponsors of the Vancouver Olympics, will be recycling the signage, along with the wire and cable used throughout the Games. The company is also helping to implement a strong anti-littering program during the Games themselves.
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Events April 19: Society of Plastics Engineers, Ontario section: Injection Moulding Minitec, at the Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel. (Contact: Pam Robb at 905-671-1511 ext. 206 or probb@brenntag.ca).
April 30: Innovations in Plastics Conference, sponsored by the Ontario Centres of Excellence. At the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: Ross Bradsen at 905-823-2020 or ross.bradsen@oce-ontario.org).
April 30: CPIA Awards Dinner, including the Industry Leader Award for 2007. At the Westin Hotel, Dixon Rd., Toronto. (Contact Hilary Sturdevant at 905-678-7748 ext. 225 or at hsturdevant@cpia.ca).
May 1-3: Plast-Ex 2007, Canada's not-to-be-missed national plastics trade show. At the International Centre, Toronto. (Contact: Sally Damstra at 905-678-7748 or sdamstra@cpia.ca).
May 5: Galea Awards, CPIA Quebec's annual recognition of outstanding individuals and companies. At Hotel Mortagne, Boucherville, Que. (Contact: Marie-France Sosa, at 450-641-5926 or mfsosa@acipquebec.ca).
May 7-11: Brasilplast 2007, at Anhembi Park Exhibition Hall, São Paulo, Brazil. (Contact: Alcantara Machada company at 5511-3030-9463 or almax@almax.com.br.)
May 21-24: Chinaplas, at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China. (Contact: Hong Kong 852-2811-8857 or chinaplas@adsale.com.hk).
May 22: CPIA's Canadian Natural Composites Council annual general meeting, at the Hall of Ideas EFG, Madison, Wis., during the Ninth International Conference on Wood & Natural Fiber-Plastics Composites (Contact: Marilyne Berman, 905-678-7405 Ext. 278, or mberman@cpia.ca)
May 24: Quebec plastics pioneers social hour and dinner, at the Whitlock Golf and Country Club in Hudson, Que. (Contact: Terry Browitt at 450-458-5591 or tjbrowitt@terinex.com)
June 5: Annual Shotgun Golf Tournament of the Canadian Tooling & Machining Association. At Pine Knot Golf & Country Club Dorchester, Ont. (Contact: Julie McFarlane at 519-653-7265 or info@ctma.com).
June 14: Canadian Plastics Pioneers, annual golf tournament and reunion dinner. At Richmond Hill Golf & Country Club, Richmond Hill, Ont. (Contact: Peter Stephen at 905-940-5577 or pstephen@stephensales.com).
October 24-31: K 2007, Germany's international plastics super-show, at Dusseldorf Trade Fairgrounds. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524 or messeduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca) TOP
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