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Ariostea opens Canadian sales office
A new company has entered the field of raw materials handling in Canada. Italian-based Ariostea Systems North America offers silos, blenders and other equipment for moving, sifting and mixing resins. Running the operation as general manager is Zoran Romic, who has a dozen years of experience in the plastics processing sector.
"We have had a few projects in Canada, and in the US," he says. "The parent company is in Italy, and breaking into this market is part of its business plan."
For now, it is offering sales and service from its offices at 83 Whitmore Rd., Woodbridge, Ont., L4L 6E3. Romic can be reached at 416-786-0276 or 9895romic@rogers.com.
www.ariostea.com
Basics of Plastics registration now open
Registration is now open for the Basics of Plastics, a primer in what the plastics industry and processing are all about. This one-day event, aimed at people new to the industry, or who need to round out their grasp of the industry, is being held at the Rogers Campus in Brampton, Ont., on April 10.
It is being presented by Plastics in Canada magazine in conjunction with The Plastics Touchpoint Group (Thornhill, Ont.). PTG is a consultancy and teaching organisation headed by Paul Waller, who has 30 years' experience in plastics processing, machinery sales and in training workers around the world to use plastics technologies.
The seminar includes an industry overview, an outline of polymer chemistry for non-chemists, a look at each of the main plastics processes used today, and current environmental issues. Attendees will receive a book-format copy of course materials to keep. Lunch and coffee breaks are included in the fee, which is just $195.
A registration form and the full program can be found at www.plasticsincanada.com, at the top of the home page.
Paul Waller of The Plastics Touchpoint Group.
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Valle Foam gets boost for bio-based polyol work
The Ontario BioAuto Council has given a grant of $500,000 to Valle Foam Industries Inc. (Brampton, Ont.) to aid in the commercialisation of the company's new BioPlush product line. Valle Foam manufactures slab stock polyurethane foams for the furniture, bedding, packaging, carpet and children's toy industries, and has committed to replacing up to 25 percent of its petroleum-based polyols with polyols derived from natural plant-based oils such as soybean.
Bio-based polyols have seen significant growth in the last two years, largely because of the increasing price of crude oil, the traditional source for polyols.
"The Council is excited over its contribution to Valle Foam as the shift in production at Valle Foam signals a growing market demand for bio-based materials," says Craig Crawford, CEO of the Ontario BioAuto Council. "And a growing market means new opportunities for Ontario companies and the province's natural resource sectors."
The Ontario BioAuto Council is a not-for-profit organisation working to link Ontario's agriculture and forestry sectors to chemical and plastics processors and advanced manufacturers to produce materials and chemicals from biological feedstocks. Its commercialisation fund targets near market-ready innovations that will lead to the production of basic bio-plastic and bio-composite materials, for use in the manufacture of automotive parts, furniture, construction materials and other consumer and industrial products.
www.bioautocouncil.com
Mold-Masters shifting US operation
Mold-Masters is moving its US facility from South Carolina to a new service centre in Michigan.
"Our customers asked for a service centre which would provide faster response times and part of that means closer proximity to our greatest concentration of customers," said Patrick Bennett, executive vice-president. "The South Carolina facility we felt did not address that need as well as was required to support our future growth."
The new Michigan location provides Mold-Masters with a logistical advantage enabling 24/7 service and parts availability to our customers. Further, we will be able to provide superior support to this facility from our service teams and manufacturing facilities in Georgetown, Ontario."
www.moldmasters.com
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Changes
A new industry group for the Quebec plastics industry is planning its initial meeting at the Hôtel Universelle, Drummondville Que., on Wednesday, April 9, from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm. A faction of processors broke away from the Quebec section of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association at the start of the year, complaining that progress towards autonomy was not happening fast enough. The group is coordinated by Bernard Poitras, president of Plastiques Micron.
bpoitras@plastiquemicron.com
Azek Building Products Inc. (Moosic, Pa.), which produces plastic composite decking systems, is buying Composatron Manufacturing Inc. (Toronto). The sale price is $30-million. Two extrusion plants are included in the deal.
www.azek.com
Arburg has opened its new American Technology Center-California in Irvine, Cal. The gala opening was followed on 22 February 2008 by an open-house event. This event afforded customers and guests the opportunity to see the new premises for themselves, experience Arburg technology live in the demonstration room and attend various technical presentations on injection moulding topics.
www.arburg.com
The photo shows (L to R) subsidiary manager, Friedrich Kanz, SPI President Bill Carteaux, managing partners Juliane and Michael Hehl, sales managing director Helmut Heinson and regional manager Jürgen Giesow at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Resin Technology Inc. (Fort Worth, Tex.) has added two directors to its group of resin experts. Michael Dewsbury is now global business director, PET, and Kevin Roberson, is director of business development, polypropylene. Dewsbury is a professional engineer with 34 years of chemical and plastic business experience, and Roberson comes from the PP industry with 19 years' experience at Total Petrochemicals, USA, formerly known as Fina Oil and Chemical.
www.resinpros.com
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March 12: Space draw for Expoplast 2008, held simultaneously at CPIA offices in Mississauga, Ont., and Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca).
March 17: Windsor Chapter of CAMM Dinner meeting, at Ciociaro Club of Windsor. Registration: 5.15 pm. (Contact: Diane Deslippe at 519 255-7863 or info@camm.ca).
March 19: Ontario region of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) breakfast seminar, on the economic health of the plastics industry. At the Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel (Contact Desiree Johnston at 905-678-7748 or djohnston@cpia.ca). March 20: Society of Plastics Engineers, Ontario section, annual University Night. At McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Contact: Leonardo Simon at 519-888-4567 or lsimon@uwaterloo.ca).
April 6-9: The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) Annual Expo will be held at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Fla. (Contact: Stacy Flint at 609-799-4900, ext. 62, or SFlint@icma.com).
April 8-11: Plastimagen 2008, Mexico's premier plastics show, at Centro Banamex, Mexico City (Contact: Guadalupe Olvera Arellano at 52-55-1087-1650 or golvera@ejkrause.com).
April 10: Basics of Plastics, an introduction to the elements of the plastics industry. At the Rogers campus in Brampton, Ont. (Contact: Edward Mason at 416-764-1514 or edward.mason@plastics.rogers.com)
May 12-13: Tenth International Conference on Progress in Biofibre Plastic Composites. At the Toronto Airport Renaissance Hotel. (Contact: Guida Williamson at 519-249-0545 or www.biocomposites-toronto.com)
May 22: The Plast-Ex Summit 2008 is a look at the urgent issues facing the plastics industry in Canada. Co-sponsored by Plastics in Canada magazine and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association. At the Rogers Center, Toronto. (Contact: Nick Passingham at 416-764-1527 or nick.passingham@plastics.rogers.com).
May 26 - 29: Aseanplas 2008 incorporating Aseanrubber 2008, Southeast Asia's main international trade fair for plastics and rubber. At Singapore Expo. (Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America at 312-781-5180 or info@mdna.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 22-23: Rotoplas '08, the international rotational moulding event, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill. (Contact: Maria at 630-578-3266 x225, or mariap@cmservnet.com)
October 20-21: Expoplast 2008, Quebec's triennial plastics show, at the Palais de Congres in Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca) TOP
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Plastics in transportation and non-passenger vehicles
Blow moulding report – Developments in PET equipment
Spotlight on Raw materials handling equipment
Raw materials report
Processor profile
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