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Windsor trade fair to showcase mouldmaking
The Canadian Association of Mold Makers is pulling out all the stops for its November 18-19 Trade Fair. The two-day event, being held at Caesar's Windsor (Windsor, Ont.), has drawn a trade mission from Mexico, and will have executives from international companies such as Boeing and Volkswagen touring the aisles.
"The wake-up call for CAMM was a study a year or so back when we realised the world didn't know much about Windsor-made moulds, or about Canadian moulds generally," says CAMM president Dan Moynahan. "People finally grasped that we were well known to the Big Three in Detroit, but unknown elsewhere. This show is a way of bringing the world to Windsor, and showing them what we can do here."
CAMM has been expanding across Ontario this year, and membership has grown. It still runs a lean operation, with just one full-time staffer, office manager Diane Deslippe. It is given office space at St. Clair College, while the association supports college students through scholarships. Moynahan, who heads Platinum Tool Technologies (Oldcastle, Ont.) as a day-job, is not paid for his work for the association.
The show has over 100 companies lined up to exhibit in 10x10 ft booths, substantially more than the tabletop shows CAMM has sponsored in recent years. This includes mouldmakers as well as the supplier companies that were the backbone of the tabletop events.
A lot of one-on-on meetings between mouldmakers and customers have been lined up, and the dinners will feature celebrity speakers: neurologist-astronaut Roberta Bondar and hockey legend Paul Henderson. Following the show, there will also be plant tours.
CAMM is also pursuing other initiatives, such as making better use of Canadian overseas trade offices. Too often, Moynahan says, these are happy to help, but their knowledge of the tooling business is meagre.
A new CAMM initiative aims at obtaining funding to promote international business. The fact that Windsor MPP Sandra Pupatello was just made Ontario's Minister of International Trade and Investment should help in this.
"CAMM has quadrupled the number of hits its site gets," Moynahan says of the association's recent growth, "and business at some of the shops is showing signs of picking up. I think this trade show will take us to the next level."
www.camm.ca
Plasticiser feedstocks coming from down on the farm
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Decatur, Ill.) and PolyOne Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) are collaborating on the development of bio-based plasticisers to use in polymer formulations. The aim is to commercialise these plasticisers from corns and oilseeds. The global plasticiser market is worth $11-billion, and currently is almost exclusively based petroleum-based products.
"There is clear market interest in renewable technology as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based plasticiser offerings," says Dr. Cecil Chappelow, vice-president, innovation, sustainability, and chief innovation officer, PolyOne Corp. "We are confident that PolyOne's compounding expertise and global market reach, coupled with ADM's deep knowledge of agricultural-based chemistries and manufacturing techniques, will lead to a new generation of plasticisers and compounds for our customers and for the global polymer industry."
Paul Bloom, ADM ‘s director, chemical technology strategy, added, "This collaboration is an example of how ADM is working in concert with expert partners to identify opportunities to expand our product portfolio. When we find and commercialise new products from existing feedstock streams, we increase the value of our portfolio overall."
Globally, ADM has 240 processing plants converting corn, oilseeds, wheat and cocoa. Its annual sales last year were $70-billion. PolyOne is also a global operator, with annual sales of $2.7-billion.
www.admworld.com, www.polyone.com
Looking for a bargain
Possibly the largest-ever Canadian assets sale was held last week when the production equipment of Progressive Moulded Products was auctioned. The Ontario-based automotive moulder closed its doors in August, unable to continue competing under current market conditions. The event
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was handled by Infinity Asset Solutions Inc. (Concord, Ont.).
www.infassets.com
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Changes
Phil Lem of Polyone Corp. will be taking over as president of the Society of Plastics Engineers' Ontario section as of January 1.
www.4spe.org
Phil Lem
Ellen Kullman will replace Charles Holliday Jr. as president of DuPont Co. (Wilmington, Del.) at the start of 2009. Kullman is a 20-year-DuPont veteran, and is the company's first-ever female CEO. Holliday has run the company since 1998, and will briefly remain as chairman until Kullman assumes that position also.
www.dupont.com
Ellen Kullman
Charles Holliday
IPL Inc. (St-Damien, Que.), has won two contracts worth up to $12-million. The first contract calls for IPL to produce about 10 components to be used in the assembly of waste collection containers to be placed along the City of Toronto's main arteries. In particular, IPL will manufacture covers and panels of containers to be used for recycling and waste collection.
The second contract is for the production of parts to be used in the manufacturing of the new generation of Frigidaire brand electric and gas ranges by Electrolux. In February 2009, IPL will begin to produce control and service panels to be supplied to the Electrolux plant in l'Assomption, Que.
www.ipl-plastics.com
Demand from China helped drive growth in plastic additives to 12.2-million tonnes in 2007. The industry as a whole was valued at $32 billion, according to the Global Plastic Additives report from Townsend Polymer Services and Information (Houston, Tex.).
The report covers globalisation, feedstocks, environmental and health issues and supply chain shifts.
www.townsendpolymer.com
Ampacet Corp. is consolidating its Canadian operations from two production sites to one larger site in Kitchener, Ont. A small plant in Delta, BC, will close at some point before the end of the year. Ampacet Canada will continue to support all customer activities in Western Canada through existing direct sales coverage, supported by local warehousing.
www.ampacet.com
Stuart D. Swain has been promoted to director of sales and marketing for Chroma Corp. (McHenry, Ill.); Paul Kinsella has been promoted to vice president of commercial development for Chroma's rotational moulding division; and Stephanie Jarrard has been promoted to technical sales representative.
www.chromacolors.com
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Coming Events
2008
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 16: SPE Ontario, tour of the Materials Interconnect Laboratory at the RIM Campus in Waterloo, Ont., followed by dinner. (Contact: Joe DeRose at 416-410-2286 or jd@axispsi.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 11-14: Iran Plast 2008. The Middle East's largest trade show will be held once again at Tehran Permanent Fair Ground. (Contact: Iran Plast secretariat at 0098-2188511438 or info@Iranplast2008.ir)
November 18: SPE Ontario dinner meeting on Blown and Cast Film Optimisation and Troubleshooting. With Paul Waller, Plastics Touchpoint Group, Inc. At the Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel. (Contact: Joe DeRose at 416-410-2286 or jd@axispsi.com)
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).
December 5: SPE Ontario Annual Christmas Gala, at the Delta Meadowvale Resort And Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: Penny Perdis at 905-820-5938 or pennyperdis@sympatico.ca)
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 - November issue:
Special supplement – Mouldmaking in Canada
Moulding automotive exteriors
Blow moulding report on automation and high volume production
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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