Cereplast plans to release a number of advanced bioplastic resin grades at NPE 2012.

To usher in what promises to be a resurgent NPE exposition, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association has organized NPE2012 “Super Sunday,” a day full of networking opportunities, social events, and presentations by top business leaders, SPI announced today.

With five weeks left before opening day, the NPE2012 international plastics exposition is on course to be a huge, dynamic event, in line with NPE successes of the past and substantially stronger than the last NPE in 2009, it was announced today by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, which produces the triennial trade show. Thus far 1,830 companies have purchased 903,000 sq.ft. (83,890 sq.m) of exhibit space at NPE2012, and commitments by more companies can be expected between now and opening day, according to Gene Sanders, SPIÂ’s senior vice president of trade shows and conferences

Asia is beginning to see the bullish sentiment weaken. However, local markets in Thailand continue to retain their firm stance as PP and PE prices move higher, as per ChemOrbis. Many converters from different sectors are showing willingness to buy more despite the ongoing rise in prices, on firm end product demand

Incredible India, one of the fastest growing economies is pushing efforts to improve the supply of food and other consumer goods which in turn are main drivers within the packaging industry. “Infinite Opportunities”, this year’s slogan of the PlastIndia has been the leading motto for the Brückner Group’s attendance presenting its innovative solutions for the plastic processing industry, held at New Delhi from Feb. 1st to Feb 6th, 2012 and it has been established as the most important fair for many suppliers within the plastic community at the subcontinent

French automotive plastics component producer Mecaplast says it can make significant weight reductions in injection moulded TPO parts by partially replacing talc filler with Hyperform® HPR-803i high performance reinforcing agent from Milliken. As proof, Mecaplast has used a TPO compound containing a mix of talc and Hyperform HPR-803i (total additive content around 10% by weight) to mould prototype B-pillar covers that it normally supplies in a conventional 20% talc-filled TPO (elastomer-modified polypropylene)

In a strategic move to anticipate customer needs quicker around the globe, DSM Engineering Plastics has shifted global headquarters to Singapore. The Company, which has development, sales and manufacturing facilities located in The Netherlands, USA, Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Belgium and Russia has moved a number of its key functions to Asia in order to underline its commitment to the Asian market which is expected to represent the major share of the companyÂ’s growth in the coming years. According to Roelof Westerbeek, President DSM Engineering Plastics, the move – which was pre-announced in 2010 – is making good progress and will be completed in 2012: “This is a significant step as it puts us right at the heart of the fast-growing Asian marketplace.

Artenius, the PET resins division of LSB has developed a new PET packaging material that combines virgin PET resin and post-consumer recycled PET as feedstock in the resin production process. The result is Artenius Elite, a remarkably pure, energy-efficient packaging resin.

As one of the premium brands of all electrical injection molding machines, Zhafir Plastics Machinery has founded its subsidiary in India — Plastics Machinery India Private Limited Founded in 2005 in Germany, the Zhafir Group with its present two manufacturing and technology facilities in Ebermannsdorf/Germany and in Ningbo/China and the now newly founded sales and service center in Mumbai/India represents the premium brand of Haitian International — the world’s largest manufacturer of injection molding machines. In 2010, all together approx. 30,000 machines were delivered to customers and in the first half year of 2011 this figure could be repeated with more than 15,000 machines sold despite a difficult market environment

A cost-effective and environmentally responsible way to improve the UV protection of injection molded or extruded polycarbonate parts is being offered by AURAT infusion technology, developed by Bayer MaterialScience LLC. The company has licensed the technology exclusively to Radco Infusion Technologies LLC, for worldwide use. Because ultraviolet (UV) light attacks polycarbonate at the surface, UV protection is most effective when concentrated there