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June 2009
vol. 24: issue.166

Processor report
Catering to the electronics market, Malaysia-based industrial flexible packaging supplier Senawang Laminating Technologies (SLT) says it runs a high-tech operation that utilises automation to deliver optimal results.

Recycling
“Waste not, want not” (with regards to the environment, especially) may be the fundamental philosophy of recycling, but it is also plainly good economics, mostly.

US machinery & technology
Besides the technology displays at NPE, to be held from 22-24 June in Chicago, it will have a business programme with 23 papers on business strategies, resources and sustainability, says the show’s organiser, the Society of the Plastics Industry. Another offshoot programme is the Society of Plastics Engineers’s ANTEC technical conference, which will be sponsored by Dow Chemical. It will have 750 papers and interactive sessions.

Chinese machinery & technology
With the government’s stimulus package having kicked in, there are signs of improvements in the Chinese economy. The automotive sector, especially, has picked up driven by the government incentives offered for locally produced vehicles. Materials and machinery companies at the Chinaplas show, held from 18-21 May in Guangzhou, say that the recovery is imminent, by the third quarter.

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Industry News
Continuing pace of activity in the Middle East; Arkema sells Chinese additives and restructures; US companies focus on research in China; German company buys stake in LyondellBasell.

Materials News
Green solutions in the fast lane; Degradable metallised packaging; Eco products in Asia; Sustainable PET bottles making the rounds.