Archive for the ‘NPE’ Category
Yizumi acquires some more HPM history
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Guangdong Yizumi Precision Machinery Co. Ltd., the Chinese company that bought the intellectual property of the 135-year-old HPM, is preserving two key historical pieces of equipment from the closed-down HPM factory in Mount Gilead, Ohio. CEO Richard Yan said the...
Share your NPE stories
Monday, April 9th, 2012
There was plenty to write about at NPE2012 -- we've posted about 150 stories on PlasticsNews.com, with more to come, plus some fun blog posts. But you -- the Plastics Blog readers who attended the show last week in Orlando,...
Orlando feels the love for NPE
Friday, April 6th, 2012
A funny thing happened on the way to Orlando airport. At 6:30 am today, on the day after the NPE2012 show wrapped up at the Orange County Convention Center, Plastics News' Robert Grace piled into a metered taxi at the...
Pirtek helps out fellow NPE exhibitor
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Hydraulic hose supplier Pirtek came to the rescue of a fellow NPE exhibitor whose blow molding machine ground to a halt following an 'O' ring breakage. Hamish Champ, my colleague on the Plastics News show dailies this week, and...
NPE2012 show registration hits 54,820
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Are you starting to feel like everyone in the plastics industry is at NPE this year? Registration for NPE2012 reached 54,820 on April 4, at the end of the third day of the show, according to organizer the Society of...
Catching up with Vince Witherup at NPE2012
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
At NPE2012 this week you can shake the hand of Vince Witherup the politician--not the auxiliary machinery executive. Witherup retired from Conair Group Inc. in 2007, after a long career. He was Conair's vice president of development. His first day...
What will new crackers mean to plastics processors?
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Increasing availability of natural gas in North America has the potential to make a big difference in the plastics industry in the next decade. But how exactly will it change? North American processors may be salivating over the prospects for...
Orlando is gearing up for NPE
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Take this as a sign of Orlando, Fla.'s interest in the plastics industry -- specifically NPE. The Orlando Sentinel posted a story last night about NPE2012, saying North America's largest plastics show "could become the next undisputed heavyweight champion of...
Tips for a successful NPE
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
In keeping with my "countdown to NPE" theme, I spotted an item today with good tips for exhibitors at any trade show. The source is Mike Thimmesch, director of industry relations for Skyline Exhibits, who wrote "18 Hidden Rules of...
Award at NPE to shine a light on product design
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Not only is the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. giving out awards to cool products in its triennial International Plastics Design Competition at NPE 2012, but from the same crop of nearly three dozen entries will emerge the winner...