Consumer Products
Wood on Plastics: Flat to Modest Growth in Consumer Products
It is difficult to forecast the demand for most types of consumer products in the coming year without using the word 'slog.'
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Wood on Plastics: Dramatic Shifts and Opportunities in Electronics
Reshoring is a possibility as manufacturing of components will increasingly be conducted closer to market.
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New U.S. Molding Operation Brings Processing In-House
Freudenberg Household Products (FHP), Germany, known in the U.S. for its line of O-Cedar mops, brooms, dust pans, etc., has joined forces with Spanish injection molder SP Berner Plastic Group, S.L., to form a joint venture company called FHP Berner U.S.
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Wood On Plastics: Economic Pressures Shift Consumption Patterns
While the economy has been expanding for most of the past two years, it is far from clear that it has entered a “self-sustaining” phase.
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Four Key Markets Drive Material Advances At K 2010
Last fall’s K 2010 fair in Germany drew dozens of materials suppliers to show off hundreds of new products, aimed especially at packaging,medical, automotive, and electrical/electronics.
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Wood On Plastics: Electronics: the Place to Be in 2010
After a few years of garnering only moderate profits, the U.S. electronics industry caught fire in 2010.
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Wood on Plastics - Electronics Remain a Growth Leader
The growth rate for the U.S. electronics industry decelerated during the second half of 2010. Growth was still positive, and it was certainly better than for other types of durable goods,
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On-Site: This Currier Delivers
“We love to tell our story.” That’s one way Mike Cartner, CFO of Currier Plastics, defines what separates this family-owned custom processor from its competitors.
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On-Site: An ‘Empire’ Built on Scientific Molding
A U.S. custom injection molder that’s hiring?
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Novel High-Temperature Nylon Debuts
A new class of semi-aromatic, high-temperature nylons is being introduced to the U.S. by Kuraray America in N.Y.C.
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