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a crain publication ® Tuesday DAILY Entire contents copyright 2012 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved. April 3, 2012 A Plastics News Global Group newspaper $5 per copy Mold-Masters touts barrier technology By Rhoda Miel PLASTICS NEWS STAFF ORLANDO, FLA. — Mold-Masters Ltd. (Booth 4463) is taking aim at the packaging industry with technology that will allow molders to produce caps and closures with an integrated barrier — opening the potential for more adoption of plastics to replace glass and metal containers. The Iris technology on display at MoldMasters’ booth is capable of producing a high density polyethylene cap coinjected with an ethylene vinyl alcohol barrier using a combination of Mold-Masters production systems. Together, the system is able to meet requirements for hot-filled containers. The one-process system is faster than post-injection application of barrier liners, which requires secondary processing. “This could be used in any tomatobased product like [pasta] sauce, or for baby food jars,” said Bruce Catoen, chief technology officer. “Baby food is the holy grail.” Mold-Masters is using its processes on an Engle press using a 16-cavity closure mold made by F&S Tool Inc., detection equipment from IMD Equipment, material handling supplied by Piovan SpA and resin from PolyOne. The caps are made using five different Mold-Masters processes. In addition to its Iris coinjection nozzle, the second material uses Mold-Masters iFlow manifold technology to combine melt streams of the high density polyethylene and EVOH and provide a balanced fill, an E-Drive valve-gate control for open- ing and closing the valve gate pins, an M2 TempMaster for hot-runner temperature control and a mold-mounted E-Multi auxiliary injection unit on the press. Those core technologies have been at the center of Mold-Masters’ global growth, said CEO Bill Barker. Mold-Masters has seen steady growth each year since the last NPE, with the strongest growth in Asia, but continuing growth in Europe as well. Mold-Masters recently completed a $20 See Masters, Page 66 Plastics News photo by Michael Marcotte Husky plans China plant, displays new HyCap model By Bill Bregar PLASTICS NEWS STAFF ORLANDO, FLA. — Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. (Booth 3763) is not done pushing the envelope of thinner and faster when it comes to packaging and medical molding. A Husky official also said the company will break ground on a new plant in China. At NPE2012, Husky is rolling out the latest generation of its HyCap closure maker, which is cranking out water-bottle closures on a 2.2-second cycle using a 96See Husky, Page 65 SPE outlines plans for India By Hamish Champ PRW Bob Preston, left, and James Murphy showcase the Thermatic HS high-speed extruder at the Davis-Standard exhibit (Booth 5945). Davis-Standard targeting China By Angie DeRosa PLASTICS NEWS STAFF ORLANDO, FLA. — Extruder supplier Davis-Standard LLC is expanding into China. The company, which had a change of ownership last year, will open a facility in Suzhou, a suburb of Shanghai, that will be operational by the end of the year. The firm also has a new president for Asia, Fred Pereira, who starts next week. “We are a global company, but we don’t have a global footprint,” said Bob Preston, the newly installed CEO, who came on board three months ago. “We have a reasonable amount of procurement already, but we want a stronger manufacturing presence in China.” The 46,300-square-foot assembly site in Suzhou will primarily support U.S. manufacturing. Initially the plant will handle service and procurement for customers in the region. Assembly will be phased in. The expansion is one major change See Davis-Standard, Page 66 ORLANDO, FLA. — Society of Plastics Engineers CEO Wim de Vos revealed details of the group’s first Antec conference set for India. The event will take place Dec. 6-7 at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel in Mumbai and will include forums on new technology, as well as sessions covering advances in de Vos materials, processing and machinery. SPE also plans to host another Antec See SPE, Page 66 Tuesday INSIDE Daily xxx xxx Mexico’s Rema buys Gloucester sheet lines . . . . Page 4 Progressive links supply-chain customers . . . . . . Page 8 xxx xxx Conair: Profit is purpose of new technology. . . . Page 27 Page X Check out our online NPE coverage at plasticsnews.com Page X Check out Plastics News’ daily news updates at http://www.plasticsnews.com  http://www.plasticsnews.com

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