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Big three automakers cancel summer shutdowns to meet renewed demand

Detroit’s Big Three automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers’ growing demand for new cars and trucks.
May 22, 2013 6:14PM


Massive fire destroys Windsor, Ont. plastics recycler

A huge fire has destroyed a Windsor, Ont. plastics recycling plant.
May 22, 2013 6:03PM


Par-Pak to be bought by Waddington: report

Brampton, Ont.-based rigid plastics packaging manufacturer Par-Pak Ltd. is about to be purchased by plastic tableware maker Waddington North America Inc., according to a report from Moody’s Investors Services.
May 22, 2013 5:31PM


Sumitomo (SHI) Demag making management changes

Injection press manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has named two new managing directors.
May 21, 2013 7:04PM


Almost 300,000 unfilled jobs, many of them in manufacturing: CFIB

There are almost 300,000 unfilled private sector jobs out there and manufacturing is among the sectors with the highest number of vacancies, according to data compiled by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
May 20, 2013 7:43PM


Quebec's minority goverment tables moratorium bill on shale gas fracking

The Quebec government has tabled legislation which could impose a moratorium on exploration for shale gas in the St. Lawrence River valley during the next five years.
May 19, 2013 7:56PM


LyondellBasell to shutter German HDPE plant

Material supplier LyondellBasell is shutting down a high density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany in the third quarter of 2013.
May 18, 2013 7:27PM


Borealis' Q1 2013 profits fall 56%

Specialty chemicals maker Borealis reported a fall of 56 per cent in first quarter 2013 net profits compared to the same period last year – but also said that the Q1 2013 profits had come in above expectations.
May 17, 2013 6:24PM


SPE Automotive Division to hold innovation awards in November

The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the date, location and theme for its 43rd annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala.
May 16, 2013 12:19AM


PlastIndia trade show moving to Gurajat for 2015

India’s largest plastics trade show, PlastIndia, is moving to a new location.
May 15, 2013 11:59PM


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