news Paccor flags up cost pressures


Paccor – the european manufacturer of rigid plastic food packaging built up from the acquisition of parts of the Huhtamaki, Veriplast and Pannunion businesses by Sun capital – said rising raw material prices are putting the viability of its netherlands-


based polystryrene vending cup business at risk. Paccor Food Service


division managing director chris Hart said despite large investments in the dutch operation, the company was no longer able to absorb increas- es in the cost of polymers.


“this is an extremely


difficult and serious situation,” he said. “we have kept our prices as low as we can for a number of years but we cannot continue to do so. our business is hurting.” Hart says PS prices have risen by around E250 since


Proto labs’ winning creation


UK-based film industry special effects company Asylum Models & effects designed this giant-sized Formula 1 racing car – made from 9,000 larger- than-life plastic bricks – for a tV commercial for Mclaren team sponsor Santander. Production of the 300mm by 100mm bricks was charged to rapid tooling and parts company Proto labs, which specialises in prototyping and short run production via cnc machining or injection moulding (which was used for this project because of the numbers required). it produced


Not an illusion, Asylum built this giant model car for a TV commercial


the bricks in ABS at the rate of 1,500 a day. the car required 8,000


bricks to complete, with the remaining 1,000 used for a winners’ rostrum. the main body of the car was split into a


nose-to-cockpit front section, with the area behind the cockpit divided into two halves. it also included front and rear spoilers and the four wheels, each of which weighed 750kg. ❙ www.protolabs.co.uk


Haitian postsE850m sales for 2011


chinese injection machinery maker Haitian international posted sales of rMB7.03bn (E850) for 2011. the figure was slightly


down on the 2010 result, which benefited from a backlog of orders delayed from 2009 due to the global recession, according to Haitian interna- tional chief strategy officer Prof Helmar Franz. Franz said the company had recorded a 22% compound


annual growth rate over the past five years. He said for 2011 the company had seen a 17% growth in export sales to reach almost rMB2bn (E240m). europe, southern Asia and South America are its three largest export regions, with shares of 31%, 23% and 22% respectively (Haitian includes turkey within its european sales data). the company also saw a more than 75% increase in


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year-on-year sales for its Venus line of all-electric models, he said, and has now delivered more than 750 Venus machines worldwide. Franz said the company’s Zhafir division now has more than 30 of its new high performance German-built Mercury all-electric machines on evaluation trials with moulders located in europe and the US. ❙ www.haitian.com


december, while PP and Pet


have risen by around E145 and E150 respectively. “these are by far the largest contributors to the cost of our products,” he said. “there are further increases forecast in polymer prices in the coming months.” ❙ www.paccor.com


wacker invests in Korean operation


chemicals and silicones group wacker officially opened its new technical facility in South Korea last month. the facility, which is


located in the Pangyo techno Valley region of the Korean capital Seoul, brings together its regional silicones and polymers r&d, applications develop- ment and training activities. it includes a new laboratory to develop high perform- ance silicone formulations for electronics industry applications. “the Korea technical


centre, with its research and testing laboratories that are unique in the region, is another important milestone in our growth strategy for Asia and particularly South Korea,” said dr wilhelm Sittenthal- er, executive board member responsible for Asia at wacker. ❙ www.wacker.com


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