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US plastic machinery sales ahead in 2014
Sales of US plastic machinery has continued to rise this year, following a recovery towards the end of 2013.
Shipments of primary
plastics equipment (including extrusion equipment) for reporting companies totalled just under $300 million in the second quarter of this year, according to the Society for the Plastics Industry (SPI). This was almost identical to
the result from the first quarter of the year, but a 10% improve- ment on Q2 of 2013. For the year to date, the total value of primary equipment shipments is 10% ahead of last year. The SPI’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) said that Q2 sales of single- screw extruders slipped 2% compared to the same period last year, but twin-screw extruders (including both co-rotating and counter-rotat- ing machines) jumped by 63%. In comparison, injection moulding was up 9%, blow
Ineos and Doeflex link up
With the NPE show just months away, US machinery manufac- turers are in confident mood
moulding down 2% and ancillary equipment up 21% to a record $108m. “Manufacturers that
anticipated strong demand, and allocated resources accord- ingly, are being richly rewarded for their efforts in 2014 – espe- cially in North America,” said Bill Wood, the plastics market economist who analyses and reports on the plastics machinery market sector for the CES. “Those companies that hired new workers,
increased production capacity or invested in inventories are reaping large returns on those investments this year.” CES also conducts a
quarterly survey of plastics machinery suppliers that asks about present market condi- tions and expectations for the future.
Nine out of 10 respondents
in the latest survey expect conditions to stay the same or even improve this quarter. ❙
www.plasticsindustry.org
AMI plans tenth WPCs conference
AMI will be holding its tenth Wood-Plastic Composites conference in Vienna, Austria on 3-5 November 2014. The event has grown into a leading international meeting place
for the WPC industry, drawing influential speakers and delegates from Europe, America and Asia. As in previous years, Battenfeld-Cincinnati is the headline
sponsor for the conference and will host a WPC production demonstration at its nearby factory. This year it will show a high-performance FiberEx extrusion line producing solid decking at rates up to 2m/min. Alongside the machine demonstration, there will be an exhibition where European WPC processors will display their most innovative products. ❙
http://bit.ly/WPCconf
www.pipeandprofile.com October 2014 | PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION 5
Ineos Compounds and Doeflex Compounding have now implemented their previously announced plans to combine their PVC compounding activities. The combined business has a management team from both companies and is known as Ineos Compounds. Jonathan Stewart, COO of Ineos Compounds, said: “This combination repre- sents a strategic opportunity for both parties and is highly complementary to our long term growth strategy. Customers will benefit from access to an extended product range; improved supply chain flexibility; and combined expertise.” The combination of the
businesses has created a leading European PVC compounder with a turnover above €200 million and manufacturing in the UK, Sweden and Switzerland. ❙
www.ineos.com
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