2012 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Plastics Industry Winners announced

Ringier Trade Media Ltd. and its magazine - International Plastics News for China have recently announced the winners of the 2012 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Plastics Industry. Following a strict selection process of the independent judge panel, with reference to the results of online voting, 33 winning companies featured their innovative products across 10 categories. 

More than 120 high-level delegates from winning companies such as DOW Chemical, Evonik, Haitian International, and Mold-Masters participated the grand ceremony and gala dinner, together with the Awards judges, magazine readers and industry media. 

This year, the Plastics Industry Innovation Awards attracted 93 entries from 88 international and local companies. The number of companies and entries increased by 40% and 8% this year and this reflects the continued impact and widespread recognition of the Awards in this industry.  

One of the most influential industrial awards in China, the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for industrial manufacturing were inaugurated by Ringier Trade Media in 2006. The purpose of the Awards is to encourage, acknowledge and reward those individuals and companies who have introduced and developed a new idea, a new methodology, a new product or a new technology for manufacturing production efficiency, cost effectiveness, user convenience, which might result in energy saving and more responsible clean manufacturing in the plastics industry.  

Among the awardees this year are: DSM for Akulon Fuel Lock FL40-HP, a blow moldable, polyamide 6-based mono-material; PolyOne Corporation for its Therma-Tech Thermally Conductive Plastics; Polykemi Compounds (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. for its POLYfill PPHC; FUKUTOMI (Shantou) Industrial Limited for its Heat-resistant PLA Composite Material and Its Preparation; Dow Chemical (China) Co., Ltd. for its Polyolefin Elastomer ENGAGE XLT;  Shanghai KUMHO-SUNNY Plastics Co., Ltd. for its product Shockly; Chem-Trend (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. for its Thermoplastic Molding Process of Lusin  Series Products; Demag Plastics Machinery (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. for its SYSTEC 100-430 C; Borch Machinery Co., Ltd.for its 5 Color Injection Molding Machine; Haitian International Holdings Limited for its Second Generation of Servo Motor PIMM - Mars Series;  Milacron Plastics Machinery (Jiangyin) Co., Ltd. for its Milacron All-electric Injection Molding Machine ELEKTRON 450-2290; L.K. Technology Holdings Limited for its Two-platen Injection Molding MachiAir Jordan IV 4 Shoes