Present Status of the Plastic Packing Sector.
The output of the products in China's plastic packing sector was around 2.03 million tons in 1998, a rise of 9.13% over 1997. The development of the plastic packing sector in China has presented the following features: 1. Demand increase of braided bags ...

40 000 T/A Biodegradable Plastic Unit being Constructed in Shanghai Shitaili. (Newsdesk).
Shanghai Shitaili Industrial Co., Ltd. is constructing a 40 000 t/ a modified biodegradable plastic unit in Shanghai Pudong. The project has a total investment of 130 million yuan and will start production in June 2002. It will speed up the process of "white pollution" elimination in East China....

Import and Export of Synthetic Resins and Plastic Products.
The output of the five main synthetic resins in China reached 9.37 million tons in 2000, but still could not meet the market demand. The import amount of synthetic resins in China reached 14.325 million tons in 2000, a rise of 13.7% over 1999 and the average...

Promised sugar tariff cut delay now unlikely.
After favorably endorsing a petition to delay tariff cuts on sugar to protect local sugar millers and planters, the government is caught in a position where they may not be able to implement its decision. Trade and Industry Senior Undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino told reporters after a...

New Wave Enviro Products Introduces Environmentally-Friendly Reusable Stainless Steel Food Containers.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- New Wave Enviro Products has added Stainless Steel Food Containers to its line of money saving, reusable, green living products. Every year billions of pounds of plastic end up as litter or in our nation's landfills. Much of this plastic comes from one-time-use...

Webcast Alert: ICO, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings Webcast.
HOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICO, Inc. announces the following Webcast: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030509/ICOCLOGO) What: First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings When: February 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM Central/11:00 AM Eastern Where: http://www.icopolymers.com/ How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above....

Fuwei Films Announces Expectations for the Fourth Quarter of 2008.
BEIJING, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. ("Fuwei" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films located in China, today announced its preliminary financial results for its 2008 fourth quarter ended December 31, 2008. For the fourth quarter of 2008,...

Webcast Alert: ICO, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings Webcast.
HOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICO, Inc. announces the following Webcast: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030509/ICOCLOGO) What: First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings When: February 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM Central/11:00 AM Eastern Where: http://www.icopolymers.com/ How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above....

Griffon Corporation Schedules Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2009 Financial Results.
JERICHO, N.Y., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Griffon Corporation announced today that it will release the Company's financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. The Company will host a conference call at 4:15 PM EST on February 4, 2009 to discuss these...

Shiner International Announces Change of Corporate Secretary.
HAIKOU, China, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST; website: http://www.shinerinc.com/ ), a market leader in China's packaging and anti-counterfeiting plastic film industry, today announced that Ms. Dandan Xing has resigned from her position as corporate secretary of the Company, effective January 16, 2009, and she has...