Stephen Downer

London

Correspondent at Plastics News

Featured in: Favicon

plasticsnews.com Favicon

tirebusiness.com Favicon

rubbernews.com Favicon

sustainableplastics.com Favicon

plasticsnewseurope.com Favicon

european-rubber-journal.com Favicon

crainscleveland.com

Articles

Engel expanding machinery production in Mexico

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Stephen Downer

MEXICO CITY—Engel Holding GmbH is ramping up production at a new manufacturing facility in central Mexico to supply markets across the Americas. Located in Querétaro, 120 miles north of Mexico City, the "newly acquired" facility will manufacture the e-mac (all-electric small machine) and Wintec t-win (hydraulic, two-platen large machine) series, as well as custom robots and automation solutions.
Film maker Paragon expands manufacturing to Mexico

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Ultra-high performance, sustainability-focused stretch film maker Paragon Films Inc. plans to open its first manufacturing operation in Latin America this year. Its plans include the purchase of a new facility in the city of San Luis Potosí and the installation of Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) manufacturing equipment at the site, it said in an April 10 news release.
Plastimagen 2025: A thriving event hindered by traffic woes

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Plastimagen 2025 was a vibrant show, organized for the first time by British publishing, business intelligence and exhibitions group Informa plc's Informa Markets México. Close to 30,000 visitors were expected to pass through the doors of the Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City over the four days the show lasted, March 11-14. Security was good. Uniformed guards patrolled the aisles. Scores of employees were on hand to answer questions and orientate the disorientated.
Nefab adds thin-gauge thermoforming capacity in Mexico with new sustainable plastics facility

1 month ago | sustainableplastics.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Swedish packaging giant Nefab Group says it has doubled its manufacturing capacity in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara in western Mexico, by building a 58,000-square-foot facility to produce sustainable plastics packaging for the data communications, electronics and automotive industries. In a March 24 news release, the company did not reveal the size of its investment in the new plant but said it would employ 50 people there once the facility is running at full speed.
Nefab adds thin-gauge thermoforming capacity in Mexico with new sustainable plastics facility

1 month ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Swedish packaging giant Nefab Group says it has doubled its manufacturing capacity in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara in western Mexico, by building a 58,000-square-foot facility to produce sustainable plastics packaging for the data communications, electronics and automotive industries. In a March 24 news release, the company did not reveal the size of its investment in the new plant but said it would employ 50 people there once the facility is running at full speed.
Herrmann Ultrasonics optimistic about business growth in Mexico

2 months ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Herrmann Ultrasonics Inc. President Uwe Peregi remains optimistic about business growth in Mexico despite doubts about the continued viability of long-existing free trade agreements between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. "We definitely can see challenges [but] more for our customers. I know the Mexican market will grow," he told Plastics News March 14 at the Plastimagen trade show in Mexico City.
LS IMM targets 20% market share in Mexico by 2026, expands tech centers

2 months ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — LS IMM, the injection molding press division of South Korean industrial machinery maker LS Mtron, is aiming to capture up to 20 percent of the Mexican market in the next nine months, its CEO Charlie Hyun says. The company exhibited for the first time at Plastimagen in 2025 and had several machines in operation on its stand.
Engel expanding machinery production in Mexico

2 months ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Engel Holding GmbH is ramping up production at a new manufacturing facility in central Mexico to supply markets across the Americas. Located in Querétaro, 120 miles north of Mexico City, the "newly acquired" facility will manufacture the e-mac (all-electric small machine) and Wintec t-win (hydraulic, two-platen large machine) series, as well as custom robots and automation solutions.
Mexico's plastics industry cites economic disruption in opposing US tariffs

2 months ago | plasticsnews.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — Mexico's plastics industry association has thrown its weight behind the government's efforts to resist the proposed introduction of U.S. import tariffs on many Mexican goods, due to begin April 2. Addressing President Donald Trump's threat for the first time in public, the association, Anipac, said March 11 that tariffs would "disrupt production networks" in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and lead to higher prices of raw materials and intermediate goods.
Mexico's plastics industry stays focused on innovation and sustainability ahead of Plastimagen 2025

2 months ago | sustainableplastics.com | Stephen Downer

Mexico City — On the eve of what many consider to be Latin America's foremost plastics trade show, Mexico's plastics industry leadership is avoiding all talk of tariffs like the plague, opting instead to accentuate the positives. Marlene Fragoso, president of Mexico's national plastics industry association (Anipac), told a news conference in the Mexican capital March 7 that the industry in Mexico has "advanced significantly in innovation and sustainability.