ALBANY, New York, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports DatabaseChina Plastic Packaging And Container Manufacturing Industry, 2011

"China plastic packaging and container manufacturing Industry, 2011" is valuable for anyone who wants to invest in the plastic packaging and container manufacturing industry, to get Chinese investments; to import into China or export from China, to build factories and take advantage of lower costs in China, to partner with one of the key Chinese corporations, to get market shares as China is boosting its domestic needs; to forecast the future of the world economy as China is leading the way; or to compete in the segment. The report provides in-depth analysis and detailed insight into the plastic packaging and container manufacturing industry, market drivers, key enterprises and their strategies, as well as technologies and investment status, risks and trends.

To Browse Full TOC, Tables & Figures visit:http://www.researchmoz.com/china-plastic-packaging-and-container-manufacturing-industry-2011-report.html

Data sources: Governmental statistics organizations, market research (monitoring) centers, industry associations and institutions, import and export statistics organizations, and others.

This report is divided into 9 parts 19 chapters as follow:

Part 1 Industry Overview 1 Industry definition and development overview 2 Industry macroscopic environment and its influence analysis 3 Industry international market analysis 4 Industry domestic market analysis

Part 2 Basic indices 5 Analysis of the industry's scale and condition: 2006-2010 6 Status analysis of gross assets analysis: 2006-2010

Part 3 Economic operation 7 Analysis of gross industrial output: 2006-2010 8 Industry sales income analysis: 2006-2010 9 Industry gross profit analysis 10 Industry import/export analysis in 2010

Part 4 Competition landscape 11 Industry competition landscape analysis 12 Industry key enterprises' competitive power comparison (top 20)

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MICHAEL FORBES

The "silver tsunami" washing over New Zealand is set to triple in size over the next four decades.

Population figures released by Statistics New Zealand yesterday revealed those aged over 80 were the fastest-growing age group, and numbers would exceed more than 500,000 by 2050, compared with 160,000 now.

The 80-plus age group is growing at about twice the rate of those aged over 65, and about four times the rate of the total population 20 years ago.

One out of every seven New Zealanders, or 605,800 of us, is now over 65. Last year, there were only 582,700 in that age group, and half a century ago, only 200,000.

Gaynor Duff, interim national director for Alzheimer's New Zealand, said age-related illnesses such as dementia were expected to increase to "epidemic" proportions as the population aged.

Today there were about 44,000 recorded cases of dementia in New Zealand. That number was set to double every 20 years to an estimated 146,699 cases in 2050, she said.

"Currently around half of all New Zealanders with dementia live with family carers, many of whom are providing around-the-clock care with little or no government support."

There was already a worrying shortage of dementia beds and a "huge" lack of funded community services of people with dementia and their carers in this country, Ms Duff said.

Grey Power national president Roy Reid said the latest population figures were yet another reminder that the Government should be thinking seriously about the sustainability of superannuation.

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Prices rise, profits beat goals and service levels decline. Photo: Louie Douvis

So who's having a lend of whom? Victoria's electricity distributors are earning much higher profits than anticipated, as customer service levels have, for the most part, declined.

Part of their gains was good management, with tight cost control.

But a large part came from higher-than-expected revenues which enabled them to post much higher-than-anticipated returns for the fifth straight year. That in turn, signals the way spending is approved - which impacts prices paid by households and businesses - is out of whack.

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In its annual review, the Australian Energy Regulator, an arm of the Australian Competition and Commission, found returns on regulated assets of the five distributors is as high as 10 per cent. In these present difficult economic times, that is the sort of return many businesses would love to achieve, especially in a regulated sector.

The review covered the performance of electricity distributors such as CitiPower and Powercor in 2010.

It also disclosed an improvement in power supply, which was largely thanks to less extreme weather than in the previous year.

Singaporean-owned Jemena was easily the most profitable of the five, earning a 10 per cent pre-tax return on its distribution sector assets, followed by Powercor with 9.9 per cent, CitiPower's 8.8 per cent and United Energy with 8.5 per cent.

The laggard was SP AusNet with 6.9 per cent.

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A group of local students is once again offering its services around town this spring and summer.

Last year, South Delta Secondary grads Mitch Lepore and Brennan Phillips started their own business - Local Student Labour - after deciding they didn't want to spend their last summer before university flipping burgers or waiting tables.

The pair teamed up with a group of friends and local contractors, spending the summer doing everything from house painting and staining to yard work and power washing.

Phillips and Lepore recently returned to South Delta after completing their first year at the University of Calgary, where both are studying business, with the aim of resurrecting Local Student Labour.

"It was really good last summer," Phillips said, adding the business was well received in the community.

Both Lepore and Phillips said the success of Local Student Labour last summer enabled them to save up enough money so they did not have to work throughout the school year and were able to fully concentrate on their studies.

Lepore said they are trying to be more independent this summer and rely less on established contractors to get jobs. He added they plan to focus more on house painting but will take on any job.

For more information, call 778-987-0587 or 604764-7078, or email lsl. painting@gmail.com.

Copyright (c) Delta Optimist

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NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

For the fifth consecutive year, more than 20 volunteers from Artesian (NASDAQ: ARTNA - News), a leading provider of water, wastewater and engineering services on the Delmarva Peninsula, came together for Christmas in April Cecil County to rehabilitate the home of a Cecil County neighbor.

It was gratifying to see so many Artesian volunteers working together to help this family, said Dian Taylor, chair, president and CEO of Artesian. Christmas in April is intended to be a one-day event, but Artesian volunteers always do prep work in advance to make sure we can accomplish what we set out to do give the family in need a safe, warm and dry home.

House captains Jimmy Snyder, Rick Straub and Joanne Rufft led the effort. They were instrumental in obtaining a front door and lumber donation from Home Depot and a 15% discount on garden items from Lowes. By the end of the day, the volunteers had accomplished the following:

Christmas in April Cecil County is the largest home rehabilitation organization in America. Its mission is to build partnerships to rehabilitate homes and community facilities of low-income, elderly and/or disabled homeowners so they can live in warmth, safety and independence and all at no financial cost to the homeowners.

About Artesian Resources

Artesian Resources Corporation operates as the holding company of eight wholly-owned subsidiaries offering water, wastewater and engineering services on the Delmarva Peninsula. Artesian Water Company, the principal subsidiary, is the oldest and largest investor-owned public water utility on the Delmarva Peninsula and has been providing water service since 1905.

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LETTERS

"Only suspicious at this stage?" ... Craig Thomson joins the crossbench. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

''People want to hang Craig Thomson just on the suspicion,'' says Tony Windsor ('''Bugger the numbers', says angry Oakeshott on Thomson saga'', smh.com.au, May 10).

The tabled report of Fair Work Australia does not say Craig Thomson is suspected of using union funds illegally but reportedly says: ''Craig Thomson repeatedly provided false and misleading information during the course of a long investigation into the national office of the Health Services Union'' and Thomson was ''found to have lied when he denied using his union credit card to procure prostitutes''.

How can Mr Windsor infer that Thomson's actions are only suspicious at this stage? Surely the public and HSU members are entitled to believe the facts in the FWA investigators' report, which are certainly not ''suspicions''.

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Cartoon: Cathy Wilcox

John Munro Toowoomba (Qld)

Wouldn't a byelection in Dobell increase by an astronomical amount the cost of those escort services allegedly obtained by Craig Thomson on his HSU credit card?

Zehra George Warilla

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Prices rise, profits beat goals and service levels decline. Photo: Louie Douvis

So who's having a lend of whom? Victoria's electricity distributors are earning much higher profits than anticipated, as customer service levels have, for the most part, declined.

Part of their gains was good management, with tight cost control.

But a large part came from higher-than-expected revenues which enabled them to post much higher-than-anticipated returns for the fifth straight year. That in turn, signals the way spending is approved - which impacts prices paid by households and businesses - is out of whack.

Advertisement: Story continues below

In its annual review, the Australian Energy Regulator, an arm of the Australian Competition and Commission, found returns on regulated assets of the five distributors is as high as 10 per cent. In these present difficult economic times, that is the sort of return many businesses would love to achieve, especially in a regulated sector.

The review covered the performance of electricity distributors such as CitiPower and Powercor in 2010.

It also disclosed an improvement in power supply, which was largely thanks to less extreme weather than in the previous year.

Singaporean-owned Jemena was easily the most profitable of the five, earning a 10 per cent pre-tax return on its distribution sector assets, followed by Powercor with 9.9 per cent, CitiPower's 8.8 per cent and United Energy with 8.5 per cent.

The laggard was SP AusNet with 6.9 per cent.

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Power prices out of whack as profits beat targets

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions of Charlotte, NC (www.vrcharlotte.com) has just completed the business sale of Elite Maintenance Services (www.elitemaint.com), a facility maintenance company providing professional sweeping, cleaning, power washing and related outdoor maintenance services throughout the Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA services areas.

The seller, Rodger Blake-Ward, who VR represented in the transaction, stated, "VR Charlotte made the process seamless and worry-free. They had a handle on the entire process from the day we listed the business through screening buyers and finally through the offer and closing procedure."

Jay Offerdahl, Vice President at VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions in Charlotte, represented Blake-Ward throughout the transaction. VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions Charlotte facilitated all phases of the transaction, from the initial analysis through closing. Details were not disclosed.

About VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions CharlotteVR Charlotte's only business is representing business owners in the sale of their business; confidentially, professionally and with proven results. Since 1996, VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions of Charlotte has sold more businesses for more dollars than any of the other 130 VR offices worldwide. Information about VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions Charlotte can be found on their website at http://www.vrcharlotte.com and on their blog at http://www.howtosella.biz. VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions Charlotte is located at 17250 Lancaster Hwy., Suite 601, Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information, please call 704-676-0940.

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Stage 2 watering restrictions begin Monday in San Marcos.

City leaders are tightening down on water use as a result of the quickly dropping Edwards Aquifer levels.

In the last month, officials say the aquifer has dropped nearly 20 feet.

We are seeing daily declines of over one foot in level. This requires we rigorously conserve our water to slow the decline and the resulting spring flow decreases, Executive Director of Public Services Tom Taggart said.

Under Stage 2 restrictions, residents can use sprinklers on one designated day each week before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m. It also limits watering at golf courses, new pools and power washing pavement.

Officials say San Marcos receives about 20 percent of its water supply from the Edwards Aquifer. The other 80 percent comes from Canyon Lake.

Waste of water is prohibited.

Irrigation with sprinklers and automatic sprinkler irrigation systems is allowed only one day per week on the designated weekday between the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight. The designated weekday is as follows:

Monday for addresses ending in 0 or 1 Tuesday for addresses ending in 2 or 3 Wednesday for addresses ending in 4 or 5 Thursday for addresses ending in 6 or 7 Friday for addresses ending in 8 or 9

Hand watering is allowed on any day and at any time.

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The youthful energy that filled the air at Chester Heights Campmeeting on Saturday was a stark contrast to the pall of helplessness that has hung over the historic site in the wake of two arson fires in the past six months.

Every April, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church organizes a small army of volunteers to visit the historic site for some hands-on fellowship. But this year, the devastation of the recent fires made the annual spruce-up campaign an even more welcomed breath of fresh air.

This is healing, and shows that there are people who want to help, said a grateful Chester Heights Campmeeting Board President Pat Smith.

Chester Heights Campmeeting was established by the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Philadelphia in 1872, with most of the 65 summer cottages on the 31-acre site being built around 1900.

Many of the cottages have now fallen into disrepair, but the locale was placed on the National Historical Register in 2000, and is one of about 30 campmeetings still in existence in Pennsylvania today.

The recent efforts of 11 cottage owners, who painstakingly rehabbed their summer cabins back to attractive structures, were recognized through a 2011 Heritage Commission Award from Delaware County Council. Sadly, one of those restored cottages was burned to the ground during the Feb. 18 fire that claimed a total of 10 buildings.

But the sense of loss at Chester Heights Campmeeting goes beyond the cottage owners. Many of the 75 volunteers who turned out last weekend (a new record for team size) had visited the Campmeeting before, and grief over the fires was universal.

Many of these willing workers would have liked to have started removing the charred debris that still clutters the central area of the Campmeeting. The dozen structures lost in the two fires are still being treated as a crime scene, however, so the volunteers could not go near the blackened rubble.

On April 21, less than a week after electricity had been restored to the Campmeeting, there was no shortage of work to be found elsewhere, as several cottages were in desperate need of TLC.

Dividing into 12 work teams, the eager workers spread out amongst the clustered cottages. Projects included landscaping, power-washing the open-air youth temple, removing or repairing dilapidated porches and roofs, applying fresh paint to exterior walls, and tearing down a two-story cottage that was beyond repair. Continued...

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