Rigid plastics that are blowmolded, thermoformed, injection molded, or extruded for packaging, building and construction, and automotive applications.

The plastics industry saw 170 M&A transactions from January through June 2024, maintaining a steady pace from the previous year. This consistent activity underscores the market’s resilience amid ...

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In this webinar we will be covering key maintenance and refurbishment practices for injection molding hot runner systems that help molders operate at optimal performance levels. We will look at ...

This article continues our series of troubleshooting reports from one of the leading on-the-spot problem solvers in the molding industry. Consultant Bob Hatch of Bob Hatch & Assoc. has more than 45 ...

DuPont (Wilmington DE) joint venture DuPont Teijin Films (Hopewell, VA) is consolidating its U.S. PET film production operations to a single site at Hopewell. The joint venture with Japan’s Teijin ...

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A dense, hard, diamond-dispersed chromium composite coating from Bales Mold Service Inc., known as Dia-Clust, is said to offer a Rockwell C hardness in the high 80s, making its abrasion resistance ...

Electroform Co. Inc. (Rockford, IL), a manufacturer of multicavity high-end injection molds for the consumer, medical, and packaging markets, has installed an Engel e-max 110-ton all-electric press in ...

Molders who want to upgrade a standard press into a two-component machine or a two-component machine into a three-component one can turn to a new modular bolt-on injection unit from Krauss-Maffei. The ...

A measuring device gives processors an easy, inexpensive way to monitor screw and barrel wear without the extended downtime required to pull the screw and take measurements. The SmartBarrel system ...