Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process ...

The maker of injection molding and die-casting machines will now be Yizumi, not Yizumi-HPM, unifying its global identity and ...

In several of my seminars and conversations with customers, I am often asked why the dimensions of a part change over time. This change in dimensions after the part is removed from the mold is called ...

The project involved a multicavity extrusion blow molding line at Currier that produces 1.5- and 3-liter HDPE bottles for medical reagent and medical cleaning/rinse solutions. One element of the ...

The plastic materials company Teknor Apex announced its acquisition of the bioplastics company Danimer Scientific .

Pollen AM has incorporated its Pellet Additive Manufacturing (PAM) technology into a new machine, the Pam Pro.

There are two main things to consider when processing very high-melt-flow polymers—the increased difficulty of melting them and the magnified effect of head pressure. This column will discuss melting.

The plastics processing market first heard rumblings of terms like Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Big Data and the Connected Factory about five to six years ago. For many in ...

Novatec is moving to redefine resin drying with new, economically priced technology that detects moisture levels in the material before it hits the dryer and then adjusts the drying parameters ...

Perhaps the greatest difficulty involving the use of color concentrates is specifying them appropriately for the material to which they are being added. In addition to the obvious requirement of ...

Ineos Styrolution announced the successful completion of a project to incorporate mechanically recycled postconsumer polystyrene into yogurt cups. The Ineos process involves deep NIR sorting, ...

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) measures the current state of plastics processing activity through survey responses covering new orders, production, backlog, employment, exports and supplier ...