Articles
PTXPO Recap: Turning E-Waste into Durable Building Materials
Check out what you missed on the PTXPO show floor. Canon and Repolytex showcased a unique solution that skips the costly and complex plastic separation process entirely.
Watch
PTXPO Recap: Lightweighting with Foaming Technologies
Check out what you missed on the PTXPO show floor. Foaming technologies have long offered molders a way to reduce part weight, but a new approach demonstrated by Engel and Moxietec takes it further.
Watch
April 2025: Mixed Bag for Prices of Volume Resins
The end of the first quarter marked higher prices for polyolefins and relatively flat pricing for nearly all other resins.
Read More
PTXPO Recap: Smarter Resin Drying & Conveying Automation
Check out what you missed on the PTXPO show floor. In this video, Editorial Director Jim Callari breaks down how AI is changing the game in plastics manufacturing.
Watch
How This Custom Compounder Leverages AI to Drive Innovation, Sustainability
Alterra has stepped up its cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technology with its own AI platform to further increase its efficiencies.
Read More
Golf Equipment Manufacturer Scores Higher Productivity With Automated Cell
Ping was able to reduce labor and waste at its production facility in Phoenix via an automated molding cell courtesy of Wittmann.
Read More
Moving Beyond the Relative Viscosity Curve — Determining Optimum Plastic Flow Rates: Part 1
Should injection molders consider using a range of plastic flow rates, versus the selection of one plastic flow rate from the relative viscosity curve?
Read More
Plastics Processing Index Registers Expansion With February Reading of 50.9
Improvements across components drive steady climb out of contraction for the first time since June 2022.
Read More
How To Identify Resin Degradation in Single-Screw Extruders
Degradation can occur in many single-screw extrusion operations, and typically occurs due to minor design flaws in the screw. Here is how to track it down.
Read More
Direct Connections for a Better Recycling System
Colorado’s Direct Polymers formed Brave Industries to link recycling collaborators.
Read More
Collaboration Key to Development of Thermoformed EV Charging Stations
Heavy-gauge former Ray Products and custom sheet extruder Sekisui Kydex combine expertise in materials science and processing to commercialize cost-effective charging units.
Read More
ICYMI: February Roundup
While February was short on days, there was no shortage in insightful content from our editors and contributors! Take a look at what you might have missed.
Read More