Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

editorial

Get to Know the Refreshed Plastics Hall of Fame

Nominations are open for the revamped Plastics Half of Fame’s Class of 2024

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Wisconsin Firms Unite in Battle Against Covid

Teel Plastics opened new plant in record time, partnering with AEC & Aqua Poly Equipment Co. to expand production of swab sticks to fight pandemic.

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Film Processor Automates Complex Resin Management, Blending & Distribution System

Polipak of Poland moves to BlendSave system to support sustainability and Industry 4.0 objectives.  

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Solve Processing Problems, Learn Tricks of the Trade: Register Now for Extrusion 2022

Tune into technical presentations that can help make you more money, and mingle with the world’s foremost authorities on extrusion processing.

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Teel Adding Capacity, Bumping Pay for Hourly Workers

Teel growing to meet market demand, meaning increased employment opportunities for the area.  

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Extrusion

ENTEK Gets Government Funding to Bolster Battery-Separator Production

Firm has produced ‘wet-process’ films in Oregon for decades.

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sustainability

Sustainability Among the Many Niches at Niche Polymer

Founded in 1987, Niche Polymer continues to grow—both organically and through acquisition—by focusing its product-development efforts on ever-changing market needs. Adding value to both industrial and post-consumer scrap is a growing part of this effort.  

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Novel System Produces Color on Demand

Ampacet’s FluxQF technology features a quick-dispersion universal carrier with novel machinery that provides automated color blending in quantities down to 50 lb.

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Film Extrusion

Hosokawa Alpine Touts Move to Not Run Film Line at K

Blown film machine builder to instead “present its blown film technology in a truly sustainable way.”  

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Sheet Extrusion

Green’s the Theme in Extrusion/Compounding

The drive toward circular economy is requiring processors to make more use of PCR. Machine builders at K—across all extrusion processes—will be highlighting innovations to help them do just that.

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Young Stretch-Film Processor Bets on Nanolayers

Going up against companies with as much as double its capacity, young stretch-film processor Zummit believes that new technology — notably 59-nanolayer films — will give it a competitive edge.

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sustainability

DeDuster Systems Cleans Up rPET Sheet

rPlanet cut its gel count drastically—allowing it to sell more sheet at prime prices—after installing a DeDuster system.

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