Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Additives

How This Processor Does Color Right

A film extruder shares some of its insights.

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K 2016 Preview: Extrusion and Compounding

Regardless of what you might be extruding, the themes of speed and flexibility will loom large in extrusion at the giant show.

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Drying

Are You Ready for K 2016?

We’ve got you covered with five feature stories and an entire new-products section devoted to the October show in Dusseldorf.

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Thermoforming

K 2016 Preview: Thermoforming

Machine builders put the pedal to the metal with new packaging lines that set speed records. You’ll also see a new ‘twist’ in thermoforming.

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plant tour

Profile Extruder Sees the Light

Rotuba exited the sheet ´óÏó´«Ã½ to focus on custom profiles for LED light fixtures. It now ranks as North America’s leading profile extruder in this burgeoning market.

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Reshoring ‘Spark’ Helped Feed Thousands Post-Katrina

One emergency order leads to reshoring of other parts by a family-owned processor.

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Postindustrial

Pondering the Future of Recycling

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ will persevere, but it might look a bit different than it does now.

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Extrusion

Get Involved in Manufacturing Day

Strut your stuff to students, their parents and teachers on Oct. 7

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Get Millennials To Work For You—Part 3, The Interview

Five tips to help ensure the millennial of your choice winds up on your payroll.

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Film Extrusion

Stackable Bubble-Cooling Rings Offer Huge Output Gains

Next-generation bubble-cooling system is said to boost throughputs by as much as 60% in blown film.

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Thermoforming

What Does It Take To Take on the World?

Participate in Plastics Technology’s second annual World Class Processors benchmarking survey and see how you stack up.

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So How Fast Can You Change a Mold?

A contest next month at a U.K. trade show will crown one molder king of the quick-change artists.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction