Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

Dual-Mode Portable Thickness Gauge for Packaging

Hand-held “pen” measures sheets, containers, panels, large parts with magnetic or capacitance mode; controlled by Bluetooth phone app.

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Uniloy Introduces Small Electric Shuttle at K 2022

Uniloy’s new UCS-E all-electric shuttle blow molder has 10-ton clamp, 400-mm carriage stroke.

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Mold Opaque White PET Bottles – Without Pigment

Trexel and Husky are cooperating on molding recyclable opaque white preforms for PET bottles, which provide a light barrier using foam instead of pigment.

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Thoughts About Venice – and Recycling

The gleaming city on the Adriatic is held up by uncountable numbers of wooden pilings. Is that a viable model for the future of plastics recycling?

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Recyclable All-PP Barrier Pouch Goes Retortable

Toppan adds retortable packaging to its all-PP GL Barrier lineup, and also introduces all-PE barrier packaging for boiling sterilization.

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All-Electric Machines & Blow Molding Automation Featured at K 2022

Magic MP spa will present new EBM auto adjustment, electric accumulator-head technology, a larger ISBM machine, a quick-mold-change system, and robotic product handling/palletizing at this month’s show in Düsseldorf.

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Wear-Resistant Blue Laser-Sintering Material Ensures Food Safety

New iglide i6Blue powder from igus is wear resistant and self lubricating; its blue color aids food-safety goals.

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High-Volume Wheel for Calibrated Bottles

Wilmington Machinery’s Series IV wheel blow molder handles sizes from 8 oz to 4 liters and up to three parisons.  

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Energy-Efficient Bottle Blowing with PCR

At K 2022 this month, W. Müller is presenting a system for PCR processing in a three-layer coextrusion, using an energy-saving barrel-heating system.

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Bosch Rexroth Moving to Larger Charlotte Facility

Bosch Rexroth will move its factory automation technology manufacturing into a “factory of the future” by summer 2024.

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Knock-Knock: The Sustainability Auditors Are Here

It won’t be long before you have an appointment with the Sustainability auditors, especially if you serve large customers in sensitive industries like medical and pharma.

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CMG Plastics Adds Extrusion Blow Molding Capability

EBM supplements CMG’s injection molding and injection-stretch-blow processes.

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