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New Rubber Types Play Well with Plastics
Plastics and rubber sometimes compete, but they also collaborate.
Read MoreDetroit Fills Up With Lightweight Plastics
To get the attention of newly fuel-conscious consumers, Detroit will need a lot of help from plastics.
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Long-Glass Thermoplastics and Blow Molding Grab SPE Automotive Awards
Long-glass reinforcements and structural blow molding accounted for four of this year’s nine SPE Automotive Innovation Awards, presented last month in Detroit.
Read MoreDon’t Miss the Plastics ‘Weather Report’
No one can predict the weather for certain … and the same goes for movement of the economy.
Read MoreWho’s Afraid of Globalization?
Raise your hand if any of the following names send a chill down your spine: China, India, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Brazil.
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NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Materials Handling: A Host of Refinements and Updates
NPE 2006 held no revolutionary changes in dryers, blenders, feeders, loaders, or conveying controls, but widely adopted improvements make the newest models easier to use and maintain—and easier on the budget, too.
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Fluid Cooler Offers Alternative to Cooling Towers or Central Chillers
When it comes to cooling extruders and injection and blow molding machines, the vast majority of plastics processors in the U.S. choose cooling towers.
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A Custom Molder Takes the Next Step
The question John Winzeler keeps asking is, “How do you take the next step?” In the last two decades, he has transformed the Chicago metal-stamping company he inherited from his father into a high-tech specialty molding ´óÏó´«Ã½ focused only on plastic gears.
Read MoreMy Best of NPE 2006
When I attend a show like NPE, people are always asking me, “See anything new?
Read MoreIt’s Not All Going Abroad
Plastics processors can’t help wondering what kind of ´óÏó´«Ã½ is “safe” for domestic manufacturers and what will be the next to flee to China, India, or some other lower-cost region of the world.
Read MoreWhat to See at NPE 2006: Heating and Cooling
Most of the news at the show is in fluid-circulating mold-temperature-control systems.
Read MoreWhat to See at NPE 2006: Materials and Parts Handling
Dryers, feeders, blenders, loaders, metal detectors, level sensors, mechanical and pneumatic conveyors, silos, bins, pumps, filters, valves, box fillers, bag dumpers, and materials-handling control systems constitute one of the biggest categories of products on display at NPE.
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