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New Way to Rotomold Foam/Solid PE Parts
A captive plastics processor is willing to license its new technology for rotomolding polyethylene parts with foam and solid layers.
Read MoreThey’re All Coming to NPE
Once upon a time, NPE stood for National Plastics Exposition—but not any more.
Read MoreThe New ‘Light Crude’
At some point in the not-too-distant future, the factories that produce plastics may be of the single-celled, microscopic variety.
Read MoreNew Modular Design Simplifies Temperature Control and Cuts Cost Per Loop
A brand-new physical package is said to take much of the headache and expense out of buying, installing, and maintaining temperature controls for machine barrels, thermoforming ovens, hot-runner manifolds, and a host of other plastics equipment. “No more crowded, messy, and cumbersome control panels.
Read MoreMolder Saves Energy and Maintenance Headaches With New Type of Quiet-Running Chiller
The first plastics molder to use a radically new kind of chiller was looking for improved reliability to keep its plant running 24/7.
Read MoreWhy It’s So Good To Be in Plastics
Give me one good reason why you like being in the plastics ´óÏó´«Ã½.
Read MoreThe Cheapest Place To Process Plastics
If you’re looking to site a plant where operating costs are low, you can’t do better than the Fayetteville/Rogers, Ark., metropolitan area with close runners-up being Little Rock/North Little Rock, Ark., and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Read MoreMake Polycarbonate Flow Easily Without Losing Toughness or Clarity
Here’s a whole new way to boost the flow of polycarbonate without the drawbacks of other flow modifiers.
Read MoreThrough Thick and Thin
If you’re an injection molder or mold designer, you probably keep an eye on developments in computerized mold simulation.
Read MoreMold Analysis Gets Faster, Easier, Smarter
On Dec. 28, Moldflow Corp. began shipping a major new release of its flagship injection mold simulation software, Moldflow Plastics Insight 6.0.
Read MoreSPE Automotive Awards Highlight Materials and Processing Advances
What’s new in plastics on cars?
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions
Each year I make promises to myself that I probably won’t keep: Get more exercise, clean up my office and the spare room at home, make a few repairs around the house.
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