Tony Deligio

Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief

Chinaplas Marks 30th Edition in Shanghai This April

There is a long-held Chinese maxim about being around for three decades: 鈥淎t 30 one stands firm.鈥

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Plastics Technology’s Most-Viewed Articles of 2015

From how to鈥檚 to best methods to troubleshooting, the most-viewed articles on Plastics Technology in 2015 are typified by timeless technical advice and insights.

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Plastics Technology’s Most-Viewed Columns of 2015

Materials, and the effects temperature and pressure have on them, are fundamental to plastics processing, and no where is that more clear than in Plastics Technology鈥檚 most-viewed columns of 2015.

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Happy Birthday to the Reciprocating Screw!

2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the patenting of the reciprocating screw injection molding machine, and there are some who argue little has changed in the technology in the intervening six decades.

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Medical

Proxy Biomedical Announces Expansion

Irish medical implantable devices manufacturer to double cleanroom facilities as part of expansion that will be completed in the second quarter of 2016.

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Blow Molding

Top of the Class: Meet 2015’s World-Class Processors

Plastics Technology鈥檚 inaugural group of World-Class Processors鈥攕elected through an exclusive benchmarking survey鈥攕pans geographies, markets, processes, and materials. Diverse in size and capabilities, these companies have one key trait in common: efficiency. How do you stack up in comparison?

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Portuguese Blow Molder Expands Kansas City Plant

Logoplaste will invest $35 million to expand its facility in Kansas City, making it the company鈥檚 new U.S. manufacturing and distribution hub.

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Chemical Regulation Reform Clears Senate

In a move hailed by SPI, the ACC and other trade groups, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to reform the country鈥檚 39-year-old chemical regulation: TSCA.

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PTi to Expand Headquarters

The sheet extrusion machinery supplier will invest $10 million in an expansion that will nearly double manufacturing space and capacity at its Aurora, Ill. headquarters.

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top shops

Benchmarking Your Way to Better Operations

Does it seem like one type of mechanical failure causes most downtime in your shop; do more things seem to go wrong with certain shifts/operators/lines? Apply metrics and remove 鈥渟eems鈥 from your vocabulary.

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Plastics Equipment Shipments Hold Steady in Third Quarter

Shipments of primary plastics equipment in the third quarter were flat compared to the previous quarter and down 4.6% year over year.

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The State of the U.S. Plastics Industry Is Strong

Shale gas, reshoring and trade helped the U.S. plastics industry outpace the broader manufacturing sector over the last year.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction