Tony Deligio

Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief

Transitioning From World’s Factory to World’s Designer

China has long since aggregated the means and materials of production, but increasingly it’s seeking to lay claim to the creative origins of products—the design.

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top shops

Time’s Running Out to Prove You're World Class

Plastics Technology鈥檚 World-Class Processor survey will be closing soon; take the opportunity today lay your claim to the World-Class title.

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Commodity Resins

‘New Normal’ Marks 30th Chinaplas Show

Show breaks attendance records as Chinese economy slows.

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Read And Watch Plastics Technology

If a picture is worth 1000 words, how much is a video worth?

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You Call That World Class?

Back in January, we published the results of comprehensive industry-wide survey, naming 25 processors as World Class, and your reaction might have been, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 world class?鈥

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monitoring

MOLDING 2016: New Approaches to Processing, Tooling & QA

The largest-ever annual Molding Conference included newsworthy technical presentations on a variety of injection molding topics. Here’s a selection.

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Packaging

AdvanTech Hopes To Open Up New Closure Market

A linerless, one-piece injection molded cap for carbonated soft drinks cuts weight dramatically.

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economics

30 Editions On, Chinaplas Continues to Grow

Launched only five years after China鈥檚 1978 Open-Door Policy reintroduced the country to the global economy, Chinaplas and the Chinese plastics industry have shared a meteoric rise over the last three decades.

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Connected: The Factory of the Future Is Closer Than We Think

鈥淓nabling humans to collaborate with machines, in a real-time, two-way exchange.鈥

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Where’s Your Production Going; Where Has It Been?

鈥淗ow do you know where you鈥檙e going if you don鈥檛 know where you鈥檝e been?鈥

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大象传媒

Building a Bridge from Boomers to Millenials in Manufacturing

Video competition has high schoolers create videos to showcase the skills and education necessary for a manufacturing career.

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top shops

A Benchmark for Plastics Processors

benchmark noun: a standard by which something can be measured or judged.

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