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Shale gas pushes petrochemical projects forward
Over a five-day period last week, two massive North America polyolefin projects made possible by shale gas marked significant milestones.
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Climbing like a gecko thanks to molded silicone pads
The science of bio-mimicry seeks inspiration for new technologies in nature, and it’s hard to find a better natural climber than the gecko.
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Chinese cutlery manufacturer adds production…in the U.S.
Shoot-and-ship molding is supposed to have long left the U.S. for China, so why is a Chinese maker of food service ware opening up a its newest production facility in Pennsylvania?
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Chinese plastics machinery industry makes gains
What happens when China’s 1.3 billion people offer more to the global economy via their consumption as customers than their production as low-cost laborers?
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‘Sqrounds’, ‘billboard’, and why in-mold labeling is taking off
An increasingly popular packaging format, which lends itself to IML, could help the decoration technology finally take off in North America.
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K vs. Chinaplas vs. NPE
By various metrics, all three shows are growing, but which one is the biggest?
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When a customer becomes an acquisition
Are medical OEMs following the path blazed by automotive and electronics companies and spinning off in-house manufacturing to tier suppliers?
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Fire in the Hall
A full cup-production system, with a sheet extruder feeding a thermoforming machine inline, will register passing interest from the average showgoer. If that line bursts into flames, however, you can count on much greater curiosity.
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Sleeve Labels Drive Packaging R&D
Machinery and material suppliers are collaborating on new labels that don’t gum up the lucrative PET bottle reclaim ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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New brand, new machine, new strategy for Engel in Asia
Engel’s Asian market share has grown more than five times larger over the last decade, but to keep that pace, and perhaps accelerate it, the company decided a new strategy, and brand, would be needed.
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Chinaplas keeps growing even as China slows down
Every show, for more than three decades now, Chinaplas has grown.
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Biodegradable plastic market adds a new player in China
Air pollution grabs headlines in China, but a country of 1.35 billion with a growing middle class spending newfound disposable income on single-use disposable plastics is bound to have issues with solid waste as well.
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