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screws

Milacron Renews Partnership With Barr for Screw Technology

Milacron has extended its exclusive partnership to offer Robert Barr Inc. designed screws on new Milacron injection molding machines or as aftermarket add-on to existing presses.

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Biopolymers

First PHA-Based Home Compostable Bags Commercially Underway Through New Partnership

Using film resins made with Danimer Scientific’s Nodax PHA biopolymer, Columbia Packaging will manufacture home compostable bags and roll-stock.

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Resin Conveying

Lorenz Adds New Midwest Rep

Papenhause to cover Wisconsin and Indiana for builder of conveying products.

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Plastics Hall of Fame to Posthumously Induct Six New Members

Induction recognition dinner scheduled for the evening of March 24, 2020 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C.   

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FCS Opens Production Plant in India

The Taiwanese manufacturer of injection molding machines said the facility in Ahmedabad —its fifth production site globally—will cover approximately 430,000 sq ft once completed in 2023.

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Film Extrusion

Davis-Standard Buys Builder of Slitters, Rewinders

Extrusion systems suppliers adds converting equipment supplier Deacro.

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Automation

Asiamold 2020 Postponed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The annual event organized in part by Messe Frankfurt was to be help Feb. 26-28 in Guangzhou in conjunction SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou (SIAF); new dates have not been announced.

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sustainability

Tomra Opens New Recycling Business Office in Charlotte, NC

The new Charlotte location serves as a hub for Tomra Sorting’s North American field sales personnel as well as centralizes recycling project management, inside sales, customer service and field service team members.

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Multicomponent

Trexel hires Ludwig to Lead Packaging Sales

Joins foaming specialist after 35 years working for both processors and equipment suppliers.

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Medical

Comar Acquires iMARK Molding

The New Jersey based maker of rigid plastics packaging has acquired the Wisconsin based contract manufacturer and custom molder focused on medical.

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