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Gerresheimer Announces Two-Stage Expansion in Georgia

The German packaging company is investing $180 million in Peachtree City, expanding production space for injection molding and other activities there by a total of 194,000 ft.2

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PVC Compounder Adds Mixing Capacity

Concord Compounding adds two new Farrel continuous mixers.  

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Boise State Team Wins Circular Plastics Challenge Focused On PET Recovery

NPE2024: The competition is a collaboration between Hillenbrand, Net Impact and Coca Cola.

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More Than 50,000 Registrants Attended NPE2024

This May, the plastics community was brought together to learn and network after a six year hiatuis.  

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LS Mtron’s Outsized NPE2024 Presence Jump-Starts Ambitious North American Market Goals

The Korean maker of injection molding machines featured eight machines in its nearly 14,000-square-foot booth with additional presses at Yushin and Incoe’s booths, as it targets 20% market share.

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Arburg Eyes Assembly Plant in North America

The 101-year-old German company will continue to manufacture machines from its sprawling operation in the Black Forest, but for the first time it will add assembly outside of the country.

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Wittmann Shifts Some Production out of Austria

Manufacture of several core products, including specific models and sizes of injection molding machines, automation and auxiliaries have shifted out of Austria and into Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.

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Engel Reorients Global Business, Adds Production in Mexico

The Austrian maker of injection molding machines and automation announced at NPE2024 that it will establish optimized sales, logistics and production structures for its three major regions: Europe, Asia and America.

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Shibaura Machine, NFM Extend License Agreement on Twin-Screw Compounders

NFM to manufacture and sell TEM series of twin-screw compounding extruders for the next 10 years.  

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In Memoriam: Mike Sepe

“The Materials Analyst” and long-time contributor to Plastics Technology passes away at 71.  

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