Automotive

Automotive

Querétaro Makes Its Mark on the Global Injection Molding Map

Millions in foreign direct investment, direct flights from the U.S. and a new fully focused molding/mold making event announce the city’s arrival on the global molding scene.

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Additives

Lanxess to Boost Global Production of Flame Retardants

Major investment planned over next three years.

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Electronics

Plastics Machinery Shipments Recover in Third Quarter After Weaker Second Quarter

The preliminary estimate of primary plastics equipment shipments was up 4.1% over the second quarter, with a year-over-year improvement of 5.6%.

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Medical

'Plug-and-Play' Bioplastic Platform Results in Various Grades of PC

Teysha Technologies' proprietary platform enables development of polymers that combine strength and toughness with hydrolytic breakdown to biologically beneficial byproducts at end of life. 

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Automation

Headlines from Fakuma 2018

Integrating a special low-pressure process into machine controls; novel shop-floor quality-inspection technology; MES systems from machine and controls vendors; and sophisticated in-mold decorating.

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Automation

Simplicity Conquers Complexity in Automotive Molding Cells

Six-axis robots are often recommended for complex automation cells, but here’s an example of how cost-effective, three-axis linear robots can be up to the task.

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Elastomers

Nylon 66: Pricing & Supply Issues Spur Processors to Consider Alternatives

While the nylon 66 tightness may not prove long-lasting, resin suppliers, compounders, and distributors have mobilized to offer processors an array of ‘replacement’ materials. 

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Worldwide Switch to New Gauging System Pays Off for Haartz

Leading supplier of sheet and roll stock for automotive applications reevaluated its thickness-measurement technology in 2012, and now has 15 scanners in place worldwide from one supplier.

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Packaging

Borealis Collaborates on Revolutionary Heat Recovery Technology

Partnering with Belgium's Qpinch, Borealis will be the first polyolefins producer to scale up the latter's technology for reducing carbon emissions while improving energy efficiency.

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Automotive

New Lease Accounting Rules: Is Your Plastics Processing Business Ready?

As plastics processors ride the wave of recent record growth to contemplate new technology and machinery for their 大象传媒es, they should also consider upcoming changes to lease accounting rules.

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Plastics Size Reduction