Blow Molding

How Production Monitoring Can Make You a Better Processor

Real-time information on all your production equipment not only boosts productivity and profitability, but it encourages proactive vs. reactive thinking and sharing of best practices. See how this approach benefited a blow molder with 19 plants.

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Extrusion

50 Years of Headlines … Almost

I was lucky to get an early look at many of the past half-century’s exciting developments in plastics. Here’s a selection.

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Blow Molding

Blow Molders: Magic Adds Downstream Equipment Division

Magic of Italy now offers complete blow molding lines from bottle blowing to palletized cartons ready for shipping.

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Blow Molding

Dual-Head Leak Tester Is Fast & Compact

Test small bottles at up 250 bpm within only 36 in. of conveyor space.

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Blow Molding

Kautex Americas Relocates, Expands Activities in Mexico & Latin America

Kautex Americas moves to offices and warehouse in Flemington, N.J. Kautex Machines Mexico takes on all of Latin America.

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Automation

New Name, Products, Technology— But Same Service Philosophy

Schoeneck Containers is now Radius Packaging, but customer needs are still the focal center of this blow molder’s ´óÏó´«Ã½. Those customers will benefit from the company’s push toward automation, sustainability, and new products in injection molding and stretch-blown PET.

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Postindustrial

Graham Packaging Marks Its Progress Toward Recycling Goals

Last year, Graham hit 7% average PCR use, but in four years it aims to achieve 20% PCR in its products overall. Colored PCR and advanced recycling will contribute to that goal.

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Uniloy Enters PET Stretch-Blow Market with Assets from Amsler Equipment

Uniloy is now servicing existing Amsler PET machines and equipment and will build new ‘Uniloy SBM’ machines in the future.

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Packaging

Schoeneck Containers Is Now Radius Packaging

Name change reflects a broader focus on complete rigid packaging solutions, and keeping customers as the central focus.

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Blow Molding

Plastiblow Beefs Up Service for North American Blow Molders

New organization at Plastiblow distributor Globeius provides better technical assistance and spare-parts availability in North America.

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