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Extrusion: Live and In Person

Log out from your computer and make plans to join us in Boston this May for Extrusion 2025.

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Take Top Shops 2025 Injection Molding Survey Today

The Top Shops injection molding benchmarking survey could help you replace “I think,” “It seems,” or “I’d guess” with “I know” when it comes to how your operation stacks up with the competition.

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sustainability

An Opportunity by Design

At the very moment that intensifying public pressure pushes the plastics industry to address waste in the environment, the sector is stepping up to reclaim the valuable materials it’s created.

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Be Our Guest

The Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) returns March 18-20 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, with elements old and new. 

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sustainability

An Uphill Journey

Proper end-of-life outcomes for plastics are possible, if we’re willing to put in the work.

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What Plastics Technology's Content Gate Means for Its Web Visitors

Plastics Technology has installed a “content gate” on its premium articles online. What does that mean and why should you care?

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Every Link in the Chain

From accumulators to X-ray fluorescence analyzers, the 2024 Plastics Technology Handbook & Buyer’s Guide is the reference source for the plastics processing supply chain.

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COVID-19’s Long Shadow

More than four years on, there are aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic that linger in their impacts to the plastics market and are made visible in our annual survey.

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A Happy Accident

Almost 25 years ago, I stumbled into  a career in the plastics industry in a most happy accident.

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Closing Arguments: The Future of Plastics Processing

As I depart the “big chair” in charge of content, rather than reflect on the past, I project on the future.  

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Blending & Dosing