End Markets

Variegated Effects Colorants for Polyolefin Indoor/Outdoor Consumer Goods

Teknor's new effects colorants produce mottled, swirled, streaked or 'camouflage' colors for coolers, kayaks, containers and more.

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Micromolding

Arburg Molding Cells Show Off LSR, High-Speed Packaging, Automotive Composites, and Industry 4.0

Arburg’s nine exhibits include an Allrounder 1120H (730 U.S. tons), molding eight components of folding step stool from a family mold and assembling via robot.

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Integrated Metal/Plastic Processing for Teletronics

Engel combines metal punching and tapping with injection overmolding in one integrated process.

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Engel Rolls Out Decoject In-Mold Decorating Process

Fully automated cell that feeds a thin TPO film into the tool for back molding makes its North American debut. 

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High-Speed Cap & Cup Molding

Engel shows how all-electric injection machines perform at 2-3 sec cycles.

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Engel Brings Economical Chinese-Built Machines to the Americas

Engel’s Wintec servo-hydraulic two-platen and all-electric toggle injection presses are now available here for general-purpose molding.

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NPE

Foam Blow Molding Advances to Commercial Use

W. Muller’s three-layer coextrusion head, with nitrogen gas injected in the center layer, has found its first commercial application in large agro-chemical containers.

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Medical

Linux Software Enables Advanced Functions on Hot-Runner Controllers

SISE designed the MV3 hot-runner temperature controllers with five platforms and three power card options.

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NPE

Versatile Stretch-Blow Molder for Wide or Narrow Necks

FlexBlow reheat stretch-blow molder makes bottles with 18-to-110-mm necks and supports quick changeovers.

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Blow Molding

U.S.-Built All-Electric Shuttle from Bekum

Bekum’s EBlow 407DL targets high-speed production of small bottles.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction