End Markets

Blow Molding

Large-Neck Bottle Spin Trimmer Packs Higher Speed

MTM dual-belt spin trimmer handles large, neck-to-neck bottles at over 100 “logs” per minute.

Read More

Rocheleau Introduces Its Largest Reciprocating-Screw Blow Molder

Machine can produce six 1-gal containers or up to 16 smaller products.

Read More

Coextrusion Line Demonstrates Technology for API Catheters

At trade show, suppliers team to show how to run a medical tube that includes medicine.

Watch
economics

PE Film Market Snap-Shot: Shrink Film

Roughly 797.3 million lb of PE was consumed making shrink film in 2017, and with growth of 1.7% forecast, consumption will hit 838.2 million lb 2020.

Read More
sustainability

Plastic Materials, Recycling Should Play Part in Infrastructure Plan

Nation’s recycling facilities should be targeted in planned infrastructure upgrades.

Read More
Packaging

Plastics Improve Quality of Life—and Figs!

Plastics empower safer passage for fresh figs from California to New York—much to this editor’s delight.

Read More

IBM Tackles Chemical Recycling of Plastics From Post-Consumer PC (Think CDs) to a Thermoset

Jeannette Garcia, polymer chemist at IBM Research, details her research into chemical recycling of plastics for monomer recovery.

Read More
Packaging

Projections Point to Robust Growth in Packaging

Revenues for publicly traded firms in plastics packaging and containers increased by more than 7% in the third quarter of 2017 compared with a year earlier. The growth trend is up for this year and next.

Read More
Medical

Processing Index Finishes 2017 Strongly

December’s reading of 55.5 was second highest of 2017.

Read More
Automotive

New Engineering Materials for Challenging Automotive Applications

Nylons, PPA, and PPS for high heat and chemical resistance and/or high strength with light weight.

Read More
Process Cooling
Blending & Dosing