End Markets

Construction

DuPont Celebrates 80th Anniversary of Nylon

If guitars, piano and voice shape music; and email, texts and blogs shape how we communicate; then nylon shapes ideas, says DuPont.

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Hot Runners

Servo Valve-Gate Helps Auto Parts Weigh Less & Look Great

More uniform and lower pressure makes a thinner, better part.

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Construction

Will SABIC Invest in Production of Polyolefins in N.A.?

With its impending move to Houston next year as part of its global restructuring, it will be interesting to follow SABIC's next move.

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Automation

Shiny New Hot-Runner Plant Is High Tech Showplace

HRSflow employs automation, sophisticated software tools in its first North American production plant.

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Automotive

HRSflow Opens Ultra-Modern Hot-Runner Plant in Michigan

Italian hot-runner firm establishes first North American production, focused on automotive.

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Packaging

Up Close And Personal With Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer Robot

Without fail, whenever there are robots in a booth at a trade show, people are going to stop and stare.

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Blow Molding

Walmart Initiative Prompts Garden Product Manufacturer to Reshore Blow Molded Owl

Dalen Products Inc., a supplier of gardening items for Walmart and other retailers, is reshoring some production from China to its Knoxville, Tenn., headquarters.

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Postindustrial

First-Ever Global Report Aimed at Ridding Oceans of Plastic Waste

The Ocean Concervancy's allies include Dow Chemical, Coca-Cola, and ACC.

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polyolefins

Newly Named Wellman Advanced Materials Expands into Auto TPOs

Under its new parenthood, Wellman get new name and makes entry into automotive TPO market.

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Packaging

Techmer PM Partners to Apply DNA Tagging to Fibers, Plastics

Techmer PM sees potential for application of DNA tagging in film and injection-molded products.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction