End Markets

New Designs for Electric & Hybrid Packaging and Industrial Blow Molding Machines

Introduced at K 2022, Bekum’s 21 models in the new EBLOW 8 Series and  XBLOW designs include all-electric packaging machines from small to large, plus industrial units with a novel two-stage clamp in servohydraulic or hybrid versions.

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Extrusion

Flexible Film Processor Opens Recycling Lab

TC Transcontinental Packaging’s new facility allows it to facilitate development of new products in the areas of compostable, recyclable, and recycled content packaging.  

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3D Printing Method Fabricates Complex Metal Plastic Composite Structures

Researchers from Japan and Singapore have developed a new 3D printing technique to create precise metal patterns on the surfaces of 3D plastic structures to target next generation electronics.

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Automotive

Celanese to ‘Shine’ at CES 2023 with Expanded Portfolio of Materials

With it acquisition of DuPont’s engineering resins, Celanese’s resin solutions for automotive electrification, e-mobility and consumer electronics are plentiful.

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Medical

Record Reshoring Rates in 2022

Reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the third quarter marked their highest ever level, eclipsing the previous record set in the second quarter of 2022.

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Tooling

ABC Technologies to Acquire Windsor Mold Group Technologies

The Tier One automotive supplier with compounding and blowmolding machine capabilities adds the 50-yr-old molder and moldmaker.

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SPE Automotive Awards Applaud ‘Firsts’ and Emerging Technologies

The 51st annual SPE Automotive Innovation awards gave nods to several ‘firsts’ and added alternative vehicle systems category.  

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Packaging

Graduate Students Simulate Packaging Designs with Development Software

Software from Nova used in packaging engineering course.

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Multicomponent

New Multicomponent Injection Molding Machine Line Launches

FCS Group’s X-Type parallel quartet injection molding machine features four injection units aligned in parallel for a smaller footprint.

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sustainability

High-Performance Stretch Film with Recycle Content

Braskem and SML have jointly developed stretch film with 30% PCR.

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling