End Markets

VOID Opens R&D and Compound Manufacturing Facility for Sustainable Flexible Packaging

This marks the materials science company’s first plastic reduction research labs and compound manufacturing facility

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Blow Molding

Schoeneck Containers Is Now Radius Packaging

Name change reflects a broader focus on complete rigid packaging solutions, and keeping customers as the central focus.

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New Test Method for PP Pressure Piping

ASTM has approved a new standard method to help ensure PP pressure piping materials are resistant to disinfectants.

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Packaging

Smallest Model in Hybrid Injection Molding Machine Line Optimized

Netstal has redesigned drive components of the hybrid ELIOS series, resulting in reduced dry-cycle times, lower energy usage, and a smaller machine, with the smallest unit in that line—the 460-ton press—now shorter.

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Packaging

TriMas Acquires Intertech

The global manufacturing company said the addition of the Denver-based customer injection molder will further TriMas Packaging Group’s push into the medical market.

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Medical

How to Know the True Value of Conformally Cooled Injection Molds

What’s the return on investing in a new mold with conformal cooling to boost productivity? Will it pay for itself? How soon? Here’s a case study on how to answer those questions.

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Novel LLDPEs Enable Films that Are 'Ahead of Their Time'

ExxonMobil’s new Exceed XP 7 series boasts remarkable mechanical performance combined with low density and fractional melt index.  

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Thermoforming

Award-Winning Thermoformer: Ray Products Focuses on Pressure Forming for Crisp Aesthetics, Part-to-Part Repeatability

Ray Products’ pressure-forming expertise was recognized in the 2021 SPE Thermoforming Gold Award for its multi-part medical cart made with thermoplastics to replace cast urethane.

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Solvent-Based Inks Boost PET Recycling

Sun Chemical’s SunSpectro SolvaWash solvent-based inks allow higher quality and yield of recycled PET from bottles.  

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Trilogy Plastics Adds Dual-Mill Pulverizer

Company’s new pulverizer doubles powder output for molding operations.  

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling