Extrusion

Large & Medium-Sized Plants Expand

Smaller operations might be struggling, but the heart of the industry is growing.

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plant tour

Pellet Production Is a Blast For This Processor

Maxi-Blast opens a plant with brand-new equipment to produce its own pellet blasting media.

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best practices

Down in the Valley, Profiles Grow

Valley Extrusions carves niche in tight-tolerance, short-run tubing and profiles.

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Film Extrusion

Addex Shuts Massachusetts Location, Names New President

Headquarters moves to Newark, N.Y. for blown film specialists.

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Sheet Extrusion

National Plastics and Seals Buys Innovative Acrylic Design

Companies combine to form "one-stop" source for plastic fabrication.

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Profile Processor Wins Michigan Award

Custom Profile acknowledged as one of best manufacturers in Michigan.

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Extrusion

PCC Adds New Regional Sales Representative

Tim McElhany will serve as sales representative for Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

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Extrusion

Milacron Acquires CanGen

CanGen is a supplier of aftermarket process control components for extrusion and injection molding applications with approximately $20 million in sales.

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Thermoforming

Plastics Pioneers Association Adds Three to Membership Roster

Bruner, Goldsberry and Shoemaker added to ranks of group.

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Postindustrial

Why & When Should You Re-Crystallize PET Scrap?

Whether you’re blow molding PET bottles or extruding APET sheet, you’ll produce amorphous scrap in the process. How you handle it will impact your production costs. Re-crystallizing it will help.

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Process Cooling