Injection Molding

PET Processing

Milacron to Show Wide Range of New Technologies at K 2016 Milacron

New developments in injection and blow molding, extrusion, hot runners, and tooling will be featured.

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Packaging

Milacron Coinjection Tech Approved For Fruit Cans & Recyclable Coffee Pods

First-to-market clear plastic cans wil arrive early next year.

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Postprocessing

Compression Molding Boosts Output of Coffee Pods

Cycle time of 3.2 sec for PP pods is said to be half that of injection molding.

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Athena Announces Organizational Changes

Harold Luttmann has taken over as acting CEO, in addition to his current role of Chief Operations Officer.

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Taiwan's Plastics Machinery Industry to China: It's Not You, It's Me

Despite being separated geographically by only the Taiwan Strait, which at its narrowest point is just 100 miles wide, economically, Taiwan and China are growing further and further apart.

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Automation

Absolute Haitian Hires New Southeast Regional Sales Manager

Sherman McGinnis will manage and facilitate Haitian and Zhafir injection molding machine sales for Absolute Haitian, and Well-Lih robot sales for Absolute Robot for the southeastern states.

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Optimizing Your Molding Cycle

It is possible for machines to run too fast鈥攆ind the sweet spot where maximum output overlaps with good parts.

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Cincinnati Process Technologies Hires General Manager

In this newly created position, Michael Green will be responsible for operations, suppliers and finances and will manage CPT鈥檚 national sales team.

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Hot Runners

Know Your Options in Valve-Gated Hot Runners

Valve-gated hot-runner systems have been used for almost 50 years as a way to efficiently mold large parts.

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Reshoring ‘Spark’ Helped Feed Thousands Post-Katrina

One emergency order leads to reshoring of other parts by a family-owned processor.

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling