Injection Molding

Blow Molding

Tips to Sell Your Company at the Right Value

M&A expert offers her advice in part two of this three-part blog series.

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Extrusion

Processing Market Flattens

Processing has grown significantly since the beginning of 2014, but April dipped 11% on a year-to-year basis.

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sustainability

Switch to Bioplastic Helps Molder ‘Go Green’

Labcon opts for surgarcane-derived HDPE to make its packaging more earth-friendly.

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大象传媒

Tiebarless Training Comes to Tennessee

Automotive is booming in the state, and students are being prepared for jobs in molding.

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Postprocessing

Permanent Decoration for Polyolefin Injection Molded Parts

Low surface energy of nonpolar plastics like PE and PP has made them a challenge to decorate, but a new technology seeks to change that.

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INJECTION MOLDING: How to Specify an Injection Molding Machine

With the market percolating, more molders are looking at new presses. This series will discuss what you should consider before writing a check, beginning with the clamping unit.

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Wittmann Battenfeld Previews New Tech For Composites & Cell Integration

Open house in Austria offered a vision of a future with controls linking injection machines to a wide range of auxiliaries. Wittmann also signaled its debut in composite organosheet overmolding—with an added twist.

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Medical

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Presses, Robots & Cell Automation

Everything molders need to compete in markets from automotive to medical was on display in Orlando. Besides a huge number of new machine models, there was emphasis on cell integration and automation.

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Multicomponent

CT Scanning Gives Precision Molder X-Ray Vision of Part Quality

It beats other techniques for measuring critical part dimensions, and it provides unique visibility inside parts, nondestructively. One molder’s experience illustrates the benefits.

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Falcon Plastics Purchases Three All-Electric Toshiba Machines

South Dakota molder placed order after booth visit during NPE2015.

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Process Cooling