Medical

February 2017—55

Custom processors grew at their fastest rate since January 2015.

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Construction

Prices Up for All Commodity Resins, Including ABS, PC, Nylons 6, 66

Reversal of some factors driving prices up could change the trajectory in the second or third quarter.

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Medical

Suppliers Running Precision Fluoropolymer Tubing at Medical Show

Catheter tubing with an x-ray stripe made with contributions from four equipment suppliers.

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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties

The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.

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Packaging

Engel Hosts Tech Symposium, Updates Global Expansion News

At a packaging and medical themed technology symposium at its technical center in California, the Austrian maker of molding machines and automation discussed global investments in its ´óÏó´«Ã½.

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Medical

The M&A Climate in a New Political Environment

Business owners are asking what to expect going forward and whether there is a meaningful threat to plastics company values.

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Medical

North American Plastics Machinery Shipments Contract Again

Compared to the final quarter of 2015, North American shipments of plastics machinery were 7.4% lower.

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Global Petrochemical Growth to be Led by China

This despite economic slowdown and overcapacity says IHS Markit.

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Medical

Three-Pronged Growth Strategy In U.S., China & Mexico

Diversified molder pursues growth on two continents in medical, packaging, and large parts.

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Packaging

January 2017—54.7

Custom processors grow at fastest clip since March.

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