Stretch Blow Molding
Speed to Market: Pretium Stays Light on Its Feet And Ahead of the Pack
A visit to its largest PET plant illustrates how this versatile blow molder leverages design skills, a can-do attitude, and a high degree of production flexibility to supply custom products in ever-shorter time windows. A new thrust into automation will help pick up the pace.
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‘China Is No Longer Cheap’
When I spoke with Scott Huff about his China-based company’s plans to open a new production facility in the U.S., he was actually getting ready to board a flight to Shenzhen.
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Ultra-Light PET Bottle Expands Range for Hot-Fill
Hot-fill PET bottles now approach aseptic bottle weights.
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BLOW MOLDING: Monitor & Control PET Bottle Crystallinity & Barrier Properties
New QC functions predict shelf-life performance and help optimize physical properties based on crystallinity/orientation.
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Colored PET: Pretty To Look At; Headache For Recyclers
Plastics Recyclers of Europe believes that 'colorful’ future trends will weaken the image of PET as a recycled product.
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Milan Plast Was Good With Plans To Be Even Better
Big international turnout at the triennial international fair for the plastics and rubber industry, Milan Plast: check out the Plastics Technology slideshow.
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Are You a ‘World-Class’ Processor?
Participate in Plastics Technology’s industry-wide benchmarking survey and you might find out.
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Blow Mold 10,000-Liter Tanks?
Mammoth machine has a 660-ton clamp and 726-lb accumulator head.
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Developing Tomorrow’s Containers: Inside Amcor’s R&D Center
How award-winning package design, full-service laboratory facilities, and game-changing process development support a world-class injection and blow molder.
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