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ICYMI: June Roundup
Automation

ICYMI: June Roundup

Summer is in full swing! If you didn’t get a chance to keep up this month, we’ve rounded up the most-read articles based on our readers.

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AI: The Next Big Thing in Plastics Processing

AI: The Next Big Thing in Plastics Processing

The Recycling Collaboration That Is Making Circular Film a Reality

The Recycling Collaboration That Is Making Circular Film a Reality

5 Trends in 3D Printed Injection Mold Tooling

5 Trends in 3D Printed Injection Mold Tooling

Medical and Molding Elite

Medical and Molding Elite

Building a Future With Sustainable Compounds

Building a Future With Sustainable Compounds

Injection Molding

Bench-Top LSR Injection Molding Machine Launches

APSX  LLC, which previously marketed the APSX‑PIM desktop thermoplastic injection molding machine, has debuted the APSX‑LSR — a bench‑top liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection system.

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Engel Combines Lightweighting and Composite Technologies in Bicycle Handlebar

Engel’s fluidmelt, glass-fiber-filled polyamide 6 and unidirectional carbon-fiber tapes combine to create a highly reinforced yet lightweight handlebar in a mass-production process.

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Netstal To Introduce Next-Generation All-Electric Elion Injection Molding Machines at K 2025

Netstal will introduce the Elion MED in Düsseldorf with a smaller footprint and greater energy efficiency.

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Blow Molding

Cobot Automates Label Reel Loading for High-Volume PET Beverage Bottles

Sidel’s new CoboREEL system uses a cobot to automate a shift’s worth of label reel loading.

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Ultralight PET Preform Design

The Factor 101 design created by KHS and Husky uses just 5.89 g of material to hold 591 mL of product — equivalent to a 20-ounce water bottle.

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Precision Concepts Buys Meredith-Springfield

Latest acquisition by this diversified producer of rigid packaging is a Northeast leader in technical blow molding.

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Extrusion

Closing the Loop in Food Packaging

How polyolefin recycler Nuvida and sheet extruder/thermoformer Sabert combine to innovate in sustainable food packaging.  

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Novel Profile Cooling Technology Promises Big Output Boost

Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to boost output by 25-50%.  

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Rollepaal Launches Standardized Lines for Oriented PVC Pipe

System requires no specialty additives or complex line configurations to achieve orientation.  

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ICYMI: June Roundup

Summer is in full swing! If you didn’t get a chance to keep up this month, we’ve rounded up the most-read articles based on our readers.

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k show

Messe Düsseldorf Previews K 2025 with Exhibitor Partners

More than 70 journalists from 33 countries, as well as 15 exhibitors and multiple representatives of trade show organizer Messe Düsseldorf gathered in Düsseldorf, Germany over three days in June to preview K 2025 (Oct. 8-15).

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ColorForm From KraussMaffei Brings Key Competencies to One System

ColorForm systems produce finished injection-molded parts with a flood-coating, scratch and UV resistant finish.  

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Materials

Polymer and Additive Suppliers Tease Their K Show Presentations at the EMG Pre K Event in Rotterdam

Producers stressed material solutions aligning with trends in carbon emissions reduction, electrification and chemical substitution. 

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best practices

ICYMI: May Roundup

May was a busy month, especially with the buzz coming out of the Extrusion Conference. Here’s a quick look at the top articles from May you might have missed. 

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Automotive

At DI Labs, Mass Customization Is a Necessary Step on the Way to Additive Manufacturing’s Production Future

The Minnesota company is applying lessons learned from its custom automotive aftermarket ´óÏó´«Ã½, Threedom, to advance processes and workflows for AM at scale.

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