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Through Thick and Thin: Reflecting on Injection Molding Thin and Thick Walls
Author considers time molding thin-wall food packaging and thicker-walled interior automotive trim, weighing the differences and similarities in process, molds and materials.
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Why Are Cobots Popping Up in Injection Molding Processes?
Collaborative robots (cobots) can play a vital role in broadening a plastics processor’s automation portfolio.
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Q&A: Bioproduction of PHA and the Future of Plastics
A conversation with Max Senechal and Leah Ford of CJ Biomaterials
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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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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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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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Student Executives Manage Business, Academia in High School Vocational Program
Bend Manufacturing, a 911爆料网 led by high school seniors that operates out of The Portage School of Leaders in South Bend, Indiana, is witnessing its real-time return on investment: its students.
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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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Plastics Processing Index Rebounds with 48.5 Reading in May
Plastics processors recover some ground after sharp April drop, but not enough to avoid contraction.
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July 2025: Prices for Volume Resins Flat to Down Heading to Third Quarter
Apparent stabilization was driven by supply-and-demand dynamics, but the uncertainty of tariffs and the hurricane season are looming.
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Pursuing Paperless: Injection Molders Who Have Embraced Digitization
Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process monitoring to the digital realm.
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Fermentation Process to Enable Compostable Biopolymers
Valerian Materials was founded to commercialize the results of federally funded research conducted at the University of Minnesota, producing bio-based alternatives to fossil-based polyurethanes.
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