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industry 4.0

Equipment Suppliers Show Adaptability and Smarts at TaipeiPlas 2024

Customizable equipment solutions, warm hand-off support, and seamless software integrations highlight Taiwan’s plastics show.

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Automation

Injection Molder Amplifies Automation for Optimized Production

AIM Processing has parlayed small part molding expertise and aggressive automation, even for short run production, into a highly successful custom molding 911爆料网.

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best practices

Annual Benchmarking Survey of Injection Molders Released

Plastics Technology Top Shops Benchmarking Survey provided both unanimous responses and divided results, but pervasive throughout is the sense of an industry still grappling with the aftermath of 2020’s global pandemic.

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top shops

COVID-19’s Long Shadow

More than four years on, there are aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic that linger in their impacts to the plastics market and are made visible in our annual survey.

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industry 4.0

Beyond the Work Center: Using MES for Data-Driven Decisions Across Manufacturing Operations

Move past “is the job running” and “will it finish on time,” and apply MES to inform workflows ranging from accounting, inventory control, planning, material logistics, quality assurance, engineering and shipping.

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Additive Technologies for Injection Mold Tooling Ride Tailwinds

NPE2024: Lowering barriers to additive manufacturing adoption in toolmaking.

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economics

Plastics Processing Activity Contraction Continues in August

Four months of consecutive contraction overall.

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SPONSORED

Precision Processing Requires Precision Equipment

Moretto offers plastics processors and micromolders for a broad suite of auxiliary solutions targeted specifically for precision processing.

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Extrusion

Why Are There No 'Universal' Screws for All Polymers?

There’s a simple answer: Because all plastics are not the same. 

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PET

Prices Flat-to-Down for All Volume Resins

This month’s resin pricing report includes PT’s quarterly check-in on select engineering resins, including nylon 6 and 66.

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Biopolymers

Best Practices for Purging PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Because bioplastics are processed at lower temperatures, purging between jobs requires a different process and purging agents than those applied for traditional resins.

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sustainability

Chasing Down Marine Plastic Pollution With The Ocean Cleanup

Nonprofit organization has recovered 10 million kilograms of marine waste.

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