Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Packaging

Reifenhauser Buys Blown-Film Specialist Plamex

Germany-based machine builder specializes in water-cooled and biax lines.

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Sheet Extrusion

Davis-Standard Beefs Up Lab Capabilities

New extruder, predictive-maintenance control system, added to tech center.

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Packaging

Sigma Plastics Continues Equipment Investment Spree

Film processor closed deals on 13 new lines during NPE2018. Adds four more from W&H, Reifenhauser.

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Medical

Downstream System ‘Rewrites the Rules’ for Medical Tubing Extrusion

Extrusion downstream expert Bob Bessemer joins Novatec to enter medical tubing market with innovative line of tanks and puller/cutters.

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sustainability

Worldwide Switch to New Gauging System Pays Off for Haartz

Leading supplier of sheet and roll stock for automotive applications reevaluated its thickness-measurement technology in 2012, and now has 15 scanners in place worldwide from one supplier.

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Packaging

New Study Refutes Negative Environmental Impact of Plastics Packaging

Packaging has been the favorite whipping boy of environmentalists. But a new report shows that replacing plastic with other materials would have widespread adverse environmental effects.

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Reciprocating Head Enables Profile-Shape Changes 'On the Fly'

NPE2024: Device eliminates the need to change tools to accommodate different profile shapes and eliminates assembly of the finished profile.

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Extrusion

Time to Step Up

Join the “conversation” about the value to society of the plastics industry.

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Compounding

Meet the New Force in Color Concentrate Production

The new Chroma Color Corp. unites the production and technical expertise of four different firms to better serve the needs of a consolidating processor market.

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best practices

Conveyor Upgrade Keeps Currier on Track

Processor’s switch to modular plastic belt conveyors increased efficiency in bottle making by eliminating downtime.

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Resin Conveying

Switch to Centralized Vacuum Supply Saves Molder Energy, Boosts Production

Less maintenance means more time for processing, thanks to elimination of vacuum pumps at each press.

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Blending & Dosing