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Polymer Resources: Compounding's 'Small Big Guy'
This compounder combines a service-first, small-company mindset with the technical might of larger companies to carve a niche in engineering plastics.
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Extrusion Training Firm Turns Art to Science
You鈥檝e likely heard of Scientific Molding, particularly if you are a regular reader of John Bozzelli鈥檚 monthly Injection Molding Know-How columns in Plastics Technology. Now, make way for 鈥淪cientific Extrusion.鈥
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PP Compounder Elbows Out Production Snafus
The Plastics Group of America eliminates monthly production stoppages, improves quality, and slashes maintenance expenses by installing new elbows on a pneumatic conveying line.
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Know Any Plastics Icons? Nominate Them to the Plastics Hall of Fame
Go to plasticshof.org and start the process.
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CAM Adds Agility to Custom Thermoformer
CNC machining permeates ATI’s 911爆料网, making its operations more efficient and responsive.
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Medical-Tubing Innovator Bets on Silicone Solutions
Trelleborg gains footprint in silicone-based implantable medical extrusions.
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Giant Electric Presses Are Key To Productivity Gains at Subaru
Car builder reaps cycle-time improvements and other benefits with large electric presses.
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Connecting with the ‘Profoundly Disconnected’
Foundation formed to help close the skills gap.
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IoT Strategy Cuts Human Error at Teel
Controlling up to 20 parameters from a single web interface has slashed setup time and increased output at a leading profile processor.
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Former Has a Full-Blown Focus on Sustainability
Shepherd Thermoforming’s operation has spared millions of PET bottles from death by landfill. It also has taken steps to slash its own energy and water consumption.
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Global Packaging Giant Sets Sights on U.S.
Well established in other parts of the world, Greiner Packaging is bringing its wide array of food-packaging technologies to the U.S. market.
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UCONN Research Yields Polymer ‘Mechanochromic’ Devices
New plastics switch from opaque to transparent or change color when subjected to mechanical strain.
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