Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Sheet Extrusion

K Show Report: Nanos Are The Rage

Flat film and sheet toolmakers are focusing on technologies for nanolayer systems.

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Construction

Energy Savings Pay Off Fast for Custom Profile Processor

More and more processors are looking an energy as a place to cut costs and improve their competitive position.

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NPE '12 Booth Draw: More Reason for Optimism

First there was the K'10 show, a smashing success by most accounts for the global plastics industry.

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A Whole Messe People

If the K 2010 show was any indication, we鈥檙e about to turn the page on the global economic malaise that has plagued plastics manufacturing since the summer of 2008.

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Film Extrusion

Processor Strategies - Cadillac Products Packaging Move to Nine Layers Means Better Bags, High-Value Niches

The story of Cadillac Products Packaging is a 65-year-old tale that combines a steadfast commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction with a broad range of product offerings.

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Film Extrusion

On-Site: Well, Well, Well... Processor Taps into Novel Underground Cooling Solution

In 2008, Olle Mannertorp and his co-owners of Multifilm Packaging (multifilm.com) had a decision to make.

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It May Take a Village…

…To raise a child.

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Construction

Processor Strategies - Royal Group Profile Maker Gives Environment The ‘Royal’ Treatment

When you’re already a leader in your industry, you might be tempted to simply stay the course and not worry about issues such as sustainability and carbon footprint.

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Extrusion: Multi-Pass Tubing Tank Offers Higher Quality, Resin Savings

A new cooling and sizing tank for extruded tubing reportedly allows processors to reduce wall-thickness tolerances and cut material use dramatically while increasing productivity and reducing floorspace requirements.

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Thermoforming

Thermoforming Helps Harvest the Wind

It was a decades-old relationship that led to the development of an exciting new application for twin-sheet thermoforming.

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Blow Molding

On-Site: This Currier Delivers

“We love to tell our story.” That’s one way Mike Cartner, CFO of Currier Plastics, defines what separates this family-owned custom processor from its competitors.

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Multiscrew

EXTRUSION & COMPOUNDING: Five-Layer Film Structures Set to Supplant Three Layers?

In blown film, equipment and material suppliers have come together to push five-layer technology into non-barrier applications previously held by three-layer films.

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Plastics Size Reduction