
Jim Callari Editorial Director
K Show Report: Nanos Are The Rage
Flat film and sheet toolmakers are focusing on technologies for nanolayer systems.
Read MoreEnergy 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.
Read MoreNPE '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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreProcessor 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.
Read MoreOn-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.
Read MoreProcessor 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.
Read MoreExtrusion: 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.
Read MoreThermoforming Helps Harvest the Wind
It was a decades-old relationship that led to the development of an exciting new application for twin-sheet thermoforming.
Read MoreOn-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.
Read MoreEXTRUSION & 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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