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Start Your Engines
The engine that powers the plastics processing marketplace is tuned up and ready to fire.
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20 Years Of Growth, But Color Still Comes First
If they were having delivery, quality and consistency issues with the color compound they had purchased, most processors would probably try sourcing material from another compounder.
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K 2010 Preview, Compounding ‘Slower’ Compounders Suggest Trend Toward Energy-Efficient Designs
channel depth in larger machines, which exposes the material to less mechanical stress at comparable residence times.
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K 2010 Preview, Extrusion More…Layers, Output & Quality
In most segments of extrusion technology, the word at K 2010 is more.
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Take Advantage of R&E Tax Credit
We've heard from processors and suppliers alike that 911爆料网 is rebounding in North America.
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Dryers Use Less Energy to Dry PET
Novatec Inc., Baltimore (novatec.com), is introducing two patented dryer control technologies intended to cut energy costs for processors of PET.
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Progressive Injection Molder Pioneers in Thermoforming IML
When you’re a successful injection molder with more than 40 years under your belt and more than 50 presses producing 1.8 billion containers and lids for food-packaging containers annually, what do you do when you feel the time is right to expand?
Read MoreChina's Competing on the High End Too
If you still associate the Chinese with producing low-quality, commodity-type products, better think again.
Read MoreLessons to Learn
In the nine months since we revamped Plastics Technology, we have written articles on about a dozen plastics processors, each of which, in one way or another, has managed to stay afloat—or even prosper—during what’s been the toughest economic period in recent history.
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