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Happy Birthday to the Reciprocating Screw!
2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the patenting of the reciprocating screw injection molding machine, and there are some who argue little has changed in the technology in the intervening six decades.
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Proxy Biomedical Announces Expansion
Irish medical implantable devices manufacturer to double cleanroom facilities as part of expansion that will be completed in the second quarter of 2016.
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Top of the Class: Meet 2015’s World-Class Processors
Plastics Technology鈥檚 inaugural group of World-Class Processors鈥攕elected through an exclusive benchmarking survey鈥攕pans geographies, markets, processes, and materials. Diverse in size and capabilities, these companies have one key trait in common: efficiency. How do you stack up in comparison?
Read MorePortuguese Blow Molder Expands Kansas City Plant
Logoplaste will invest $35 million to expand its facility in Kansas City, making it the company鈥檚 new U.S. manufacturing and distribution hub.
Read MoreChemical Regulation Reform Clears Senate
In a move hailed by SPI, the ACC and other trade groups, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to reform the country鈥檚 39-year-old chemical regulation: TSCA.
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PTi to Expand Headquarters
The sheet extrusion machinery supplier will invest $10 million in an expansion that will nearly double manufacturing space and capacity at its Aurora, Ill. headquarters.
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Benchmarking Your Way to Better Operations
Does it seem like one type of mechanical failure causes most downtime in your shop; do more things seem to go wrong with certain shifts/operators/lines? Apply metrics and remove 鈥渟eems鈥 from your vocabulary.
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Plastics Equipment Shipments Hold Steady in Third Quarter
Shipments of primary plastics equipment in the third quarter were flat compared to the previous quarter and down 4.6% year over year.
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The State of the U.S. Plastics Industry Is Strong
Shale gas, reshoring and trade helped the U.S. plastics industry outpace the broader manufacturing sector over the last year.
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Sneak Peek at Molding 2016
Get your first glimpse of the nearly finalized Molding 2016 agenda.
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“Winning With the Lifecycle Approach”
Milacron reimagines its role in the plastics industry.
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Injection Molder: How Plastics and Sustainability Go Together
Plastics might be many environmentalist’s Public Enemy No. 1, but in Illinois, Hoffer Plastics was just recognized for showing how sustainable the material, and those who process it, can be.
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