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Will Your Future Shipments of PE Come From North Dakota?

Do North Dakota’s plans to build a $3 billion cracking facility with annual capacity for 1.5 million metric tons of polyethylene (3.3 billion pounds) reflect a tipping point in the shale oil/gas revolution?

Will NPE2015 Challenge NPE2000 In Size?

With a little over five months until the show opens, NPE2015 is inching closer to matching the year 2000 edition—the largest ever NPE in terms of exhibit space.

What Are the Most Important Issues Facing Processors?

Find out what the top issues facing processors are (hint: quality, energy use and the skills gap are involved), plus see reader suggestions on how to improve NPE.

Mission Statements Vs. Business Plans

A hotel conference room, management brainstorming and a new mission statement do not a strategic 911±¬ÁÏÍø plan make.

Out of Chaos, Collaboration

Real collaboration not only shares risks, it shares rewards.

Automation Eliminates Contamination

Many molders use robots to boost output and repeatability, but SSI also uses them to prevent contamination of critical diagnostic products.

What Does the Future of Manufacturing Hold?

Over the next 35 years, manufacturing will become more local, more connected and more sustainable.

3D Printing of “Porous” Tools Awarded Walmart Research Grant

What if you could build a tool that had just the right amount of material it needed in just the right places?

Wal-Mart's Made in America Pledge and Plastics