Blow Molding

SIG Sells Stretch-Blow Machinery Unit

Germany’s SIG Beverages, which includes SIG Corpoplast, a leading stretch-blow molding machine maker, and SIG Plasmax, a supplier of plasma barrier coatings, has been sold to Salzgitter AG, a leading German steel maker.

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K 2007 Blow Molding: Electric Machines Take Hold

Development of all-electric and hybrid-electric blow molding machines may be gaining momentum, as evidenced by several new models introduced in Dusseldorf.

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Hot-Fill Packaging: OPP and 'Panel-Less' PET Bottles Grab the Spotlight

Improved clarity and cost competitiveness, added to its inherent heat resistance, are reviving OPP’s prospects in hot-fill barrier containers. But hot-fill PET containers are raising the bar with higher productivity and ‘panel-less’ bottle designs.

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Teeny-Tiny PET Vial Is Injection-Blow Molded

Sabel Plastechs Inc. doesn’t flinch at challenging development projects that stretch the limits of blow molding.

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Blow Molders Save Big On Compressed Air

Molders of PET containers are paying special attention these days to the large amounts of compressed air used in their blow molding operations and the huge energy cost associated with generating it.

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Thermoforming

Branched PVDF Gains Melt Strength For Film, Blow Molding, Thermoforming

Chain branching opens up lots of new processing opportunities for these fluoropolymers.

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What's New at the Show in BLOW MOLDING

There will be a strong emphasis on energy savings in blow molding machinery at K 2007.

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Is Clear Handleware Ready for Prime Time?

Clear handled bottles got a kick start earlier this year when nationally recognized Simply Orange Juice Co., Apopka, Fla., an affiliate of the Minute Maid division of The Coca-Cola Co., decided to bottle its orange juice in extrusion blow molded 89-oz copolyester containers.

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PET Container Stress Cracking: Myth Versus Science

Since the introduction of the first 2-liter, one-piece PET bottle by Continental Can Co. in Fall River, Mass., in 1978, the PET container’s nemesis has been stress cracking.

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nanocomposites

New Barrier Options Debut at SPE ANTEC

Innovative barrier technologies to boost the shelf-life of PET bottles were introduced at the May SPE ANTEC 2007 conference in Cincinnati.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction