End Markets

DuPont To Address Recycling, Lightweighting, Material Selection

At NPE2015, DuPont scientists and other industry experts will host seminars on recycling and material innovation & selection for automotive, packaging, and medical devices.

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Injection Molder or Medical Device Supplier?

The line between molders and medical device suppliers is increasingly being blurred as formerly custom shops take on finished device production.

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Nypro Ramps Up Cleanroom Injection Molding in Texas

Nypro Healthcare initiated cleanroom injection molding at its Coppell, Texas facility in August, as the division of Jabil readies to launch a finished medical device.

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Entek Running World’s Largest Line for Lead-Acid Battery Separators

Machine-building sister company furnished the twin-screw extruder and most other line components.

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INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

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Packaging

BLOW MOLDING AT NPE: Energy Savings, Lightweighting & Flexibility

New machines are mostly all-electric, hybrid, or servo-hydraulic.

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Mack Moves Into Medical Disposables With New Cleanroom

At a customer鈥檚 request and after a $2 million investment in people and technology, custom molder and contract manufacturer Mack Molding, Arlington, Vt., is making its first foray into high鈥恦olume, single鈥恥se medical components.

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MATERIALS AND ADDITIVES AT NPE: Spotlight on Performance, Economy, and Sustainability

Lots of news in engineering thermoplastic compounds, TPEs, and purging agents, plus a wide range of colorants and additives.

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Automotive

Automotive Production to Rebound in 2015

After sluggish growth in 2014, the signs point to a better year for auto suppliers this year.

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PET Processing

A Challenger Tackles Coinjection For Barrier PET Preforms

Barrier PET containers for beverages, sauces, and other sensitive products become more cost-effective through more efficient use of expensive barrier resins.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling