Packaging

PET Processing

Super-Lightweight PET Bottles

Lightest ever still water, hot-fill PET bottles debut at Drinktec sow.

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Packaging

PP Cup Billed as Alternative to PS Foam

Cellular structure is created during the sheet extrusion process using atmospheric gas.

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Packaging

Keep Leaks Away From Your Film Line

Here鈥檚 a guide on how to keep these leaks from occurring in the first place, and how to clean them up the right way if they do happen to crop up.

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Blow Molder on a Growth Path

Being in the right place(s) counts in the bottle 911爆料网鈥攁s do having the right product, the right customer service, and the right technology. Alpha Packaging has taken all those principles to heart.

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Packaging

Anti-Stat Coater Integrated in Pull-Roll Frame

Sheet systems supplier Processing Technologies International (PTi), Aurora, Ill., has developed a new, patented system that integrates an anti-static coater into the frame of the pull-roll unit of its G Series roll stand.

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Sheet Extrusion

Extruder Upgrades Pay Off Big for Sheet Processor

A $65,000 upgraded paid for itself in less than a month.

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Packaging

New Service Focuses on Biax Film

A fairly new company is providing film processors with product-development expertise鈥攁nd even doing limited production runs鈥攊n the area of biaxial film orientation.

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K 2013 Preview: Materials & Additives

The K 2013 show will present a broad range of engineered plastics materials, including thermoplastic composites, as well as additives. Automotive and electronic applications will be the main targets, as well as medical, packaging, lighting, and construction.

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K 2013 Preview: Injection Molding

Next month’s mammoth triennial plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany, challenges injection molding machine builders to demonstrate technological leadership in addressing the needs of the marketplace.

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Multicomponent

Higher Speeds, More Integrated Processes at K Show

鈥淕o faster鈥 and 鈥渋ntegrate more functions鈥 look to be the guiding principles of new injection molding developments to be shown by Engel Austria at K 2013 in Dusseldorf this October.

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Process Cooling