Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to boost output by ...

Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process ...

Founded in 1877 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, HPM — the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company — has a long history in machinery. In recent years, Yizumi says it has evolved the company’s product portfolio and ...

An article in the December 2014 issue (Blow Molding Know-How) offered tips on how to address uneven wall thickness in stretch-blow molding. While that’s a crucial issue, it’s hardly the only one that ...

Extrusion exhibitors tend to be tight-lipped about what they will be displaying at the K show right up until the curtain opens. Those that opted to divulge some tidbits relative to the goings on at ...

Going into the first month of second quarter, prices of at least three if not four of the five commodity resins had a likelihood of rolling over, despite price increase nominations for all. PP was an ...

Prices dropped for nearly all volume resins heading to 2024’s end, signaling a buyer’s market, particularly as 2025 contract negotiations were taking place. Contributing factors included overall ...

Two film designs are already receiving considerable market interest. The first is a 100% HDPE print web, and the second is a sealant film. The sealant film provides low seal-initiation temperatures on ...

In today’s global economy, where plastics molders are constantly pressured to squeeze their prices and their profit margins, it’s important for them to find the best ways to increase their efficiency ...

The fourth quarter of this year has been widely viewed as a buyers’ market for the five volume commodity resin markets, whose prices are nearly all on the downslide. Key drivers include a global ...

A combination of improved and/or steady demand, overall lower production rates (with the exception of PE), higher feedstock costs in some cases, along with concerns of an active hurricane season, ...