The maker of injection molding and die-casting machines will now be Yizumi, not Yizumi-HPM, unifying its global identity and ...

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

Patented technology aimed specifically at processors of complex profiles such as PVC window lineals promises to boost output rates by 25-50% by increasing cooling in the calibrators. Its inventor, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Monthly reporting of prices of commodity resins PE, PP, PS, PET and PVC and quarterly reporting of prices of engineering materials used by molders and extruders.

Warehouses are the frontier for autonomous robots. As consumers become more accustomed to fast-turnaround shipping, warehouses need to operate faster and more efficiently. However, warehouses can be ...

Prices of nearly all volume resins appeared to be on the way up, with pricing leverage largely held by resin suppliers, at least for the short term. Major drivers of this trajectory included global ...

Nearly three years ago I received an email from a reader asking if I knew the story about John Wesley Hyatt’s development of Celluloid. I wrote back that not only did Hyatt discover the chemistry ...

The ongoing electrification and digitization of tools continued apace at NPE2018 this May in Orlando, as molds shift from one of the few mechanical holdouts in a cell to an active participant in ...