Plastics Technology

Spanish pipe maker Molecor Tecnologia will be displaying at NPE 2012 in Orlando, Fla., a new. method to...

Each year the corporate parent of Plastics Technology, Gardner Publications Inc., conducts a capital spending survey of its...

Researchers from Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., weighed in at last year's SPE ANTEC (May 1-5 in Boston)...

Automation in plastics processing can involve sophisticated, high-tech manufacturing cells specialized for a particular application (see article on...

Barrier screws have a number of advantages, but the most important is the ability of the designer to...

Almost every film extrusion facility has mechanical devices to measure gauge variation. In many cases, the results differ...

"Every custom molder thinks he needs a proprietary product" says John Currier, president and co-owner of the injection...

Last month I visited molding suppliers in an Asian country (not China). One of the visits unfolded in...

In my March column I wrote about the importance of uniform filling or balanced flow for each cavity...

In the March issue of Plastics Technology we will report on new technology to be unveiled at the...

Do you have a sustainability officer yet? You might need one. It's probably even more likely that your...

Corporate sustainability officers need a comprehensive knowledge of environmental management policies, issues, and initiatives as they relate to...

Price pressure from consumers and rising energy costs have increased the importance for molders to reduce energy consumption,...

The following are examples of actual energy savings achieved by customers who implemented energy-measurement and management practices through...

Here it is in one sentence: Unit costs can be reduced through customer-specific automation, it is not only...

Sonceboz SA in Sonceboz, Switzerland (U.S. office in Ann Arbor, Mich.), produces electric motors, actuators, and drive systems....

Central drying systems are not new, having been first introduced to the North American market in the mid-1980s....

Building molds for rubber molding, and specifically liquid silicone (LSR) injection, can be very challenging. Many think of...

Engel Austria (U.S. office in York, Pa.) has become the latest injection press supplier to offer complete turnkey...

An upgraded version of the LeakMonitor has been introduced by Plastic Technologies, Inc.(PTI), Holland, Ohio. The device uses...