Blow Molding

Pretium investment cold and hot-fill bottles crop

Pretium Packaging invests in PET blow molding equipment for Alabama plant

July 16, 2019

$2 million investment is for new reheat stretch PET blow molding equipment for hot- and cold-fill bottles and infrastructure at the Troy, AL, facility.

Wet versus dry preforms: knowing the difference is critical

July 16, 2019

Packaging

Blow Molding, Materials

Sumit Mukherjee

Sometimes the root cause of a problem isn’t what you first thought it might be. Take plastic blow molding bottles, for example.

Tekni-Plex acquires Italian healthcare packaging company Lameplast

July 08, 2019

Medical

Packaging, Blow Molding, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

Lameplast (Rovereto sul Secchia, Italy) is known for its injection molding, blow molding and injection blow molding expertise. The acquisition adds unit and multi-dose packaging capabilities to the portfolio of Wayne, PA–based Tekni-Plex.

Uniloy completes purchase transaction from Milacron

July 06, 2019

Blow Molding

Injection Molding

Clare Goldsberry

Uniloy Inc. (Tecumseh, MI) announced completion of the purchase of the U.S. and European blowmolding operations from Milacron LLC. Transactions related to Mexico and India are expected to follow later in Q3 2019.

Trump administration gets feds out of apprenticeship and job-training programs

June 28, 2019

Injection Molding

Thermoforming, Blow Molding, Business, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Clare Goldsberry

Department of Labor initiative also sets aside more than $200 million in grants to help close manufacturing skills gap.

Petainer rPET bottles virgin 25 PCR 50 PCR captioned

Flipping the value of plastic waste on its head

June 26, 2019

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Blow Molding, Materials

Hugh Ross

Challenges and opportunities in turning plastic PET waste into a viable PCR resource as part of a more circular economy.

First commercial application of PET-based growlers for craft beer market

June 25, 2019

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Blow Molding, Consumer Products, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

W. Amsler Equipment Inc. (Bolton, ON) has announced the first commercial sale of 64-oz PET growler jugs to Arch Brewing Co., an independently owned craft brewery in Newmarket, ON.

Steep drop reported in plastics machinery shipments in first quarter

June 11, 2019

Injection Molding

Blow Molding, Business, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Clare Goldsberry

Shipments of injection molding and extrusion equipment in North America declined 27.6% in Q1 2019 compared with the last quarter of 2018, reports the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (Washington, DC).

Pinpoint Express Color and Dosing System from PolyOne and 3M

New on-site polymer color matching and dosing system slashes lead times

June 10, 2019

Automotive and Mobility

Auxiliaries, Blow Molding, Compounding, Consumer Products, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

In customer trials, the Pinpoint Express Color and Dosing System, developed collaboratively by PolyOne Corp. (Avon Lake, OH) and 3M (Maplewood, MN), compressed a typical four-week process into just a few hours.