PlasticsToday turns the tables to interview our own editors in a new series starting with veteran industry reporter and unabashed pro-plastic enthusiast Clare Goldsberry who talks about writing, reporting, plastics, manufacturing and more.
The $100 million investment—the largest in the company’s 102-year history—will allow Datwyler to increase its global volume of elastomer components by 50%, said the company.
The Series III B rotary blowmolding machine features a robust modular clamping station with air and water services directly pre-plumbed to clamp platens, significantly reducing setup and maintenance times.
The newly formed Mauser Packaging Solutions (Oakbrook, IL) claims to be the first of its kind to reliably and sustainably deliver products and services across the entire packaging lifecycle for customers around the globe.
The Groupement Plasturgie Automobile (the association of French automotive plastic parts makers) raises the alarm amid price increases of more than 40% since 2017.
KY facility to provide biodegradable plastic material for a wide range of commercial applications such as single-use plastic straws and food packaging will start up in Q4 2019.
Although the increase was moderate compared with Q1 of this year, Q2 is the fifth consecutive quarterly year-over-year increase in plastics machinery shipments.
While many are wringing their collective hands over President Trump’s hardball tariffs on Chinese goods, I say hooray, writes Clare Goldsberry. Someone is standing up for U.S. companies at last.
