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Apr 15, 2019

AWA International Sleeve Label Awards 2019 for the best sleeve labels of the year used on bottles and cans are led in this slideshow by a "spectacular " label.

Downstream extrusion operations: It ain’t over till it’s over

Apr 12, 2019

Getting the melt out of the die may look like the main objective in extrusion, but it’s just the first half. Plenty of teams go into halftime with a lead, only to lose it in the second half. Avoid this by paying as much attention to the shaping...

And the winners of the excellence in composites innovation awards are . . .

Apr 09, 2019

The 2019 JEC Innovation Awards celebrated a zero-defect manufacturing process for large parts, self-reinforcing PLA-based composites and bendable reinforcements for concrete, among other technologies. All eleven winners are featured in this slide...

Sports doc Robert Palumbo, MD, will deliver keynote at medical extrusion conference

Apr 08, 2019

Currently team physician for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team, Palumbo is also a second-opinion physician for the National Football League Players’ Association. He will be the keynote speaker at the Spotlight Medical Extrusion and Secondary...

Landfill reduction efforts drive growth for biodegradable bags

Apr 08, 2019

Led by PLA, demand for biodegradable plastic film is expected to climb 5.4% yearly to $122 million in 2023.

Kiefel debuts tailored blank technology for vacuum lamination

Apr 05, 2019

The new process has the potential to save millions in film costs over the vehicle production cycle.

NxtGen is only self-aligning, fully automated in-line system for film and sheet inspection

Apr 04, 2019

The system from Dark Field Technologies (Shelton, CT) is designed to work with cast film and plastic sheet and film.

Joint venture Team Wolfen recycles PET from German households

Mar 31, 2019

Partners ALPLA (Hard, Austria) and Fromm (Spreitenbach, Switzerland) are investing €7 million in sorting and processing systems.

Delta T Systems introduces Smart Temperature Control unit

Mar 27, 2019

Industry 4.0–ready technology and advanced controls deliver energy efficiency and reliability.

Sunny outlook for Plastico Brasil and the national plastics industry

Mar 25, 2019

At the opening ceremony of Plastico Brasil in São Paulo today, João Carlos Marchesan, Board President of the Brazilian Machinery and Equipment Builder's Association ABIMAQ, noted that 2019 is poised to be an even better year than 2018, which saw...