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Taghleef Industries expands Latin American presence with acquisition of Biofilm

Nov 06, 2018

With this acquisition, Taghleef will increase annual production capacity of BOPP film to more than 500,000 tons.

Flexible packaging seeing growth in all market segments

Nov 05, 2018

Representing approximately 19% of the $167 billion U.S. packaging industry, flexible packaging is the second largest packaging segment behind corrugated paper and just ahead of bottles and miscellaneous rigid plastic packaging.

Nordson breaks ground on global HQ for EDI, Premier brands

Nov 02, 2018

The 145,000-square-foot facility will include state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing systems that will “redefine the way that dies are built,” said the company.

Pack Expo 2018: 5 breakthrough plastic packaging innovations

Oct 29, 2018

From a new kind of liquid-containing resealable pouch to “stealth” wraps and first-of-a-kind refill bottles for ecommerce and more, plastics played a prominent role at October’s international packaging exhibition.

Standard-Davis legend Norton C. Wheeler, Jr., passes at age 96

Oct 19, 2018

In the early 1980s, Wheeler patented the Davis-Standard barrier feedscrew design, which quickly became the industry’s premier feedscrew and gave Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) a global technical presence.

PET value chain urges EU policymakers to support circularity

Oct 12, 2018

The EU’s Single-Use Plastics Directive Proposal mandates a reduction in the consumption of PET trays, a circular packaging product with a high amount of recycled content.

Guill introduces large die cart with crosshead

Oct 12, 2018

The cart is designed for easy disassembly and reassembly.

Extrusion basics: To twin or not to twin?

Oct 11, 2018

Most extruders are single-screw—about 90% is my best estimate. But that is misleading, because the twins are concentrated in two market areas—rigid PVC and compounding—and the twins for one application are very different from the other.

Thermoforming at its best

Oct 09, 2018

This slide show details how some of the year’s most innovative thermoformers, honored by the Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (Bethel, CT) in its annual parts competition, helped OEMs achieve winning designs in the...

Davis-Standard boosts feedscrew production capabilities

Oct 05, 2018

The company has invested $2 million in a new Weingartner system that will increase feedscrew production by more than 25%.