Injection Molding

Year's best in thermoforming cover image

September 23, 2019

Packaging, Automotive and Mobility, Consumer Products, Injection Molding, Medical

The Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (Bethel, CT) announced the winners of the annual parts competition at its recent conference in Milwaukee, WI. This slideshow features the recipients of gold awards in the various categories as well as the People’s Choice award.

Lindal, Dupont Packaging Innovation Awards

Lindal, DuPont share packaging innovation award for polyurethane foam dispenser

September 20, 2019

Packaging

Consumer Products, Injection Molding

Clare Goldsberry

The Great Stuff Smart Dispenser is the world’s first polyurethane foam dispenser with an automatic tip seal that reduces product cure, enabling it to be used for up to 30 days.

Eastman unveils vision for sustainable future at Luxe Pack Monaco

September 20, 2019

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Consumer Products, Injection Molding, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN) will showcase the next generation of its Treva engineering bioplastic and introduce Cristal Revel copolyesters, a new line of proprietary polyester compounds containing post-consumer recycled content.

How the little green army men marched into history

September 20, 2019

Consumer Products

Injection Molding, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

The recent announcement that the little green army men would soon welcome women warriors to their ranks got us reminiscing about the history of this iconic toy.

Here’s what’s new in injection molding at K 2019

September 18, 2019

K Show

Injection Molding

Norbert Sparrow

This slide show compiles the product introductions that some of the world’s major injection molding machine makers will be presenting at the K show in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Md Plastics will showcase portfolio of plasticating components at K show

September 17, 2019

K Show

Injection Molding

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Clare Goldsberry

Featured items at the stand will include the company’s melt preparation and dispensing hardware, including its Posi-Melt plasticating screw for injection molding and extrusion.

There must be some misunderstanding: The contract molder-OEM relationship

September 16, 2019

Injection Molding

Business, Materials

Paul Gramann

Consulting with a metal fabricator converting many of its parts to plastic, the author was asked to source a reliable injection molder. That turned out to be surprisingly difficult, and he is asking the PlasticsToday community to weigh in: Was he naïve, or is this the way business is done?

Metal separation system boosts medtech molding quality and productivity

September 13, 2019

Medical

Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

A leading global medical technology company that uses virgin resins as well as regrind was experiencing downtime during the injection molding process because of metal particles contaminating the polymers. Metal separation systems from Sesotec (Schönberg, Germany) solved the problem.

Amorphous metals combined with polymers for the first time

September 12, 2019

K Show

Materials

Aerospace, Consumer Electronics, Automotive and Mobility, Injection Molding, Medical

Stephen Moore

Engel and Heraeus have reduced cycle times by up to 70 percent compared with previous production solutions for the injection molding of amorphous metals.

Little green army . . . women

September 10, 2019

Injection Molding

Consumer Products

Norbert Sparrow

Six-year-old Vivian recently wrote a letter to toymakers, asking, “Why do you not make girl army men? My friend’s mom is in the army, too!” She found an ally in BMC Toys’ Jeff Imel.

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