Simplified Industry 4.0 capability, a free APET plastic food packaging upgrade for U.S. customers and more were highlighted in the extrusion company’s booth.
Moldmakers are teaming up with machinery manufacturers to show what their molds can do when running in a press or thermoforming machine. Here are some of the really cool molds that you can see in action at NPE2018.
Today’s all-electric blowmolding systems have been engineered to exceed capacity, cost and bottle quality previously considered unreachable, said Wilmington Machinery (Wilmington, NC).
OMG (Turin, Italy) and AEI (Rogers, MN) team up to thermoform 100% crystallized compostable polylactic acid (PLA) food trays made from plant-based resin.
Bachmann Forming AG (Hochdorf, Switzerland) uses cost-saving 3D-scanning to create fast and accurate molds for packaging used for chocolate Easter bunnies.
President Ira Maroofian reveals the privately held thermoforming company’s plans, innovative products, market opportunities and concerns in this Molder Spotlight.
While Helios generally uses metal packaging for its paint products, it is increasingly turning to plastic containers for water-based paints. As such, Helios was keen to build a relationship with RPC Superfos (Taastrup, Denmark).
