The plastics industry saw 170 M&A transactions from January through June 2024, maintaining a steady pace from the previous year. This consistent activity underscores the market’s resilience amid ...

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In this webinar we will be covering key maintenance and refurbishment practices for injection molding hot runner systems that help molders operate at optimal performance levels. We will look at ...

This article continues our series of troubleshooting reports from one of the leading on-the-spot problem solvers in the molding industry. Consultant Bob Hatch of Bob Hatch & Assoc. has more than 45 ...

DuPont (Wilmington DE) joint venture DuPont Teijin Films (Hopewell, VA) is consolidating its U.S. PET film production operations to a single site at Hopewell. The joint venture with Japan’s Teijin ...

The editors of PlasticsToday interview plastics professionals and thought leaders on hot-button issues affecting the plastics processing sector.

ASTM G65 abrasive and G77 block and ring wear tests showed an improvement in wear resistance of more than 8% compared to the original Durocast, with an 11% improvement over the former alloy. The ...

DataFlow 2 is a fully-revised version of Kistler's process visualization, optimization, and monitoring software for injection equipment. It captures and displays all vital process signals in real time ...

Electroform Co. Inc. (Rockford, IL), a manufacturer of multicavity high-end injection molds for the consumer, medical, and packaging markets, has installed an Engel e-max 110-ton all-electric press in ...