BMG (formerly Brown Machine Group) Suppliers Showroom

Automation in Thermoforming on the Rise

Equipment suppliers’ latest innovations exemplify this trend driven by factors such as labor shortages, higher-speed thermoformers and tighter quality control.

High-Speed, Form-Cut-Stack Thermoformers, Robotic Trim Press Handle, Next-Generation Controls

BMG to showcase GN915 thermoformer as well as new Mantis robotic trim press handler and next-generation controls at K 2022.

An Automation 'First' for Non-Servo-Eject Trim Presses

Compact, flexible and configurable robotic system is said to be the first to enable thermoformers to fully automate product handling after a non-servo trim press.

Brown Machine Group Acquires GN Thermoforming Equipment

BMG expands its thermoforming product offering through new acquisition.

Follow These Tips to Maintain the Life of Your Thermoformer

Just a small number of regular adjustments can make a major difference in how your machine performs. Here are some tips and troubleshooting advice.

Automated Vertical Wrapping System Boosts Throughput

Brown Machine’s NAS unit said to increase efficiency and reduce material costs.

Secure Customer Data Portal Billed a 'First' In Thermoforming

Brown Machine Group’s BMG Advanced Digital Readiness supplies customized process data to boost efficiency, reduce downtime.

Brown Machine Group Acquires aXatronics Robotic Capabilities

BMG’s Nalle automation systems with aXatronics’ robotic offerings said to provide the ‘ultimate’ packaging manufacturing solution.

NPE Wrap-Up: News in Primary Machinery, Part 1

Rounding up details from the Big Show not previously reported in all our other coverage, here’s more news in injection and blow molding, extrusion and compounding. Next month, we’ll conclude with recycling/scrap reclaim, robots, tooling, auxiliary equipment, materials and additives.

Brown Adds Tooling Firm Freeman

Specialists in thermoformed tooling for high-volume packaging ‘further establishes Brown’s position as a comprehensive solutions provider.’

New Name for Thermoforming Machine Builders

Brown Machine group to serve as master brand for Brown Machines, Lyle Industries, Nalle, and EPCO.

THERMOFORMING AT NPE: Formers & Trim Presses Get A Comprehensive Makeover

Operating efficiency, flexibility, and fast changeovers were the big themes in new equipment at the show.

Thermoforming News at K 2013

New machinery and tooling developments for thermoformers debut at K.

There’s No Lid on This Processor’s Creativity

For this lid maker, the keys to success are speed, flexibility and ingenuity.

Designing a Thermoforming Plant For Efficiency and Productivity

Building a new plant in 2003 gave Lyle Schut a clean slate.

Thermoforming at NPE: Machines Raise Performance Bar

Exhibitors at this year’s show introduced an assortment of new machines and upgraded models with designs incorporating the latest in mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic technologies.

‘Back to Basics’ Fuels More Innovation at Thin-Gauge Former

Shift from private to capital ownership give Tray-Pak a boost.

Thermoforming at NPE 2003

There will be fewer thermoforming machines on display at NPE 2003 than at many recent NPEs.

On-Site: Green Business Is Good Business for Fabri-Kal

Learning to deal with the particular characteristics of PLA biopolymer has opened up a promising business in “green” plastics for thermoformer Fabri-Kal.

NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Thermoforming

NPE had its share of innovations in thermoforming, notably a new machine that opens the small-bottle market to thermoformers. New trim stations offer more in the way of output and versatility. And more machines are now outfitted with off-the-shelf controls to facilitate servicing. A line of formers from Australia also arrived in the U.S. (Note: additional NPE thermoforming news appeared in May and June—see Learn More box.)

NPE News in Thermoforming

For thermoforming of both heavy-gauge sheet and thin-gauge packaging, the show will present new machines with unusual flexibility, able to form a wide variety of products and materials.

NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Thermoforming

Several new processing technologies unveiled at NPE point to thermoforming’s growing capability to produce in-mold labeled and decorated plastic parts.

Headlines for the Next 50 Years

Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow’s newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics from now to 2055. What we got was a mixture of predictions of what will happen and a wish list of what should happen.

NPE News Wrap-Up: Thermoforming

Soaring interest in in-mold finishing techniques for injection molding and fiber-reinforced composites offers new prospects for cut-sheet formers.

Thermoforming (K 2001 Preview)

Thermoforming equipment displays at K 2001 focus on innovations in trim-in-place packaging, especially for PP food containers. There is also action in improving productivity of heavy-gauge industrial forming machinery.