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New Database Documents Advantages Of Rapid Heat/Cool Molding
Enhanced flow and gloss are measured with several different resins.
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Nissei Building First U.S. Plant to Build Injection Machines
It will build hybrid presses from 500 to 1440 tons.
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Dramatic New Potential for Circuitry Printed on Plastics
Novel nano-silver and nano-copper inks reduce costs and complexity, while opening up new applications.
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Space: Where 3D Printing Innovates?
It’s called the “Final Frontier” but maybe space is actually a closer to a present-day trendsetter. What does that mean?
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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties
The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.
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Engel Hosts Tech Symposium, Updates Global Expansion News
At a packaging and medical themed technology symposium at its technical center in California, the Austrian maker of molding machines and automation discussed global investments in its business.
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Bottled Water Bests Soft Drinks in U.S. Sales for First Time
PLASTICS' new report focuses on plastic bottle innovation.
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Rubbery, Velvety, Silky: Properties of Coated Auto Plastic Parts
HapticMapping is an objective approach for determining the haptic properties of PUR-coated plastics.
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What's Out There, What's Coming and Trying to Know What You Don't
Leading companies do three things consistently when it comes to technology.
Read MoreUBE Acquires Mitsubishi's Molding Machine Division
Purchase spurred by worldwide growth of sales of big presses to automotive.
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UCONN Research Yields Polymer ‘Mechanochromic’ Devices
New plastics switch from opaque to transparent or change color when subjected to mechanical strain.
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The M&A Climate in a New Political Environment
Business owners are asking what to expect going forward and whether there is a meaningful threat to plastics company values.
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