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Three-Pronged Growth Strategy In U.S., China & Mexico
Diversified molder pursues growth on two continents in medical, packaging, and large parts.
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15 Things to Know About Servo-Driven Injection Machines
Drive technology for injection molding machines has been continuously evolving, and servo motors have become widely used in a variety of roles. Here’s what molders need to know about today’s servo drives in terms of cost, performance, maintenance, and training.
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How to Collect and Interpret Process Data in Extrusion: Part 2
In this second of three installments, the focus is on the crucial element of melt temperature.
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Decking Producer Becomes Supplier of Recycled Pellets
Composite decking manufacturer Trex expands from using recycled LLDPE internally to also supplying recycled pellets to others. It found the commercial recycled plastics market to be a journey full of both rewards and challenges.
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World-Class Processors: Meet Plastics' Preeminent Processors
Plastics Technology’s second annual benchmarking survey is back with a new honor roll of companies from across the industry. One of the ties that binds these progressive processors is their reliance on data.
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What You Need to Know About Locating Rings: Part 1
Selecting the right locating ring and putting it to good use takes a lot of thought.
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Extruding with Fillers
You can use the reference point from processing unfilled polymer to determine whether you can run filled resin on your current system.
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PE, PP March Into March with Upward Pricing
PetroChemWire shares its current outlook on polyolefin prices with polyolefins pointing higher.
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How2Recycle Label Changing Recycling Habits
The How2Recycle Label program finished its soft launch in early 2012 and now has more than 60 participating companies and brands and is growing every month.
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Variotherm Molding Can Double Flow Length, Cut Cavity Pressure By 70%
RocTool’s year-old HD Plastics Materials Database further expanded.
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