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sustainability

GM Recycles Water Bottles to Produce Chevy Equinox Part

The Detroit auto giant is recycling employees’ water bottles into noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine.

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Packaging

First Aseptic Carton Bottle for Enriched Dairy Products

Nova Chemicals and Tetra Pak collaboration has led to recent commercialization of novel package.

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Mold Simulation

Moldflow Announces 2016 Summit

A free, one-day, high-touch event in Detroit, Michigan, showcasing what’s new in Moldflow.

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sustainability

Samsung Gets ISRI’s 2016 Design for Recycling Award

First time a television has been built with a greenhouse gas emission as a building block.

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Macro Engineering, Raven Industries Partner on New 7-layer Cast Extrusion Line

The line includes the addition of two individual extrusion dies to process low and high viscosity resin types.

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Plastics Machinery Business Finishes Strong in 2015

A robust fourth quarter helped push North American shipments of plastics machinery to their sixth straight year of growth.

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business

Schneider Packaging Equipment Opens Training Lab for Customers

The lab in upstate New York to feature hands-on training without slowing or stopping production lines.

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Taiwanese Machinery Industry Making its Mark on the Global Stage

While Taiwan is small—for perspective Texas is nearly 20 times the island nation’s size—the country is invested in becoming a big player in plastics machinery.

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ResMart is Newest Distributor for Solvay's PEEK & PPSU

Solvay's broad range of KetaSpire PEEK and PPSU grades now available from ResMart.

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Additives

Metabolix and CJ Pave Road for Commercial-Scale Production of Specialty PHA

Teaming up with a leader in microbial fermentation will hasten Metabolix's vision for large-scale availability of its specialty PHA products.

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Film Extrusion

Novolex to Acquire Heritage Bag Co.

Heritage Bag Co. is Novolex’s fifth acquisition since Wind Point Partners acquired Novolex (formerly Hilex Poly) in 2012.

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business

Building a Bridge from Boomers to Millenials in Manufacturing

Video competition has high schoolers create videos to showcase the skills and education necessary for a manufacturing career.

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