Articles

So What’s a Plastics Pioneer?

He or she is a member of an association devoted to preserving this industry's past and teeing up its future. 

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Extrusion

Extrusion Foaming With Dry Ice?

Research from IKV shows it's possible.

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Omega Plastics Acquires Vinylex

Custom profile processor Omega continues its expansion plans with purchase of 62-year-old profile maker.

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Automotive

Bloomer Expands to Barrier Blown Film

Custom processor of cast embossed film buy barrier blown film leader Optimum.

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Micromolding

Laser Design Now North American Distribution Partner For Industrial CT 3D Scanner

A distribution partnership between France's Rx Solutions and Laser Design brings cost-effective industrial CT 3D scanner to North America.

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Materials

Will Your Future Shipments of PE Come From North Dakota?

Do North Dakota’s plans to build a $3 billion cracking facility with annual capacity for 1.5 million metric tons of polyethylene (3.3 billion pounds) reflect a tipping point in the shale oil/gas revolution?

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Will NPE2015 Challenge NPE2000 In Size?

With a little over five months until the show opens, NPE2015 is inching closer to matching the year 2000 edition—the largest ever NPE in terms of exhibit space.

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Sheet Extrusion

Swiss Thermoforming Machine Maker Sets Up U.S. Operations to Tap N.A. Market

A Swiss maker of complete thermoforming lines is taking another crack at the North American market, setting up sales, service and R&D in Wisconsin, with plans to exhibit at Pack Expo and NPE2015.

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PSI, Nordson Reach Out-of-Court Settlement on Patent Case

Patent infringement suit from 2012 resolved; PSI's CSC-BF Continuous Backflush Screen Changer design does not infringe.

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What Are the Most Important Issues Facing Processors?

Find out what the top issues facing processors are (hint: quality, energy use and the skills gap are involved), plus see reader suggestions on how to improve NPE.

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Packaging

RPET Supply & Prices Stable

Fourth-quarter RPET should not see any big moves.

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Shop Online For Static Mixers

Store helps processors quickly and easily select and purchase the proper static mixer for their specific application.

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