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Chinese plastics machinery industry makes gains
What happens when China’s 1.3 billion people offer more to the global economy via their consumption as customers than their production as low-cost laborers?
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U.S. plastics machinery shipments on the rise
Deliveries of plastics machinery and equipment in the U.S. climbed 11% in the first quarter, a show of strength in a weakening global market.
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Maruka Opens Florida Tech Center
Grand opening will include roundtable discussion between legislators and business leaders on the future of the state’s plastics manufacturing industry.
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Machine-Hour Rates Increased
Index of hourly rates showed a 1.6% increase over the first half of 2013, the largest increase since midyear 2010.
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Price Trend Still Flat to Lower
Prices for three of four commodity resin trending down. PE relatively stable.
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DuPont Shows Off New Film Structures
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, Del., rolled out a series of packaging innovations at last month’s Interpack 2014 show in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Pushing the Limits in Overmolded RFID Tags
Startup molder devises new techniques for RFID tags.
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Solutions to Batch Blender Issues Save Money & Downtime
When a blender is operating poorly, odds are that the fixes are quite simple if you know what to look for.
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Multi-Component Molding: Which Way Should You Go?
Moldmaker and injection molder MGS Mfg. Group details different technical options and how they mesh with various market opportunities.
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Why Conformal Cooling Makes $ense
Find out how this game-changing technology can make you more money but reducing cycles and cutting scrap.
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Things Are Adding Up Nicely For Charter NEX Films
Since Charter Films merged with NEX Performance Films about 18 months ago, the combined operation has melded the best capabilities of each company into a single business churning out a wide scope of blown films.
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