Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

NPE

NPE Trend Watch: Education - NPE Targets "C Suite" with New Educational Program

“Leadership Summit” program focuses on the business of plastics, designed to give tips to execs to improve the bottom line.

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polyolefins

Meat and Poultry Film Market Outlook; Where’s the Growth?

Stagnant population growth has stymied growth a bit in what is clearly a very high-tech film extrusion market.

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Sheet Extrusion

NPE2018 Technology Focus: Sheet Extrusion

Space-saving, high-speed line for PP and PS packaging, new options in 'no-dry' PET among the highlights in Orlando.

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Film Extrusion

PE Market Snap Shot: Converter Film

End use demands could drive growth of more complex, highly layered structures.

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best practices

New Screen Changer Boosts Productivity, Cuts Scrap for Extruder of PET Strapping

Cyklop’s move to a new-model, high-efficiency screen changer reduces number of screen changes and backflush waste while yielding uniform melt flow and high throughputs. 

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NPE

Extrusion/Compounding at NPE2018: More…More…More!

More speed, flexibility and robustness. Across a gamut of extrusion applications, machine builders are introducing new machinery, components, and systems to dramatically raise the bar on productivity.

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polyolefins

PE Market Snapshot: Agricultural Film

Ag film growth over the next five years projected at 6.5%.

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Multiscrew

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Compounding

Check out what’s new in compounding at this year’s big plastics industry trade show. 

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NPE

NPE Trend Watch: Predictive Maintenance

New technology allows processors to address equipment and component hiccups before they start to foul up manufacturing.

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PE Film Market Snapshot: Pouches

This high-end film market has room to grow for the technically savvy.  

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plant tour

Technology Is the Solution For This Compounder

Compounding Solutions has seen its business grow by 20% in each of the last 12 years. That’s no accident. The firm has become a mainstay supplier of compounds—primarily for medical—by tapping into its expertise in technology and processing.

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Drying

Unique Machine Combines Dryer, TCU in Single Footprint

Novel, space-saving device co-developed by Novatec and Advantage Engineering offers a single control designed to reduce setup mistakes.

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