Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

sustainability 18 Feb 2021

Eriez Completes Plant Expansion

A major expansion provides space for manufacturing, R&D, aftermarket repair and a new Recycling Test Center for full-scale equipment demonstrations.

Blow Molding 10 Feb 2021

Screen Changers for Extrusion Blow Molders

W. Muller is offering its own line of screen changers for vertical or horizontal blow molding extruders, suitable for retrofit.

close up on technology 4 Feb 2021

Plastiblow Re-Enters U.S. Market With Advanced All-Electric Machines

A major Italian machinery brand, already well established in Latin America, is back in North America with service and spare parts support and a number of distinctive features on its all-electric blow molders.

Automation 27 Jan 2021

End-Effector Kits for CRX Cobots

ATI Industrial Automation offers a variety of end-effector kits for Fanuc CRX cobots.

Blow Molding 27 Jan 2021

Simulation on ‘Virtual Twin’ Machine Speeds Cycle Optimization on Plant Floor

Kautex demonstrates that simulating a change in control program on a machine’s “virtual twin” greatly compresses the time to commission the new program on a real blow molding machine.

Packaging 20 Jan 2021

Blow Molder Bets on New Options in Large PET & HDPE Containers

Priority Plastics is thinking big—large, wide-mouth containers and drums, that is—to offer new concepts to the U.S. market. The company is launching lines of industrial and consumer packaging made on machinery said to offer capabilities not seen before in the U.S.

Mold Simulation 9 Jan 2021

Injection Molding: Store, Manage & Analyze Mold Simulation Data in the Cloud

Moldex3D iSLM helps manage, share and easily analyze large volumes of mold simulation data.

Automation 8 Jan 2021

Medical Assembly Automation Supplier Adopts New Name for U.S. Operation

TechnoMed is now Tecnoideal America.

industry 4.0 28 Dec 2020

20 Good Things to Come Out of 2020—Part 4

Good news was there if you knew where to look for it—in the pages of Plastics Technology magazine or right here on our website. Here’s a review of headlines you can feel good about.