Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

Engineering Resins 21 Apr 2020

Injection Molding Gains an Edge in Motorcycle Gas Tanks

Complex shapes required for the latest motorcycle gas tanks favor injection over blow molding. Lanxess and BMW have a monolayer nylon solution.

Barrier Blow Molding 21 Apr 2020

320 L Hydrogen Tank Liner Blow Molded in Nylon

Large liners for hydrogen composite pressure vessels are a challenge to blow mold. Kautex found a material and a technique to achieve a world “first.”

Injection Molding 21 Apr 2020

Injection Molding: Better Flow Simulation with Fiber Reinforcements

Long and short fibers align during flow in the mold, and this, in turn, influences the flow pattern. New math helps Moldex3D simulate this phenomenon.

Medical 12 Apr 2020

Plastics Industry Enlists to Fight Coronavirus

All types of processors and machinery and materials suppliers and service providers are refocusing resources to combat COVID-19.

12 Apr 2020

Is Coronavirus Financial Aid Available to Your Business?

Two comprehensive, free information sources for businesses coping with COVID-19.

Stretch Blow Molding 7 Apr 2020

How One Machine Builder Helps Fight the Coronavirus

Sidel converted its main stretch-blow molding development center to a production of PET hand-sanitizer bottles.

Postconsumer 6 Apr 2020

Why ‘Plastic Wars’ Got Me Riled

Is plastics recycling a decades-old scam or fraud? New PBS documentary takes a myopic view of broad-based industry trends.

Consumer Products 2 Apr 2020

Surging Demand for Hand-Sanitizer Dispensers Keeps Molding Machines Busy

Grab a squirt of hand sanitizer—who’s molding that dispenser?

Injection Molding 1 Apr 2020

Need Help with a Molding Project to Counter the Coronavirus?

Expert help at a steep discount, and the fee goes to a COVID-19 related charity.

Additives 30 Mar 2020

New Product ID Technologies For Industry, Retail & Recycling

Confirming material composition and manufacturing source, anti-counterfeiting, waste sorting, and retail check-out scanning may all get a boost from new ID technologies.