Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

Injection Molding 22 Feb 2016

Medical & Auto Molder Explores New Tech for Tooling & Cooling

Additive manufacturing and liquid-CO2 spot cooling are the firm’s newest tools for boosting productivity and quality.

industry 4.0 22 Jan 2016

ROBOTS TO ‘COBOTS’: Next-Gen Automation in Plastics Processing

So-called ‘collaborative robots’ are a new category of ‘human-friendly’ automation that can work safely side by side with people, unprotected by guarding.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 19 Jan 2016

Why Blum Went All Tiebarless

One of the first adopters of tiebarless injection machines a quarter-century ago uses them exclusively, both here and in Europe. One reason is their ability to handle oversized molds with awkward projections on smaller presses.

11 Jan 2016

KraussMaffei Buy Another Sign That China to Stay a Tough Competitor

One hears talk lately about how China is supposedly losing its killer edge as a global exports powerhouse. It has an aging population, rising wages, slowing economic growth, a shift in emphasis toward internal consumption, and recent upsets in financial markets.

5 Jan 2016

Ten Intriguing Injection Molding Technologies of 2015

I know I’m leaving myself wide open on this one. I was asked, “What are the 10 most interesting injection molding technologies of 2015?” I should have pleaded eggnog hangover and politely declined.