Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief

sustainability 9 Mar 2022

Plastimagen Returns

Almost exactly two years since the first pandemic shutdown and not quite three years removed from the last version of this event, Mexico and Latin America’s plastics industry reunited in person—and in masks—at Plastimagen 2022 in Mexico City.

sustainability 28 Feb 2022

Working Towards a Global Plan for Plastics Pollution

Less than a week before the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) convenes in Nairobi with the goal of creating a global treaty on plastics pollution, the OECD attempted to map out the breadth and depth of the issue.

Injection Molding 18 Feb 2022

Try Overflow Wells to Remedy Weld Line Weakness

Molding simulations show that adding an overflow well to a part can mitigate the impact of glass fibers on weld-line weakness.

Automotive 16 Feb 2022

Electrification Sparks Changes in Automotive Design

Cars are marketed to consumers as everything from a form of personal expression to a reflection of the American experience, but ultimately they’re about moving people, and moving the car comes down to the motor.

close up on technology 16 Feb 2022

Injection Molding Live Demos to Highlight First-Ever PTXPO

Major suppliers will be running injection machines in the first plastics industry trade show in the Chicago area since 2009.

4 Feb 2022

Manufacturing Activity Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels but Challenges Remain

Manufacturing is back to levels last seen in 2019, but rising raw material costs, supply chain challenges, workforce issues and transportation/logistics costs pose ongoing hurdles.

Automation 12 Jan 2022

The Changing Nature of Injection Molding

As the industry enters a new year, it stands at the crossroads of global events that will change many aspects of injection molding in indelible ways—many of which are positive.

Stretch Blow Molding 1 Jan 2022

How a Molder Embraces Change While Sticking to Its Roots

For MDS Manufacturing, its first decade in business has been one of nearly constant change. But the two brothers who started it have never strayed from the company’s roots and the lessons about the molding business they learned from their father.

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