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PTi to Expand Headquarters
The sheet extrusion machinery supplier will invest $10 million in an expansion that will nearly double manufacturing space and capacity at its Aurora, Ill. headquarters.
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Benchmarking Your Way to Better Operations
Does it seem like one type of mechanical failure causes most downtime in your shop; do more things seem to go wrong with certain shifts/operators/lines? Apply metrics and remove “seems” from your vocabulary.
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Plastics Equipment Shipments Hold Steady in Third Quarter
Shipments of primary plastics equipment in the third quarter were flat compared to the previous quarter and down 4.6% year over year.
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The State of the U.S. Plastics Industry Is Strong
Shale gas, reshoring and trade helped the U.S. plastics industry outpace the broader manufacturing sector over the last year.
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Sneak Peek at Molding 2016
Get your first glimpse of the nearly finalized Molding 2016 agenda.
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“Winning With the Lifecycle Approach”
Milacron reimagines its role in the plastics industry.
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Injection Molder: How Plastics and Sustainability Go Together
Plastics might be many environmentalist’s Public Enemy No. 1, but in Illinois, Hoffer Plastics was just recognized for showing how sustainable the material, and those who process it, can be.
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For This Molder, Less Paper + More Data=Higher Productivity
At Tessy Plastics, going paperless means more than idle printers and fewer orders for three-ring binders.
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Walmart Initiative Prompts Garden Product Manufacturer to Reshore Blow Molded Owl
Dalen Products Inc., a supplier of gardening items for Walmart and other retailers, is reshoring some production from China to its Knoxville, Tenn., headquarters.
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‘Wearable’ Machine Sensors Extended to Power Factor & Retrofits
As is often the case with a new technology, customers are dictating how predictive-maintenance sensors will be applied and where they might be headed next.
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Can the U.S., European Plastics Machinery Sectors Dodge a Falling BRIC?
After BRIC countries largely built up their markets during the Great Recession, developed economies today seek continued growth despite emerging market maladies.
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‘China Is No Longer Cheap’
When I spoke with Scott Huff about his China-based company’s plans to open a new production facility in the U.S., he was actually getting ready to board a flight to Shenzhen.
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