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Compounding

Schenck Process FPM Becoming Coperion

Name change to become official in August 2024.

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Compounding

SmartChronos Licensed to Kneader Manufacturer

Industry 4.0 platform, developed then spun off by compounder Alterra, to be used by X-Compound in its lab.  

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Sheet Extrusion

PTI Seals Deal to Rep Italian Slitter Manufacturer Helios

PTi to provide slitters and related components and services to sheet processors in the U.S. and Canada under exclusive agreement.  

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Medical

Gerresheimer Announces Two-Stage Expansion in Georgia

The German packaging company is investing $180 million in Peachtree City, expanding production space for injection molding and other activities there by a total of 194,000 ft.2

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Compounding

PVC Compounder Adds Mixing Capacity

Concord Compounding adds two new Farrel continuous mixers.  

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sustainability

Boise State Team Wins Circular Plastics Challenge Focused On PET Recovery

NPE2024: The competition is a collaboration between Hillenbrand, Net Impact and Coca Cola.

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NPE

More Than 50,000 Registrants Attended NPE2024

This May, the plastics community was brought together to learn and network after a six year hiatuis.  

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LS Mtron’s Outsized NPE2024 Presence Jump-Starts Ambitious North American Market Goals

The Korean maker of injection molding machines featured eight machines in its nearly 14,000-square-foot booth with additional presses at Yushin and Incoe’s booths, as it targets 20% market share.

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NPE

Arburg Eyes Assembly Plant in North America

The 101-year-old German company will continue to manufacture machines from its sprawling operation in the Black Forest, but for the first time it will add assembly outside of the country.

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NPE

Wittmann Shifts Some Production out of Austria

Manufacture of several core products, including specific models and sizes of injection molding machines, automation and auxiliaries have shifted out of Austria and into Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.

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