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PolyExpert’s trials lead to installation of three new air rings and one digital IBC control to speed changeovers and reduce scrap.

Monolith's carbon black process, which uses natural gas as feedstock, will now be applied to a full-scale manufacturing facility in Nebraska.

Molders and extruders that need to feed tiny amounts of material to their process require precision in both the material being fed and the equipment doing the dosing. When a shot size consists of three pellets, there is no margin for error.

They call it the “The Beast,” a new sheet line installed recently by custom extruder Rowmark in Findlay, Ohio (rowmarkllc.com). It’s nearly as long as the new 175 x 75 ft facility built to house it.

Trelleborg gains footprint in silicone-based implantable medical extrusions.

Western Europe now leads as the largest market with regulation as the most significant driver.

Sabic enters continuous carbon-fiber reinforced tape; TxV taps Fiberforge technology; Xenia introduces materials reinforced with hybrid (glass/carbon) fillers; and more.

Locked geographically between China and Japan, Taiwan’s plastics machinery sector also finds itself sandwiched between the higher-tech higher-cost machines of nation’s like Japan and the lower-tech lower-cost technology of China.

Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), Decatur, Ill., has teamed up with bioplastics development company Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., to build the first commercial plant to produce PHA thermoplastic resins from renewable resources.

Southern California can be a challenging environment for manufacturers, not least because of concerns about the cost and availability of electrical power.