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NPE2024 Wrap-Up: Sustainability Dominates Show Floor News

Across all process types, sustainability was a big theme at NPE2024. But there was plenty to see in automation and artificial intelligence as well.

Cold-Half Core-Centering Technology for Blood-Collection Tubes

SIPA’s technology makes it possible to adjust core alignment from the front face of the cold half versus requiring access to the back of the core plate.

Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019

Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.

Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show

Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.

Injection Molding: Upgraded PET Preform System Runs Longer Without Maintenance

SIPA XForm 500 injection molding system is now guaranteed for 11 million cycles between maintenance stops.

Blow Molding: Faster Mold Changes for PET ISBM Machine

SIPA’s single-stage PET stretch-blow molders now change tools 25% faster.

NPE Wrap-Up: News in Primary Machinery, Part 1

Rounding up details from the Big Show not previously reported in all our other coverage, here’s more news in injection and blow molding, extrusion and compounding. Next month, we’ll conclude with recycling/scrap reclaim, robots, tooling, auxiliary equipment, materials and additives.

Recycling/Scrap Reclaim at NPE2018: Technology Focuses on Boosting Regrind Consistency, Pellet Quality

There will be no shortage of new technology and highlights of the latest trends in recycling and sustainability at NPE2018.

Blow Molding: New Machines Take on Challenging Shapes

From very small to very large, from hotel amenity bottles to automotive jounce bumpers, new and upgraded machines tackle difficult jobs while improving productivity, quality, and energy efficiency.

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

BLOW MOLDING AT NPE: Energy Savings, Lightweighting & Flexibility

New machines are mostly all-electric, hybrid, or servo-hydraulic.

SIPA Acquires Automa PET Bottle Machine Line

SIPA adds rotary single-stage machines to its arsenal.

New in PET: Injection-Compression-Stretch-Blow Molding

Continuous, rotary injection-compression molding of preforms is linked to rotary stretch-blow molding.

Blow Molding News at K 2013

All-electric machines of all types were the stars of the show, but there were a number of other noteworthy developments.

K 2013 Preview: Injection Molding

Next month’s mammoth triennial plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany, challenges injection molding machine builders to demonstrate technological leadership in addressing the needs of the marketplace.

New Hybrid Machine Platform Focused on Customization, Integration, Energy Savings

After five years of product development behind the scenes, Athena Automation is ready for its close-up.

SIPA Partners with Athena Automation on PET Preform Molding Systems

Athena Automation, a company founded by Robert Schad (founder and former majority owner of Husky Injection Molding Systems), has formed a partnership with SIPA of Italy to supply injection molding systems for PET preforms.

BLOW MOLDING: Electric Machines Starting to Purr

Growing use of electric drives in blow molding machinery gathered steam at the K 2010 show, as suppliers rolled out new all-electric and hybrid models for extrusion blow, injection-blow, and stretch-blow production.

All-Electric Blow Molding Still in Its Infancy in U.S.

Already a familiar sight on European store shelves, the eye-catching appeal of "IML" is gaining traction among North American injection molders. The latest tooling and automation designs can handle the higher volumes needed here.

NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Blow Molding

Several new developments include a brand-new compression blow process, the first foamed PET bottles, and a preform decontamination approach for aseptically filled products sold at ambient temperature. Attendees also saw a new stack-mold Multi-Parting Line concept that doubles bottle output within the same machine footprint. (Additional NPE blow molding news appeared in May and June—see Learn More box.)

NPE News in Blow Molding

While occupying a relatively small category of exhibits, blow molding will present no lack of innovation at NPE.

K 2007 Blow Molding: Electric Machines Take Hold

Development of all-electric and hybrid-electric blow molding machines may be gaining momentum, as evidenced by several new models introduced in Dusseldorf.

Hot-Fill Packaging: OPP and 'Panel-Less' PET Bottles Grab the Spotlight

Improved clarity and cost competitiveness, added to its inherent heat resistance, are reviving OPP’s prospects in hot-fill barrier containers. But hot-fill PET containers are raising the bar with higher productivity and ‘panel-less’ bottle designs.

What's New at the Show in BLOW MOLDING

There will be a strong emphasis on energy savings in blow molding machinery at K 2007.

What to See at NPE 2006: Blow Molding

Show-goers will see a range of new blow molding equipment that offers higher speeds, more cavitation, and faster changeovers.

NPE News Preview: Blow Molding--Higher Speeds, More Cavities, Faster Changeovers

Improving productivity while minimizing capital cost and floorspace will be central themes of blow molding exhibits at NPE 2006.

Barrier Bottle Technologies Square Off

With single-serve containers raising shelf-life demands, packagers are seeking the barrier with the best cost-performance for PET bottles. Multilayer seems to have the upper hand, but monolayer, coating, and oxygen-scavenger technologies have all won niches.