Blow Molding

Thermoforming

Large & Medium-Sized Plants Expand

Smaller operations might be struggling, but the heart of the industry is growing.

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Plastics Pioneers Association Adds Three to Membership Roster

Bruner, Goldsberry and Shoemaker added to ranks of group.

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best practices

Why & When Should You Re-Crystallize PET Scrap?

Whether you’re blow molding PET bottles or extruding APET sheet, you’ll produce amorphous scrap in the process. How you handle it will impact your production costs. Re-crystallizing it will help.

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economics

Breaking the Downward Slide?

Processing market seems to have stabilized.

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Blow Molding

Davis-Standard Opens New Plant To Build Blow Molding Machines

D-S moves accumulator-head machine building to Fulton, N.Y.

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Speed to Market: Pretium Stays Light on Its Feet And Ahead of the Pack

A visit to its largest PET plant illustrates how this versatile blow molder leverages design skills, a can-do attitude, and a high degree of production flexibility to supply custom products in ever-shorter time windows. A new thrust into automation will help pick up the pace.

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Extrusion

Graham Engineering Relocates Rhode Island Operations To Pennsylvania

Ashaway plant relocating to York, Penn. to accommodate ongoing growth.

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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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Drying

‘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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Compounding

Contraction Continues

Business index for plastics processors dips for fourth straight month.

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