Packaging
First Hot-Fill PET Jar With Metal Lug Closure
Amcor wins the race to give PET pasta-sauce jars that satisfying "pop" on opening.
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News in Hot Runners & Tooling At Fakuma 2014
Novelties included variable-pitch manifolds, mold servo controls, 3D printed plastic mold inserts, and flexible/formable cooling channels.
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Slower Growth for Packaging
Packaging is tied to consumer goods spending, and growth for both may be at peak levels.
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BOPP Processor Focuses on Specialties
At one time, BI-AX International produced millions of pounds of BOPP film a year for a wide range of commodity products. But it has since transitioned toward higher-value niche products for medical and packaging.
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Ecover Bottles Feature 'Green' HDPE And Some Post-Consumer Recycled Material
Sonoco is producing bio-based HDPE bottles for Ecover's new home-care 'green' cleaning products.
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PP Prices Drop About Twice More From Last Month
Further major decline in PP prices possible for first month of 2015.
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New in PET: Injection-Compression-Stretch-Blow Molding
Continuous, rotary injection-compression molding of preforms is linked to rotary stretch-blow molding.
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Ineos And Sasol Break Ground On World-Scale HDPE Plant
Joint venture partners Ineos and Sasol have started construction of their new HDPE plant in LaPorte, Texas.
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Fine-Particle Cellulosics Key To Patented Bio-Plastic Compounds
Through a Japanese/U.S. joint venture, a new range of customized bio-plastic compounds are now available in North America.
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