Stretch Blow Molding
Slideshow: SPE Fellows Inductees
During the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC 2016, SPE will honor the newest Fellows of the Society, which are members who have made outstanding contributions in plastics science, engineering, or management.
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Ahead of the Curve in Recycling
A pioneer in recycling milk bottles built a thriving business in plastic lumber, but blow molding with PCR has proved a longer, harder road to success.
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Amcor Launches New Business For Small-Volume Bottle Production
Full-service design and production available with economical lower-cavitation tooling.
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All-Electric Drive Impacts Milk-Jug Blow Molding
Although it has taken more than a decade, electric servo drives are starting to hit their stride in blow molding machines.
Read MorePortuguese Blow Molder Expands Kansas City Plant
Logoplaste will invest $35 million to expand its facility in Kansas City, making it the company’s new U.S. manufacturing and distribution hub.
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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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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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‘China Is No Longer Cheap’
When I spoke with Scott Huff about his China-based company’s plans to open a new production facility in the U.S., he was actually getting ready to board a flight to Shenzhen.
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Ultra-Light PET Bottle Expands Range for Hot-Fill
Hot-fill PET bottles now approach aseptic bottle weights.
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BLOW MOLDING: Monitor & Control PET Bottle Crystallinity & Barrier Properties
New QC functions predict shelf-life performance and help optimize physical properties based on crystallinity/orientation.
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