Deisgned for profile and tubing applications, Guill Tool & Engineering ’s Unicam crosshead combines two of the company’s established technologies: the Single-Point concentricity adjustment system and ...

The Ultra Cool GEN3 features what Reifenhäuser calls a unique IBC stack. Designed specifically for the new three- and five-layer die head, it’s also available as an upgrade for existing systems. Film ...

SACMI has sold its Beverage and Labeling units to Omnia Technologies. Included are two-stage stretch-blowing, filling and capping systems, labelers and bag-in-box systems. This equipment is now part ...

Reifenhäuser will be introducing at K 2025 AI technology that it says enables even inexperienced line operators to quickly solve complex tasks in their daily work, thereby maximizing availability, ...

Artificial intelligence has become a competitive necessity in sustainable plastics research and development, yet many organizations are under pressure to adopt the technology without a clear or direct ...

Gifted with extraordinary technical know how and an authoritative yet plain English writing style, in this collection of articles Fattori offers his insights on a variety of molding-related topics ...

Processors around the world are finding it increasingly difficult to find, train and keep operators. And during October’s K 2025 show in Düsseldorf, Germany, suppliers of blown film technology ...

Film extrusion is divided into two subcategories: cast film (flat film) and blown film. In cast film extrusion, hot plastic is extruded through a flat, slit die onto a polished chill roll where it is ...

Recycled HDPE/PP sample without Dow’s Engage compatibilizer (top) and recycled HDPE/PP sample with Engage POE compatibilizer. Elongation at break is increased by a factor of 3 with compatibilization, ...

Alroy will stay on with Hitech through an unspecified transition period. Rod Crue, an engineer for 16 years at Hitech, will join the new firm as an employee. Hitech has also hired extrusion and ...

The Wisconsin-headquartered supplier of molding, molds and automation cells adds three mold making facilities in Europe—Denmark, Sweden, Germany—with the acquisition.

Ahead of the first NPE since 2018, PLASTICS announced that its triennial show will stay in Orlando and early May for ’27, ’30 and ’33.