June 2011 Issue
May 2011
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
BASF & Ineos to Combine Styrenics Businesses
WEB EXCLUSIVE: BASF SE in Germany and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. in the U.K. are proceeding toward combining their styrenics businesses and production facilities into a joint venture later this year.
Read MoreNew Multi-Injection Approach to High-Barrier Packaging
At last month’s Interpack fair in Germany, Netstal of Switzerland and two partners demonstrated a new approach to injection molding high-barrier rigid containers.
Read MoreGiant New PET Plant Coming
M&G Group of Italy (U.S. office in Houston), which claims to be the largest producer of PET packaging resins in the Americas, announced last month that it will build a 2.2-billion-lb/yr PET plant on the U.S.
Read MorePPE Goes 'Vegas
Auxiliary equipment supplier Plastic Process Equipment, Inc. (PPE), Macedonia, Ohio, has moved its West Coast office from Chino, Calif., to a larger facility in Las Vegas.
Read MoreProcessing Biopolymers for Rigid Sheet & Thermoforming
Newly available cast sheet and thermoforming grades of Mirel biobased polymers open up a new range of applications in containers and other formed parts where renewable content and biodegradability are desired.
Read MoreSimco Changes Name After 75 Years
Simco-Ion, an ITW Company, is the new name of static-control equipment provider Simco Industrial, Hatfield, Pa.
Read MoreMaximum Head Pressures for Extruders and Choosing the Best Melt-Filtration Tech
What is the maximum head pressure an extruder should run at and how do you choose which melt-filtration method is best for your application?
Read MoreRotary Batch Mixers Help Boost In-House Recycling
While sustainability is a relatively new term in plastics, rotary batch mixing is an old warhorse in many processing operations.
Read MoreScrews and Pellets: One Size Does Not Fit All
Screw design, pellet type/size and material behavior are all critical issues to consider to deliver uniform melt to the mold.
Read MoreLook Upstream to Avoid ‘GIGO’ Pitfalls in Extrusion
You may think you have a feeding issue when in reality your problem may be upstream.
Read MoreScrew Surging, Part III: Unfilled Discharge Section
This type of surge happens most frequently with two-stage screws when the second stage has far more capacity than the first stage. It can also happen when a screw is limited in feeding or melting, causing a partially filled metering section.
Read MorePrices May Have Peaked--For Now
Prices of commodity resins were on the way up last month, driven by higher feedstock costs and restricted supplies of feedstocks and resins.
Read MoreOn Site: Tailoring Medical Solutions… Sometimes in 50-lb Lots
Smaller volumes teams with higher quality and value as keys to the success of this growing medical compounder.
Read MoreNew in the U.S. & Growing Fast
One wouldn’t expect a Colombian packaging giant to come to Virginia for a cup of coffee, but that’s sort of what happened.
Read MoreEight Steps Toward a Seamless Mold Transfer
It’s big news when an OEM decides to move a substantial number of molds from one processing operation (either their own in-house/captive facility or an outsourced molder) to another.
Read MoreNew Ownership for Husky
Boston-based private-equity firm Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity of Toronto reportedly paid $2.1 billion last month to jointly buy Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries, which makes injection molding machines, hot runners and molds.
Read MoreNew PVC Resins Are 'Better Problem Solvers' for Plastisols
It’s relatively rare that a new PVC resin grabs the headlines, but here’s one that could be big news for plastisol formulators and processors.
Read MorePress Maker Negri Bossi Buys Robot Supplier Sytrama
Italian injection machine builder Negri Bossi (U.S. office in Newark, Del.) will now be offering integrated automation solutions by virtue of its acquisition in late April of Italia robot supplier Sytrama (U.S. operation is in Windsor, Conn.). Sytrama makes three-axis and linear-axis robots, side-entry robots, and linear motors for use on presses from 50 to 6000 metric tons.
Read MoreHow To Size & Calibrate Profile Parts
Doing it right is critical to maintaining profile dimensions.
Read MoreNano Technology Moving Fast Into Blown, Flat Film
New technology to process nano blown films unveiled by Dow at Antec. Nano cast film, sheet advances too.
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