THERMOFORMING: High-Speed Robot Stacker

GN Thermoforming Equipment, Chester, N.S., has introduced a new high-speed robotic stacker for its contact-heat, in-mold-cut thermoformers.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/26/2013

MATERIALS: Clarified PP Grades for Packaging, Housewares, Cups

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Six new clarified PP grades for injection molding, blow molding, and thermoforming are available from Houston-based Phillips 66.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2013

INJECTION MOLDING: All-Electric Multi-Component Presses Debut at Fakuma

One of the new introductions at the recent Fakuma exhibition in Germany was the launch of an all-electric multi-component series by Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery (U.S. office in Norcross, Ga.). The new IntElect multi line starts with a mul...
New Product Announcements Published: 11/29/2012

MATERIALS: New Amorphous PET for Easier Extrusion Blow Molding

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Aspira One, a new amorphous PET from Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., reportedly provides an optimal balance of recyclability, product performance, processability, and aesthetics compared to existing PET resins used in extrusio...
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

MATERIALS: Recycled-Content PS for Foodservice

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Houston-based Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., has launched two new polystyrene grades with recycled PS content.
New Product Announcements Published: 9/4/2012

MATERIALS: PP Copolymer Makes Debut in Thin-Wall Food Packaging

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new PP random copolymer from Austria’s Borealis (U.S. office at Borealis Compounds in Port Murray, N.J.), offers excellent flowability for high-speed, thin-wall food packaging.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/3/2012

MATERIALS: Dairy-Grade HDPE for High-Throughput Blow Molding

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Total Refining & Chemicals’ Polymers Div. in Belgium (parent of Total Petrochemicals in Houston), has introduced a new HDPE with 0.962 density and low viscosity (MI2 of 2.1 g/10min) compared with standard HDPE bottle grades ...
New Product Announcements Published: 8/3/2012

MATERIALS: High-Flow PP Random Copolymer for Packaging

 WEB EXCLUSIVE: Borealis Polymers N.V. in Mechelen, Belgium, has introduced RJ901MO for thin-wall packaging and housewares such as storage boxes and CD/DVD cases.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/9/2012

MATERIALS: Borealis Medical & Packaging Materials on Display at NPE

Injection molders vising the show in Orlando will have a chance to become better acquainted with application-tailored polyolefins from Borealis of Vienna, Austria.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/29/2012

THERMOFORMING: Roll-Fed Former with 'Low-Scrap' Tooling

Making its U.S. debut at NPE in Orlando is the GN760 in-line forming machine from GN Thermoforming Equipment, Chester, N.S.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2011