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

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

THERMOFORMING: Plug-Assist Tools & Techniques

CMT Materials Inc., Attleboro, Mass., will debut technologies that thermoformers can use to reduce sheet thickness when forming heavy-gauge materials at the NPE 2012 show in Orlando.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2011

MATERIALS: Nanostructured Acrylic Sheet Bridges Cast & Extruded Properties

WEB EXCLUSIVE: New Altuglas ShieldUp nanostructured acrylic sheet from Altuglas International (a unit of Arkema Inc.), Philadelphia, is said to combine the toughness of extruded acrylic sheet with all the other properties of cast sheets.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/31/2011

ADDITIVES: Additive Masterbatches for Security, Barrier, Durability, Processability & More

Denesting aid for thermoformed and injection molded packaging also helps with mold release and scratch reduction.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/27/2011

ADDITIVES: New Nucleator Makes Thermoformed PP Faster, Clearer, Tougher

The latest nucleator for polypropylene from Milliken Chemical, Spartanburg, S.C., is Hyperform HPN-600ei.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/31/2011

THERMOFORMING: Flexible Former Improves Heat Control

The 2500 Ultra represents a new generation of in-line thermoformers from SencorpWhite, Hyannis, Mass.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/26/2011

AUXILIARIES: New Barrier Coatings for Containers

Cavonic 3D Coating Technologies and InterTech Rx, LLC have combined to bring new barrier coating technology to North American processors of rigid containers.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/23/2011

Fast-Cycling Machine for Packaging

New RV 53C vacuum forming machine from Illig, South Hill, Va., offers speeds up to 45 cycles/min, nearly twice as fast as the previous version, and is made for small-to-medium production of packaging for food and other items.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2010

Softer Formable Olefin Foams

Thermoformable, closed-cell, crosslinked polyolefin foams up to 70% softer than previous versions are new from Toray Plastics (America), Inc., PEF Div., Front Royal, Va.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/1/2010