Show goers will see an electric injection machine in nearly every press maker’s booth this year, and electric/hydraulic hybrids in several. ArticlePublished: 6/7/2010
An Italian maker of auxiliary equipment has come up with a new system that combines several unusual concepts to make high-volume PET drying faster and more consistent with lower energy use. ArticlePublished: 6/1/2010
Although we previewed a number of new developments in hot-runners at NPE 2009 in our May and June issues, the big show in Chicago served up still more new offerings for PET preforms, medical parts, caps and closures, and more. ArticlePublished: 11/1/2009
ABBA Systems Ltd., Brantford, Ont., and Mold-Masters Ltd., Georgetown, Ont., are teaming up to supply complete PET preform injection molds under the name iPET Systems. ArticlePublished: 9/22/2009
WEB EXCLUSIVE The Conair Group, Inc., Cranberry Township, Pa., and Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ont., have agreed to jointly supply complete PET preform manufacturing systems worldwide. ArticlePublished: 1/29/2008
In the search for ways to dry hygroscopic resins faster and more efficiently, infrared energy is an approach that many dryer makers find intriguing and potentially promising. ArticlePublished: 7/1/2007
Alloys of polyethylene and recycled PET were the highlight of the annual SPE Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) in Detroit in February. ArticlePublished: 5/1/2004
All-electric machines will be one of the biggest themes in injection molding machinery at this year’s K show, where at least nine firms will bring out their first models. ArticlePublished: 9/1/2001
PET preform molders can achieve a big jump in productivity without having to invest in special machines with rotating platens. ArticlePublished: 12/1/2000
PET bottle makers learned about two developmental exterior coatings that provide both barrier and bottle-decoration options at the recent Nova-Pack Americas 2000 Conference in Orlando, Fla. Other highlights of the meeting included two new barrier te... ArticlePublished: 4/1/2000