Major Taiwanese injection and blow molding and extrusion machinery OEM s plan to broaden the appeal of their brands by providing higher-end technology solutions at prices competitive with European or Japanese machines. ArticlePublished: 4/28/2012
Italian stretch-blow molding machinery builder Siapi (siapi.it) had a lot to talk about at NPE2012 last month in Orlando, Fla. ArticlePublished: 4/28/2012
Gravimetric control systems offer blow molders improvements in processing efficiencies above and beyond their ability to regulate resin usage. ArticlePublished: 3/26/2012
Careful choices of machines, tools and operators are critical to tame the process to produce high-quality bottles consistently. ArticlePublished: 3/26/2012
One of the more unusual aspects of the sustainability drive in the plastics industry (see NPE Sustainability article this month) is the way giant beverage companies are taking an active role in spurring development of biobased plastics for bottles. ArticlePublished: 12/27/2011
Taking coextrusion blow molded bottles beyond six layers while maintaining conventional wall thicknesses is at the core of a new micro-layer approach developed by Dow. ArticlePublished: 11/22/2011
Leading PET blow molder Amcor Rigid Plastics, Manchester, Mich. (amcor.com), is continuing its push to replace glass in hot-fill food products with new 24-oz, round, wide-mouth jars. ArticlePublished: 10/25/2011