Drum blow molder Mauser has used acquisitions, home-made machine building and careful attention to processing details to take the leading position in the field. ArticlePublished: 7/30/2012
Tooling innovations at NPE focused primarily on multi-cavity closure and medical applications, though there was also a substantial emphasis on large automotive and appliance parts. ArticlePublished: 6/25/2012
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
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
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
This past spring, Dutch brewer Heineken introduced a colored 4-liter PET keg for its Amstel brand of beer in the Benelux region of Europe. ArticlePublished: 8/23/2011