November 2025 Issue
November 2025
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the November 2025 issue of Plastics Technology
Remembering Bruce Maddock: A Pioneer in Single-Screw Extrusion Technology
The work this researcher conducted in single-screw extrusion decades ago is still being applied today.
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The Protection Business
The humble combination cap and plug gave Caplugs a cornerstone product and a name, but 75 years later the company has grown to encompass so much more.
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How This Pipemaker Streamlined Data-Management Processes
HakaGerodur centralized and digitized its data flow and certifications using software developed by Pipeson.
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A New Beginning for Polymers Without Ends
Oboro Labs aims to scale production of cyclic polymers.
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Small Shops, Big Gains: How To Know If You’re Ready for Automation
In injection molding, automation is often seen as a tool for large companies with complex processes and high-volume production, but that mindset misses a broader truth: Automation can benefit molders of all sizes — even those running low-volume or straightforward jobs.
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Designing a Twin-Screw Compounding Process: Home in on Screw Design, Barrel Setup, Degassing Ports
Follow these strategies to design compounding operations that operate at higher rates and mitigate wear to the extruder and screw elements, increasing process profitability.
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X2F Launches New Machine, Partnership and Strategy
The controlled viscosity molding (CVM) technology can overmold sensitive electronics, among other applications.
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Consistent Parts Require Consistent Cooling
Cooling issues are common. Fixing them doesn't cost much, but ignoring them can drain profits and productivity. Learn how to optimize cooling consistently.
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ICYMI: October 2025 Roundup
What’s more October-y than pumpkin spice? How about the K show, EPR, resin pricing, date stamps and tandem foam sheet extrusion, among other popular PT reads.
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Plastics Processing Production Inches Over Growth Threshold in September
Despite ongoing tariff uncertainty, plastics production rose to 50.7 in September, crossing the 50.0 growth threshold for the first time in many months.
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November 2025: Prices for PE, PP, PS and PVC Flat to Down; PET an Outlier
Supply/demand imbalance leads to weak Q4 pricing, except in tariff-impacted PET.
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High Technology as a Smarter Path to Reshoring
When supported by robust technologies and disciplined processes, reshoring can provide an opportunity to improve quality, reduce costs and increase agility.
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SABIC Composite Hybrid Battery Cover Enhances EV Safety, Efficiency
SABIC collaborated with Engel, Siebenwurst, Forward Engineering, Ensinger and Envalior to develop a thermoplastic composite EV battery cover, combining strong structural performance, flame retardancy and design efficiency.
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Taking Aim at Warpage With Windage
As a last-gasp attempt to salvage a design prone to warpage, CAE Services has developed a hybrid simulation/real-world methodology to ensure better outcomes for when windage is required.
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Taking Plastics’ Temperature at K 2025
The triennial timing and overwhelming size of the K show give it unique import on the plastics trade show calendar and the industry as a whole.
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