Jim Callari

Jim Callari Editorial Director

Medical

Low-Throughput Dryer Series With Matching Hoopers

Series comes in a throughput range from 3 oz.-15 lbs/hr. and is said to be ideal for medical molding.  

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Postprocessing

Second-Generation Plasma Surface Treater

New units built with new materials for system components that have proven to be more resilient.  

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PT's Naitove Among 18 Headed to Plastics Hall of Fame

Longtime Plastics Technology editor to be enshrined with 17 other luminaries on October 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany.  

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Film Extrusion

Innovative Film Processor Adds Water-Blown Technology to Barrier Offerings

Established as a market leader in technical films in Latin America, Plastilene enters North American barrier market with nine-layer technology, including an upside-down, water-quenched system.  

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Drying

Low-Volume Dryer for Engineering Resins

Target markets are low-volume, high-precision specialty applications in automotive as well as in electronics, connectors and technical molding.  

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Compounding

PFA-Coated Ribbon Blender for Sensitive Applications

Targets applications where stainless steel or carbon steel may not be suitable.  

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Extrusion

Nordson, Fimic Announce 'Enhanced' Partnership

Details of partnership to be divulged at K 2025.  

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Recycling

Maag to Buy Sikora

Complementary products to deepen companies’ “joint value proposition and integration with OEM partners and end customers.”  

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New System Utilizes EMF Technology to Measure Sheet Thickness, Temperature

An altogether different approach to in-line measurement is said to provide direct thickness measurement, is impervious to material density changes, installs quickly and does so without radiation.  

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Metal and Polymer Molding, Additive Manufacturing and MoldMaking All Under One Roof

From metal molding to polymer molding, additive manufacturing to moldmaking, material selection to formulation, prototyping to production, PTI Tech has emerged as a one-stop molding shop.

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sustainability

No-Dry Twin Screw Extruder Series Can Handle Multiple Resins

Machine can process a variety of virgin, postconsumer, postindustrial resins and flake without first having to crystallize, dry or change screws.  

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Film Extrusion

Automated Die, Feedblock System Improves Efficiencies at Cast Film Processor

Reifenhäuser's PAM automation systems helps Bogucki Folie reduce waste at startup while slashing time between changeovers.  

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