Tony Deligio

Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief

sustainability

An Opportunity by Design

At the very moment that intensifying public pressure pushes the plastics industry to address waste in the environment, the sector is stepping up to reclaim the valuable materials it’s created.

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PTXPO

PTXPO Broadens Educational Opportunities

Beyond gleaning contacts and information by walking its bustling aisles, the third edition of the Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) will present attendees the opportunity to gather more than information on the latest technologies, they can also bring back knowledge.

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Medical

Medical and Molding Elite

When Jeff Smith received a notice evicting his promising business out of his house, it could have been the end of Elite Biomedical Solutions’ and Elite Precision Plastics’ stories before they really got started, instead it was just the beginning.

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top shops

Last Chance! Top Shops Survey Closes at Midnight!

The ninth annual Top Shops benchmarking survey for injection molders is now open, providing molders a free opportunity to see how they stack up with fellow molders via a customized report.

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Automation

Production Monitoring Automates Molder’s Planning, Operations

DCT saves 60 man-hours per week by shifting from paper records and discrete spreadsheets to a shared, automatic production monitoring platform.

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Automation

No-Code Tool for Robot Interface Programming

Cloud-based library for application templates can reduce setup times by up to 80%.

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Molds & Tooling

Heated Sprue Bushing Line Expanded

The company says the assemblies are designed to minimize pressure loss and enable rapid gate freeze.

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business

American Injection Molding Institute Partners with PennWest University

Students can pursue hands-on training at AIM’s injection molding lab while attending one of PennWest’s campuses for a new concentration in Plastics Injection Molding under the university’s Associate of Applied Science in Applied Technology (AAS-AT) degree. 

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Nissei Expands US Subsidiary

The Japanese supplier of injection molding machines has added just over 30,000-ft2 to its San Antonio, Texas, facility with new infrastructure to support the building of presses with clamp forces up to 3,000 tons compared to 1,439.

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Automation

AI-Powered Cobot Application Development

Universal Robots’ AI Accelerator hardware and software tool kit enables development of AI-powered cobot applications.

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Engel Begins Construction of New Automation Factory in Poland

Engel subsidiary TMA Automation Sp. z o.o. is building a new office and production building in Gdansk, Poland.

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Hole Filter for Demanding Melt Filtration Applications

Especially designed for use in machine nozzles and sprue bushings, Hasco’s H5055/… hole filter provides low pressure loss and high filtering performance.  

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