Zone in on Progressive’s Components for Molds, Then Rock Out
As with every NPE, Progressive Components is unveiling several new products that speed mold building and reduce cost and downtime, and then hosting a “progressive” rock VIP event for customers in its booth after hours.

Components Catalog Reveals Expanded Components Line
Progressive Components is expanding its components offering. At NPE 2018, Progressive Components introduces its new v12 Catalog.

Hot Runners & Tooling at NPE2018: Smarter & More Specialized
Hot-runner technology, like the companies utilizing it, is becoming highly specialized, building in focused functionality for the application to be molded. Like most of the equipment in the cell around it, it’s also becoming smarter, sharing data and reacting to feedback from the press and more.

Tooling: New Standard Mold Components
Stack-mold actuators and mold monitors stood out from the crowd of new mold components at Fakuma 2017 from Hasco, Meusburger, Haidlmair, and Progressive Components.

Hot Runners & 3D-Printed Molds Headlined at K Show
Automotive was a key focus for hot-runner developments. 3D-printed plastic prototype tools were another highlight.

Tooling at NPE: Valve Gates & Multi-Tips Top the News
There’s no letup in development of sophisticated hot-runner nozzles and controls. Here’s news in these and other tooling products at the show.

TOOLING: New Mold Components At Amerimold Show
New bar locks, wear plates, and slide retainers.

New Products & Services at amerimold in June
New mold components and training services to debut at moldmaking show.

News in Hot Runners & Tooling at K 2013
Molds that break speed records for specific applications; hot runners for medical, packaging, and automotive parts; temperature and valve-gate controllers; and standardized mold components constitute a large grab-bag of news in the tooling category for injection molding at the Dusseldorf show.

K 2013 Preview: Injection Molding
Next month’s mammoth triennial plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany, challenges injection molding machine builders to demonstrate technological leadership in addressing the needs of the marketplace.

TOOLING AT NPE: Hot Runners & Coinjection Grab Spotlight
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.

Tooling at NPE: A Hot-Runner Bonanza in Orlando
Most of the emphasis is on valve gating and on doing more in less space. Other highlights include standardized mold components, some impressive feats of moldmaking creativity, and advances in mold simulation.

TOOLING: New Mold Components at Amerimold Show
A number of new mold components were shown at last month’s Amerimold expo in Rosemont, Ill., sponsored by Gardner Publications, publisher of Plastics Technology and Moldmaking Technology magazines.

TOOLING: Standard Components and In-Mold Monitor at K 2010
K 2010 news in tooling aims at helping injection moldmakers speed product to market.

Expandable Cavities Now Standard
A standard line of expandable cavities is offered for the first time by Progressive Components, Wauconda, Ill.

Enhanced Software for Mold Maintenance
WEB EXCLUSIVE: New versions of two software programs for managing mold maintenance were introduced at the recent NPE show in Chicago by Progressive Components, Wauconda, Ill.

Expandable Mold Cavities at NPE
Progressive Components, Wauconda, Ill., introduced a new standardized line of expandable mold cavities at the NPE show last month.