industry 4.0

Biopolymers

Two Injection Molding Grades of Biobased Materials Enhance Sulapac’s Cosmetics Packaging Portfolio

Sulapac Luxe, ideal for replacing hard plastics such as ABS and its more flexible edition Luxe Flex open up new opportunities.  

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Additives

Circular Packaging Based on Perstorp’s Akestra 100 and 110 Officially Endorsed in Europe

Perstorp’s next-generation co-polyester enhance thermoformed recycled PET products by adding heat resistance capabilities and more.

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NOVA Chemicals appoints Roger Kearns as President and CEO

Kearns to accelerate implementation of NOVA’s vision to become North America’s leading sustainable PE producer.

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iMFLUX Goes Royalty-Free and Transitions to Mainly R&D Role

By July, P&G will close the iMFLUX site and move to royalty-free licensing through injection-machine vendors and third-party retrofitters. An iMFLUX R&D team will continue to develop the technology.

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Blow Molding

Bekum Promotes Terry Grost to After Sales Manager

Thirty-year Bekum veteran assumes responsibility for customer service, spare parts and rebuilds.

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economics

Plastics Processing Activity Near Flat in February

The month proved to not be all dark, cold, and gloomy after all, at least when it comes to processing activity.  

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New Tool Steel Qualified for Additive Manufactured Molds and Dies

Next Chapter Manufacturing says HTC-45 — an optimized H-13 — will offer superior thermal transfer and longer tool life.

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Nexa3D Acquires Addifab

The maker of polymer 3D printers and the creator of technology for injection-molding-ready printed tooling are fully joined after announcing a collaboration last year.

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How to Reduce Sinks in Injection Molding

Modifications to the common core pin can be a simple solution, but don’t expect all resins to behave the same. Gas assist is also worth a try.

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Indorama and Evertis Collaboration Aims for PET Film From Recycled Trays

Indorama and Evertis announced they will collaborate to make food packaging film from recycled PET trays.

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