Medical

Consumer Products 1 May 2020

Dow to Throttle Back PE Production in the Americas

Dow is idling three PE plants and two elastomer plants to address supply/demand imbalance, exacerbated by the coronavirus impact/

Commodity Resins 30 Apr 2020

Tooling Tech Supplied Thermoform Tooling for Hospital Bed Production in Support of Coronavirus Relief

Tooling Tech was able to go from design to finished tool in less that the two-week delivery requested by Kruger for Emergency & Disaster Relief Beds in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Medical 30 Apr 2020

Lubrizol Materials and Expertise in Healthcare Support Coronavirus Needs

Specialty TPU manufacturer Lubrizol is helping improve patient outcomes with its materials and expertise in medical equipment and drug products.

Injection Molding 30 Apr 2020

Ohio Molder Joins Statewide Consortium to Combat Covid-19

Pragmatic Manufacturing put its new Wittmann Battenfeld molding cells to work as part of an effort to produce and deliver more than 1 million face shields for front-line health care workers in Ohio in just five weeks.

Packaging 29 Apr 2020

Bockatech and Westfall Technik Solidify EcoCore Foam Core Technology License Deal

Westfall Technik to promote use of EcoCore PP foam core technology in the U.S. to create new opportunities for more sustainable lightweight single-use and reusable packaging.

Molds & Tooling 29 Apr 2020

Metro Mold & Design Fast Tracks Face Shield Tool

The new mold was fabricated in just nine days compressing what’s normally a 6- to 8-week process.

Medical 29 Apr 2020

Mack Helps Convert Snorkeling Mask into Much-Needed PPE

A former employee connection, the need for a tight turnaround and a desire to use existing filtration—how Mack Molding’s Synectic redesigned a snorkeling mask into Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Medical 28 Apr 2020

Wittmann Battenfeld Customers Push Machines into Coronavirus Duty

Wittmann Battenfeld injection molding machines in Italy and Austria are churning out valves for respiratory masks and face shield frames and straps, respectively.

Medical 23 Apr 2020

NatureWorks Partners with Nonwoven Institute in N95 Mask Production for Coronavirus Fight

Amidst the coronavirus crisis, NatureWorks has donated PLA bioplastic to produce as many as 2 million/week reusable N95 masks from a new nonwoven structure.