EVCO Plastics to Add White-Room and LSR Molding
New plant in Georgia has room for 20 injection machines, including the company’s first LSR molding presses to enhance its medical capabilities.
Use Automated Fever Scanning to Protect your People and your Business
This new non-contact temperature screening system from MachineSense is quick and easy to use. It provides an added level of health protection for employees and legal protection for the business.
Foster and Drake Medical Form Sales Alliance
Alliance creates a one-stop shop for high performance medican polymers in the form of machinable shapes.
Chinaplas 2021 Kicks Off In Person
Postponed, rescheduled and ultimately cancelled in 2020, Chinaplas has returned this week with an in-person event featuring 3600 exhibitors in Shenzhen.
Total Transparency at Trademark Plastics
Trademark Plastics’ latest investment won’t let it see the future, but by giving it vision inside parts, the new CT scanner represents a more transparent tomorrow for its validation work.
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Clear, Transparent Nylon for Steam Sterilization of Medical Products
EMS-Grivory’s new Grilamid TR HT 200 amorphous nylon boasts an above 90%.
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For Honeywell’s Aclar Edge Bottles, “The Pie Is Much Bigger Than We Thought”
High-moisture-barrier Aclar Edge bottles for liquid drugs are nearing commercialization, and much broader market opportunities are emerging.
Growing Through the Pandemic
Westec Plastics is just one example of an injection molder that actually expanded in 2020 despite the business and logistical challenges of the pandemic.
Sepro Introduces Medical and Pharmaceutical Application Robot Line
Sepro Group says its MED Series of 3-, 5- and 6-axis robots is equipped with the features medical customers have been requesting for robots sold into ISO 7 and 8 clean room applications.
High-Flow POM for Medical and Healthcare Industry
Polyplastics has expanded its Duracon POM PM series with the addition of high-flow grade PM27S01N
Growing Interest in TPEs for COVID-19 Related Medical Applications
United Soft Plastics reports on a surging intereste for TPEs for face masks, ventilators, and face shields due to their elasticity, resilience, and FDA compliance.
Keeping It in the Family: Medical Molder Grows with Second Generation at the Helm
Evolving from a two-man moldmaking company in a rented garage to three unique businesses, including a new medical injection molding unit, with 185 full-time employees, Micro Mold, Plastikos and Plastikos Medical enter their fourth decade family-led and poised for growth.
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Precisely Managed Melt Delivery Moved into the Hot Runner
Husky says its new UltraShot injection system miniaturizes the shooting-pot concept of a traditional two-stage injection system—putting it within the mold—to create proximity to the gate that all but eliminates pressure drop.
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Molding Straighter Medical Tubes: New Hot-Runner Technology Battles Core Shift
A curvature or bowing effect in thin-wall PET blood tubes had long been accepted as the norm for the high-volume application, despite its impact on cycle time and downstream post-molding operations.
Freudenberg Medical Adds Six Machines
The Arburg, Wittmann Battenfeld and Toyo machines installed in Baldwin Park, Calif. support component production for in-vitro diagnostic test kits.
Diversified Plastics Installs Six Vertical Injection Molding Machines
The company added all-electric Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, Niigata and Nissei molding machines to its Minnesota facility in support of medical device customers and other manufacturers.
Medical Assembly Automation Supplier Adopts New Name for U.S. Operation
TechnoMed is now Tecnoideal America.
PTA Plastics Adds Six Injection Molding Machines
The injection molder split the new Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld machines between its facilities in Longmont, Colo. and Oxford, Conn.
Is Your Ultrasonic Welder Up to the Challenge of Medical Processing?
New technology meets the industry’s requirements for repeatable, consistent welds in smaller and more intricate medical components. Follow these tips to make sure your equipment meets these market demands.
20 Good Things to Come Out of 2020—Part 3
Processors and resin makers step up; biobased/renewable PP makes commercial strides; BOPE makes inroads as monolayer contender; and, performance PP for engineering applications & sustainability 'shines'.
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European Machinery Suppliers See Steadying Markets
After a sharp drop in activity at the start of the year, the German plastics and rubber machinery sector has corrected with 2020 orders tracking only 3% below 2019 levels, while Austria’s Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld saw North American bright spots.
NewAge Adds Tubing Capacity in Coronavirus Fight
Processors add three new Davis-Standard silicone extruders to increase production of tubing line.
Graham Names Alpert Medical Extrusion Manager
Veteran tubing guru Alpert to be part of machine builder's technical and customer support, including product development and system testing.
PLASTICS Reports Double-Digit Growth in Machinery Shipments in Third Quarter
Third quarter plastics shipments were up compared to the second quarter and on a year-over-year basis, rising 15.8% and 4.6%, respectively, as supplier sentiment and the trade deficit were also on the rise.
Freudenberg Medical Opens New Global Headquarters in Massachusetts
The greenfield site in Beverly covers 36,000-ft2, will employ 48 and provide LSR and thermoplastic injection molding on presses ranging in tonnage from 40 to 220 tons.
