Machine learning models narrow down solutions in synthesis, compounding, product design, and more.

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Plastics Technology covers technical and business Information for Plastics Processors in Injection Molding, Extrusion, Blow Molding, Plastic Additives, Compounding, Plastic Materials, and Resin ...

Film extrusion is divided into two subcategories: cast film (flat film) and blown film. In cast film extrusion, hot plastic is extruded through a flat, slit die onto a polished chill roll where it is ...

Tooling for plastics production include molds, mold components, ejector pins, mold bases, nozzles, mold cores, mold cavities, conformal cooling.

What Blow Molders Say About All-Electric Machines They are well established in Europe, but molders in North America are just beginning to come around to all-electrics’ improved performance, ...

Baerlocher hosted its 10 th PVC Technical Summit April 28-30 th at the historic Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The event drew a record 170 attendees from the PVC industry. “At the core of this ...

The PVCPA hired sustainability consulting firm, Sustainable Solutions Corp. (SSC), to conduct the review, which is entitled The Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Water and Sewer Pipe and Comparative ...

While uncertainty remains due to geopolitical risks, the sharp price escalation of nearly all resins has slowed and is reversing in some cases.

Plastixs Now Stocks 55-Gallon Drums of Paratherm Heat Transfer Fluid Plastixs, a supplier of equipment solutions for injection molding and material handling, announces it is now stocking 55-gallon ...

Polyolefins face highest price hikes due to the Iranian conflict’s disruption of global energy, feedstock and resin trade flows.

Those of us that have been reporting on the industry for quite a few years have seen some pretty major shakeups in terms of mergers and acquisitions and spin-offs of a company’s business segments.