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Invista announced the signing of an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Epoch Biodesign, a U.K.-based company that uses synthetic enzymes to process mixed waste plastic. The agreement is aimed at ...

Stäubli F luid Connectors ’ latest multicoupling system, SMI209, was designed to meet the quality, safety and process control demands of the medical injection molding industry. “Medical molding is ...

The intensification ratio is equal to the ratio of the effective areas of the hydraulic ram to that of the screw check valve. Since those values often are not readily available, the intensification ...

Polyethylene has been around as a commercial material for a little over 70 years. It was one of the early developments in synthetic thermoplastics. Given its long history, it could be assumed that we ...

In our 2024 Top Shops injection molding benchmarking survey, Philip Katen of Plastikos talked about a “grind-it-out” phase for processors working out post-COVID inventory overcorrections. In 2025’s ...

Producing plastics parts with undercuts presents distinct challenges for molders. Undercuts are protrusions or recessions in a part that prevent the mold, after the part is formed, from sliding away ...

At last fall’s K 2025 fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, a Cyprus-based builder of injection stretch-blow molding machines (ISBM) showed off its latest developments in PET containers of up to 1,000 liters ...

Supply/demand imbalances, generally lower feedstock costs, and scheduled and potential unscheduled plant maintenance during the early part of the first quarter are likely to keep most resin prices ...

In blown film, clarity is often considered synonymous with quality. Haze is a defect. Haze can be caused either by melt fracture on the film’s surface or—in coextrusions—by instability inside the film ...

German mold component giant taps former EVP, who played a "decisive role" in shaping the company's ongoing global development, as its new CEO.