For the last decade, the survey (open until March 31) has gathered and analyzed data to deliver insights that help injection ...

Gardner Business Index hit 52.1, pointing toward optimism as consumer spending increases despite uncertain tariff impacts and labor market conditions.

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 ...

Omri Schulman is a materials scientist with a master’s degree in materials science and engineering and more than eight years of R&D experience spanning plastics, polymers and additive manufacturing.

Pearlescence, haze, rocker bottoms, and top-load failure are common ills that can afflict PET bottles. Cures for all of these are readily available. An article in the December 2014 issue (Blow Molding ...

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 ...

When a plastic fails unexpectedly, the cause could lie anywhere — processing, design, material choice or even additives. But sometimes, the problem goes deeper — back to how the polymer itself was ...

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 ...

Effective Feb. 1, Paul Caprio has been named president of LS Mtron for the U.S. and Canada, in addition to being added to the Korean supplier of injection molding machine’s board of directors for ...

Burger & Brown Engineering has launched its Smartflow Mold Validation Cart, a portable mold cooling water line test unit for use in plastic injection molding facilities. Designed for mold maintenance ...

The German maker of injection molding machines announced that Volker Nilles will fulfill the role held by Gerhard Böhm, who is retiring.

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 ...