Brett Greenhalgh will step down as president of the U.S. subsidiary KraussMaffei Corp. (KMC; Florence, Kentucky) at the end of May 2026 and be replaced by John Fini. Currently VP, digital solutions ...

The push towards a circular economy is one of the most significant industrial shifts of our generation. We are moving away from the linear "take, make, use, dispose" model and embracing a system where ...

This is the most challenging resin pricing column I’ve had to assemble, starting with the U.S. Supreme Court’s February ruling that invalidated most of President Trump’s broad emergency-based import ...

Historically, lengthy computation times created bottlenecks, limiting the number of design variations engineers can practically explore during the development process. The Cadmould AI Solver removes ...

smart-lab for flexible laboratory workflows, e.g., quality control of supplied parts or R&D tasks smart-process for a standardized global process control with defined measurement procedures and ...

Heather Turner, director of sustainable packaging, and Jennifer Ronk, senior sustainability manager at Dow, spoke to PT about the company’s sustainable packaging products, trends in demand policy ...

Cypet Technologies, the Cyprus-based maker of stretch-blow molding machines and specialist in designing and molding large containers, has offered a peek at what it calls the world’s first 1,000-L PET ...

Industrial Speeds Required New technical developments that support KHS Supreme include scaling up the InnoPET Plasmax coating systems to industrial speeds of 60,000 bottles per hour, up from 48,000 ...

Vacuum conveying systems use a moving stream of air to pick up plastic material at a source and move it through a system of tubes to a selected destination. The speed and density at which the material ...

While prices of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) all moved up in January, with potential for a bit more by the first quarter’s end, the volatility ...

Custom processor GaMra Composites has developed new profile extrusion technology for producing siding, window lineals, fencing and other products for the construction market. The new patent-pending ...

Automotive manufacturers are under increasing pressure to deliver premium surface quality while reducing process complexity, cost and environmental impact. Traditional paint booth operations add ...