Plastic is abundant in business and everyday life. You find it as product components, packaging and even in the containers used to ship products. For businesses interested in manufacturing or ...

Sometimes inspiration comes from a customer. That is certainly the case for Jim Benton, owner of Poly-Tech Plastic Molding Inc. in Prairie Grove, Ark. A request for a better plastic face shield has ...

“Discover, engineer, build” is an apt slogan for Virtual Engineering Days, scheduled for June 15 to 17, 2021. While the virtual event caters to manufacturing professionals and engineers across a ...

Extrusion and injection molding are the most important conversion techniques used by the thermoplastics processing industry. Certain factors need to be considered before a thermoplastics material is ...

Purging the blow molding machine on the shop floor will ensure efficient performance and a better end product. While there are some differences between standard and custom blow molders, the blow ...

Extruder Intek Plastics, based in Hastings, MN, has acquired injection molding company Five Star Plastics, located in Eau Claire, WI. Both companies are family-owned. Intek said that the acquisition ...

Germany-based plastic blow molding equipment provider W. Müller GmbH has developed a new generation of screen changers for extrusion blow molding applications. The new screen changers have been ...

Bemis Manufacturing, Sheboygan Falls, Wis., has been a component partner with OEMs as well as a manufacturer of commercial products, including toilet seats and medical devices, for more than 100 years ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Arkansas State University-Mountain Home will receive $450,000 from the Delta Workforce Grant Program through the Delta Regional Authority to establish ...

Toronto-based Amara Industries, the parent company of Canadian home products maker Gracious Living Corp., is buying Thomson Plastics Inc. (TPI), a large tonnage injection molder in the Southeastern ...