French recycler plans to double production
Suez Environnement hopes to double its production of recycled plastics in Europe within five years, the company said.
Data origin: European Plastics News
Medical market helps California molder expand
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Custom injection molder Trademark Plastics Inc. is experiencing significant growth in demands from its medical customers.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
Thermoformer EasyPak expanding to keep up with demand
Packaging thermoformer EasyPak LLC plans to expand its Leominster, Mass., operation to the tune of $7.5 million.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
Arrow's Kleckauskas has helped move America to plastics
CHICAGO — Bob Kleckauskas had a front-row seat at the dawn of blow molded plastic shampoo bottles, mouthwash bottles and other consumer products, as a young engineer at Walgreen Laboratories in Chicago.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
Color mixer introduced for powder
Liquid color has been used in injection molding for years, but at Rotoplas, Reduction Engineering Scheer Inc. introduced an inline color mixer for use during pulverizing of powder for rotational molding.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
MuCell helps New Balance keep pace with technology
New Balance, the running shoe maker, uses MuCell technology in the molding of its mid sole and heel components, used in more than one million pairs of shoes a year.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
Negri Bossi produces press with 7,000 metric tons of clamping force
Negri Bossi SpA is rolling out the big guns – a Bi-Power injection press with 7,000 metric tons of clamping force.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS
Bag making machine to make its debut in Derbyshire this week
Derbyshire-based supplier to the flexible packaging industry, Optimation Ltd, is holding a three-day demonstration event this week to launch a new bottom-seal bag-making machine in the UK.
Data origin: BRITISH PLASTICS
Arburg signs training pact with Taiwan university
German injection moulding machine maker Arburg has announced a cooperative deal with Taiwan’s Ming Chi University of Technology.
Data origin: PLASTICS NEWS