ABS launches the 40-hp Tranquility Vacuum Pump, featuring single-side access, improved cooling and enhanced rigidity for plastics processing systems.

The 2026 survey, based on 2025 operations, reveals injection molders’ resilience in the face of rising resin prices and trade ...

There are three ways to put a threaded brass insert into molded plastic. Here’s what each one does to the part; where each ...

The film bubble you see in the photo is not the result of AI chicanery or Photoshop. Instead, it reflects the latest investment made by Balcan Innovations at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin film ...

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) measures the current state of plastics processing activity through survey responses covering new orders, production, backlog, employment, exports and supplier ...

Producing quality injection molded parts consistently and efficiently demands precise melt temperature control. When a hot runner system is involved, maintaining the desired temperature at every ...

Injection molding machine and automation supplier Engel Group initiated the worldwide rollout of the all-electric Wintec e-win injection molding machines outside Asia. Simultaneously, the company also ...

The conflict with Iran and resulting stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz at the time of this reporting have dramatically disrupted shipping routes and global resin trade flows, particularly for ...

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 ...

Friction is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact. In plastics, friction can generate heat, leading to dimensional changes or even melting. Wear, on the other hand, is the ...

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 ...

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) changes the waste management model by involving producers in end-of-life disposition of the products they market, often through fees that support collection and ...