Husky Injection Molding Systems is not done pushing the envelope of thinner and faster, when it comes to packaging and medical moulding. A Husky official also said the company would break ground on a new plant in China. At NPE2012 in ...
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As Africa’s plastics industry grows, Indian companies say they are picking up substantial business there, with exports rising for machinery firms, and India’s resin and processing companies making investments. The India factory ...
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With the start of a new year, Plastics News restates its editorial agenda. The plastics industry has made important progress in many of these areas in the past decade, and we applaud the efforts. * Safety must be every company’s top ...
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Sustainable packaging upstart Ecovative Design LLC has received tremendous attention over the past year for its disruptive technology introduction of protective packaging materials grown from agricultural byproducts bound together by ...
Sacmi's repression cap is an innovation, different with the traditional injection cap, Sacmi is the first one machine manufacturer which market the compression plastic cap. Cap mould is an often overlooked details of the consumer, but for ...
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According to the latest UK Household Plastics Packaging Collection Survey produced by the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Recycling Group member Recoup, bottle recycling rate has reached 48.5% in the UK. It is a 2.5% increase as compared ...
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Despite a market recovery following the 2008-9 recession, demand for European food and beverage packaging in specific areas is being hit by "structural changes" including the sustainability trend. Applied Market Information (AMI) drew this ...
The first time I saw the TWSBI ink well, I was totally oblivious to the the additional functionality that it was hiding under that black cap and silver metal spacer that you see above. One quick thing before I explain how it works, it is ...
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A pair of scissors consists of two pivoted blades. In lower quality scissors the cutting edges are not particularly sharp; it is primarily the shearing action between the two blades that cuts the material. In high quality scissors the ...
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Machinery executives say U.S. sales of blow molding machinery have held up in 2011, following a 2010 that was marked by a strong bounce-back from the Great Recession. Makers of packaging — PET blow molders and extrusion blow molders ...
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Expand creative possibilities by learning how to create decorative ceramic tiles that can be used for interior design or craft projects. Ceramic artists can use tile to create a world of interesting murals and designs on walls, floors or ...
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Engel Holding GmbH will have record sales of about 740 million euros ($1 billion) in fiscal year 2011-2012, which will end March 31 of next year, according to Peter Neumann, president and CEO. That would be a 20 percent increase over ...
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Bottles made of PET are recycled to reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills. In many countries, PET plastics are coded with the resin identification code number "1" inside the ...
Blow molding (also known as blow moulding or blow forming) is a manufacturing process by which hollow plastic parts are formed. In general, there are three main types of blow molding: extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, and ...
RE-wine is a modular, multi-purpose wine carrying case by Taiwanese company Miniwiz, the design team behind such recycled PET products as the EcoArk and Polli-Brick. But that’s not all RE-wine does. While it serves as gift packaging, ...
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