Engel began a global rollout of its Wintec brand e-win all-electric press and presented a streamlined portfolio of its duo ...

Size reduction manufacturer Rotogran International has launched a newly designed severe-duty granulator for use in stacked shredder/granulator configurations. The new granulator is designed with every ...

Keeping the right spare parts on hand and focusing on maintenance go a long way to keep your machine making pellets.

Shipping disruptions in the Middle East are dramatically affecting global resin trade flows, and rising prices reflect the ...

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 ...

Here’s the scenario. You’ve been invited to a supplier council made up of 20 people. You arrive and settle in when one of the participants makes a female-focused joke. It’s at this moment you realize ...

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 ...

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

Moving to the end of fourth quarter, prices for polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) appeared to be bottoming out. While prices for polyethylene ...

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 ...

The Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO), presented by Gardner Business Media Inc., has opened registration for the 2026 event, which will be held in Rosemont, Illinois, March 17-19. Reconnect with your ...