The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only transferred from one place to another. If you think of an injection mold as a closed thermodynamic system, ...

Plastic Process Equipment (PPE; Macedonia, Ohio) has added a portable battery-powered hot-tip sprue cleaner to its offerings. The company says replacing a cord with battery power lends mobility to the ...

Material retains strength at high temperatures. Amodel PPA features a melting point above 300°C and maintains mechanical strength at temperatures up to 280°C. These properties make it suitable for ...

Barnes Molding Solutions, which includes the injection molding, mold and hot runner technology suppliers Männer, Foboha, Synventive, Thermoplay, Gammaflux and Priamus, has opened a new production ...

Coca-Cola thought it had reached the limits of lightweighting for its small PET carbonated soft drink bottles. But a “complete redesign” led to a further 12% reduction.

PBT compound will support consumer electronics applications. According to SABIC, the material addresses growing demand across the consumer electronics industry for lightweight and durable ...

Nissha Medical Technologies (NMT), the medical device business unit of Japan’s Nissha Co. Ltd., broke ground on a new 50,000‑square‑foot purpose‑built micromolding facility in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division has announced the winners of the 2025 Automotive Innovation Awards. The final 33 teams presented innovations in 10 categories before a panel ...

APSX LLC, which previously marketed the APSX‑PIM desktop thermoplastic injection molding machine, has debuted the APSX‑LSR — a benchtop liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection system. Designed for ...

Industrial Speeds Required New technical developments that support KHS Supreme include scaling up the InnoPET Plasmax coating systems to industrial speeds of 60,000 bottles per hour, up from 48,000 ...

Kisuma Chemicals has introduced Setogem RD, a dual-function nucleating and acid scavenging agent for polypropylenes (PP). “We are very proud to offer this unique new molecule to our customers in the ...

Braskem has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains to negotiate terms of a $50-million award under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This ...