A globe surrounded by plastic bags symbolizes the world's plastic pollution problem.

Global Plastics Treaty talks stall; industry calls for practical, science-based path forward

Aug. 15, 2025

Plastics advocates warn lack of international alignment threatens recycling investment and circular economy progress.

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How is your company handling cybersecurity?

July 29, 2025

Tell us about K 2025 debuts, influential figures, success stories

Jan. 12, 2024

The upgraded Netstal PET-Line 4000 is energy efficient and can run up to 192 preforms per mold.

Injection Molding

Netstal upgrades PET-Line for preforms

Aug. 15, 2025

This automatic palletizer is handling 64-ounce bottles on 44-inch by 56-inch pallets.

Currier Plastics invests and grows

Aug. 13, 2025

Take a visual tour of R&B Plastics Machinery

Aug. 12, 2025

Injection Molding

This Hasco water fountain cools mold cores.

Molds & Tooling

Hasco device cools mold core

Aug. 15, 2025

Graphic shows plastics machinery shipments over the past 8 quarters, with a 3.5% increase in Q2 2025.

Plastics machinery shipments rose in Q2 2025

Aug. 13, 2025

Molds for Mamba Board are filled with recycled materials, including electronics waste.

RePolyTex tackles e-plastics challenge

Aug. 11, 2025

Extrusion

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Processors have capacity for new business: Machinery Minutes

Aug. 11, 2025

The Centro-Freeze 2 from Kdesign, part of Reifenhäuser Group, cools film bubbles.

Centro-Freeze 2 cools film bubbles

Aug. 7, 2025

From left, Andrew Wheeler, president of Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.; Brad Humbolt, new president of Addex; and Addex co-founders Bob Cree and Rick von Kraus.

Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. acquires Addex

Aug. 6, 2025

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Aug. 14, 2025

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Aug. 5, 2025

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Aug. 4, 2025

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Mold makers leverage technology, work to diversify offerings

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Manufacturing

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Plastics Industry Association adds 7 to staff

Aug. 12, 2025

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PMM poll: Many processors have capacity available

Aug. 6, 2025

The Drydose system was co-developed by Labotek and Movacolor.

Product Innovations

Drydose combines drying, dosing systems

Aug. 6, 2025

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Provisions in new tax law could boost plastics processors

Aug. 5, 2025

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How EPR is transforming the packaging industry

Aug. 4, 2025

Blow Molding

The Grey line is the latest in the KEB series of extrusion blow molding machines, which debuted in 1968.

Kautex revives KEB blow molders

Aug. 8, 2025

Pittsburgh is the host city for the SPE Blow Molding Division's annual conference in 2025.

Annual Blow Molding Conference features speakers, awards, connections

Aug. 1, 2025

The Sidel CoboReel employs a cobot to change reels of labels for bottling.

Sidel system loads label reels

July 25, 2025

R&B Plastics Machinery President and GM Fred Piercy atop a blow molding machine at the company's Saline. Mich., plant.

R&B specializes in custom machinery

July 23, 2025

Molds & Tooling

The automatic tool changer is expandable to up to 12 positions on the 10-foot model.

Molds & Tooling

Thermwood CNC router machines large parts

Aug. 12, 2025

The Gammaflux G25 hot-runner controller can control up to 192 zones.

Molds & Tooling

Gammaflux controller optimized for high-cavity molds

July 31, 2025

Cimatron's CAD-AI uses artificial intelligence to streamline mold design and manufacturing.

Molds & Tooling

CAD-AI works with Cimatron CAM tools

July 29, 2025

Velocity Group employees work to assemble a component used for industrial power sources. Despite being in a rural area. the Byesville, Ohio, company has surmounted labor challenges by building a positive impression in the community as a good employer.

Molds & Tooling

Volatility roils tool making industry

July 29, 2025

Recycling

Jonathan Quinn is president and CEO of the U.S. Plastics Pact.

Plastics Pact leader aims to build momentum

Aug. 14, 2025

Recyclable material speeds on a conveyor line at the Indianapolis Polymer Center.

Stadler equipment powers recycling plant

Chris Voloschuk

Aug. 7, 2025

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AMI Plastics World Expos return to Cleveland Nov. 12-13

Aug. 6, 2025

Nova Chemicals' Syndigo1 facility processes LLDPE film into recycled PE pellets.

A look inside Nova Chemicals' film recycling plant

Chris Voloschuk

July 30, 2025

Additive Manufacturing

The HT Pellet Extruder allows the Roboze Argo 1000 Hypermelt to process pellets.

Additive Manufacturing

Roboze printer can use pellets

Aug. 13, 2025

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Additive Manufacturing

Desktop Metal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

July 30, 2025

The Lynxter S300X-FIL11 has dual toolheads and an active drying chamber for two spools.

Additive Manufacturing

Lynxter printer offers dual heads

July 28, 2025

Mold repair and service make up a big part of Decatur Mold's business. Rhonda Lustenberger, majority owner and president of the North Vernon, Ind., mold making plant, says, 'repair work takes a different skill set that I think a lot of people don't have,' compared with building new molds, which 'can be more scientific.'

Molds & Tooling

Precision, expertise give mold makers an edge

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Features

Open about 18 months, Decatur Mold's new Tech Center allows it to separate projects involving new molds from projects involving mold repair. It's designed for automation and some lights-out manufacturing.

Molds & Tooling

Robots put unattended operations within reach for mold makers

July 22, 2025

LS Mtron recently helped its customer, Stanford Manufacturing, install two new injection molding machines with special adaptations that allowed them to fit under the molding plant's 23-foot-tall roof.

Injection Molding

LS Mtron solves ceiling-height challenges

July 16, 2025

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PMM Insight: Get ready for the factory of the future

July 10, 2025

Cpre Technology founder Geoff Foster, left, launched the Molding Kids for Success program to introduce students to STEM.

Injection Molding

Geoff Foster is paying it forward

July 8, 2025

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Thermoforming

Sealpac's A6max tray sealer works with a variety of packaging materials.

Sealpac debuts versatile tray sealer

July 21, 2025

From left, Axel von Wiedersperg, CEO of Brückner Group; Robin Schaede, CFO of Brückner Maschinenbau; and Angela Strigl, CFO of Brückner Group.

Angela Strigl named CFO of Brückner Group

July 2, 2025

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Tim Carpenter is new CEO of BMG

June 23, 2025

PMM's top stories in May

June 3, 2025

Compounding

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Bay Plastics Machinery names rotor sales rep

March 26, 2025

Plastic Recycling Inc. has invested in two state-of-the-art extruder systems from Celectric Technology and Delco Extrusion.

Plastic Recycling Inc. adds two extruder systems

March 12, 2025

Bay Plastics Machinery is offering assessments, repair and refurbishment of pelletizers like this one.

Bay Plastics Machinery offers pelletizer assessments

Jan. 29, 2025

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Holding company takes KraussMaffei Group private

Dec. 16, 2024

Rotomolding

Plastics Hall of Famer Glenn Beall with some of his honors and recognitions.

Plastics design trailblazer Glenn Beall dies

July 25, 2025

Rotoline's free Dashboard monitors a variety of machine data feeds.

Rotoline offers free Dashboard

May 6, 2025

Amid hiring challenges, molders have invested in automation. Among them is Rockford, Ill., Pyramid Plastics, where a Yushin robot is shown stationed above a press.

Manufacturers turn to robots, cobots amid workforce woes

Nov. 14, 2024

Matt Seaholm, left, appears on stage with Bill Carteaux in 2018 at the Global Plastics Summit. Carteaux, who had served the Plastics Industry Association as its president and CEO since 2005, when it was known as the Society of the Plastics Industry, died a few weeks later. In 2022, Seaholm was promoted to helm the organization.

Seaholm restores stability to PLASTICS

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