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Family roots hold strong for Rocheleau, Hoffer: Machinery Minutes

June 30, 2025

Hear more about this story, plus the end of the HPM brand name and new apprentices at Bekum, in our weekly podcast.

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Poll: Is your company ready to take on new business?

June 10, 2025

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EBM publications cover tariffs and more

Feb. 5, 2025

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

Jan. 12, 2024

Kuka's Visual Components division offers 3D simulation.

Kuka focusing on digital solutions

June 27, 2025

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Changing hands: M&As in the plastics industry

June 26, 2025

Injection Molding

A mold assembly uses Mouldpro's HiTemp EPDM hoses.

Molds & Tooling

Plastixs adds Mouldpro hoses to offerings

June 30, 2025

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Injection Molding

Yizumi announces rebranding in North America

June 25, 2025

The Matsui LMD dryer is aimed at low-volume, high-precision molding.

Injection Molding

Matsui dryer handles difficult materials

June 25, 2025

Extrusion

The Genox J2000 pipe shredder's length can be adjusted to accommodate longer pipes or smaller spaces.

Genox shredder handles larger pipes

June 30, 2025

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PLASTICS’ Committee on Equipment Statistics: Empowering plastics machinery manufacturers

Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)

June 25, 2025

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Plastics machinery shipments fall again: Machinery Minutes

June 16, 2025

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Manufacturing

The Clover platform from Razorleaf integrates data from multiple systems.

Razorleaf platform integrates data sources

June 27, 2025

Luigi Buttafuoco

Farrel Pomini adds U.S. field sales engineer

June 26, 2025

Tom Ignatowski

Corotec president will also lead Thermotool

June 24, 2025

An employee at Hoffer Plastics works on an all-electric Engel e-mac 195 injection molding machine appropriate for making medical devices, electronics and packaging. When it comes to her employees, co-CEO Gretchen Hoffer Farb calls herself a 'mama bear'.

Family companies stay true to their roots

June 24, 2025

WrenchML from Bucket Robotics eliminates the need to provide images of good and bad parts for defect recognition.

Product Innovations

Vision platform uses CAD files as models

June 23, 2025

Blow Molding

Bekum America and COO Steve London welcomed nine new apprentices to the company's program.

Bekum America welcomes 9 apprentices

June 24, 2025

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Mergers, acquisitions provide off-ramp for departing plastics business owners

June 18, 2025

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SPE Blow Molding Division plans annual conference

June 4, 2025

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Plastics Hall of Fame names 2025 inductees

June 2, 2025

Molds & Tooling

Takumi's H10 three-axis bridge milling machine has an upgraded Fanuc 0i-XL control.

Molds & Tooling

Takumi upgrades H10 bridge milling machine

June 24, 2025

Anca's MX7 platform can create high-performance cutting tools.

Molds & Tooling

Anca MX7 makes tool grinding easier

June 20, 2025

'Mold-Ready' blade ejectors from Progressive Components come finished with various features.

Molds & Tooling

Blade ejectors are 'Mold-Ready'

June 19, 2025

Mold-Masters' new service facility will cover the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.

Molds & Tooling

Mold-Masters opens Phoenix customer support facility

June 16, 2025

Recycling

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Robert 'Bob' Bunting dies at 76

June 19, 2025

Danimer Scientific, a producer of bioresins, has been acquired by Teknor Apex.

Teknor Apex acquires Danimer Scientific

June 11, 2025

An employee works on an extruder screw at 3S, part of the Erema Group.

Erema reports 13 percent revenue drop in fiscal year 2024-25

June 10, 2025

Katrin Fricke

Katrin Fricke is new head of Tomra Recycling

June 10, 2025

Additive Manufacturing

The grid structure of the Matrix6D system can handle multiple types of material deposition and non-additive processes.

Additive Manufacturing

Matrix6D is scalable, flexible

June 26, 2025

The North American Stratasys Tooling Center operates F3300 and F900 printers.

Additive Manufacturing

Stratasys establishes tooling center

June 16, 2025

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is ready to print right out of the box.

Additive Manufacturing

Elegoo printer handles variety of materials

June 13, 2025

The Lynxter S300X-LIQ21/LIQ11 printer can print industrial-grade RTV silicone and PU.

Additive Manufacturing

Lynxter rolls out upgrades for printer

June 6, 2025

Features

Marko Koorneef is president of Boy Machines Inc.

Injection Molding

Marko Koorneef is planning for growth

June 19, 2025

The Elevate-LC3 IC lifting column from Linak acts as a seventh axis to extend a cobot's reach.

Elevate gives your cobot a boost

June 17, 2025

ITW Deltar Fasteners is proud of its efficient use of space and narrow aisles, as manufacturing engineer Phil Dunn demonstrates.

Injection Molding

Wittmann helps ITW do more with less space

June 11, 2025

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Budget bill isn't perfect, but it boosts plastics

June 5, 2025

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Thermoforming

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Tim Carpenter is new CEO of BMG

June 23, 2025

A tray produced with a Sealpac F-series thermoformer.

Sealpac debuts tray thermoformer

May 30, 2025

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SPE Thermoforming Division names parts competition winners

May 29, 2025

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Behind the scenes at Bekum, new Wittmann granulator: Machinery Minutes

May 26, 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

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

Nov. 13, 2024

Maag mill housing improves airflow

Bruce Geiselman

May 1, 2024