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    Multimedia

    What's ahead for machinery makers in 2025? PMM Insight

    Ron Shinn
    Jan. 23, 2025
    In this podcast episode, editors discuss our annual survey and outlook for the year to come.

    Blow Molding

    Plastics Hall of Fame
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    StackTeck Ltd.
    StackTeck is among many manufacturers and OEMs working to lightweight parts, both to reduce costs, as well as to address sustainability concerns. It used its specialized molds and proprietary Thin Recess Injection Molding (TRIM). technology to produce these 5-gallon buckets that have wall sections that are only 0.59 inch thick. Three years ago, StackTeck told Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing the buckets weighed 817 grams -- compared to 930-gram-buckets made through more-traditional means..
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    Amcor
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    Maguire
    Steve Maguire, founder of auxiliary equipment maker Maguire Products Inc., Aston, Pa., poses with one of his many products.
    Boy Machines Inc.
    Introduced in October at Fakuma, Boy's latest injection molding machines (IMMs), the Electric series, join other hybids already in the market. The compact, two-platen servo-hydraulic machines are available with clamping forces from 35 tons to 800 tons.
    Pyramid Molding Group
    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.

    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

    Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)
    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.
    Manufacturing

    Seaholm restores stability to PLASTICS

    Ron Shinn
    Nov. 13, 2024
    CEO's appointment in 2022 came amid turmoil, but he's worked to build staff, secure financial footing.
    Steinert
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    Product Innovations

    Product Innovations of the Week: Nov. 9

    Nov. 9, 2024
    New and improved products from Micro-Epsilon, Steinert, Guill Tool, Cold Jet and Enercon.
    Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)
    Bill Carteaux, the late Plastics Industry Association president and CEO, was one of the industry's most ardent supporters up until his death in 2018.
    Manufacturing

    Carteaux championed industry

    Ron Shinn
    Nov. 8, 2024
    Late CEO and president of PLASTICS provided tireless leadership.
    Globeius Inc.
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    Manufacturing

    Globeius now offering end-of-arm tooling from Roborex 

    Globeius
    Nov. 6, 2024
    The Denmark-based supplier of EOAT has a catalog of thousands of items, including suction cups and grippers.
    Guill
    Guill's Series 1000 extrusion blow molding heads can be designed to suit the application.
    Blow Molding

    Guill blow molding heads are adaptable

    Karen Hanna
    Nov. 6, 2024
    They are available for single-layer, co-extrusion and tri-extrusion applications and can be designed to suit.