• Elgi
    Elgi's EQ series of rotary screw air compressors now come in higher-horsepower versions.
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    Elgi EQ compressors add horsepower

    Karen Hanna
    March 25, 2025
    The rotary screw compressors are efficient and designed to withstand harsh environments.

    Blow Molding

    Wilmington Machinery
    Russ LaBelle founded Wilmington Machinery, which manufactures equipment for structural foam injection molding and rotary blow molding.
    ALPS
    The ALPS BottleStop multi-head leak tester is easy to use and reliable, and can test a variety of bottle shapes.
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    American Plastic Molding
    American Plastic Molding in Scottsburg, Ind., is beginning the new year with a new 900-ton molding machine from Milacron. Acquired late last year, it replaces a 725-ton molding machine that took up the same footprint. Adam Auffart, VP of sales and marketing for APM, says tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump might steer more customers to the shop's mold-making and molding services.
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    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

    Absolute Haitian
    Like other OEMs, Haitian has been incorporating more intelligent features into its injection molding machines, to make them more user-friendly and help manufacturers deal with ongoing skilled-labor shortages.
    Manufacturing

    Will the plastics machinery market rebound in 2025?

    Lynne Sherwin
    Jan. 7, 2025
    Survey respondents, OEMs are divided on prospects for the new year as economic uncertainty continues.
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    Multimedia

    Highlights from PMM's 2024 machinery coverage

    Ron Shinn
    Dec. 24, 2024
    NPE2024 stories and visits to OEMs' headquarters kept you in the know.
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    Manufacturing

    Plastics Hall of Fame seeks nominees 

    Dec. 2, 2024
    The induction ceremony will be held in Germany the day before K 2025 opens.
    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..
    Manufacturing

    Lightweighting shows less is more

    Bruce Geiselman
    Nov. 29, 2024
    Manufacturers, brand owners cut costs. answer sustainability concerns by reducing material use.
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    Manufacturing

    Amcor, Berry Global will merge 

    Nov. 21, 2024
    The all-stock transaction creates a consumer and health-care packaging giant with combined revenues of $24 billion.