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    • Beermaster
    Craft brewer Beermaster commissioned a customized PET Technologies APF-Max 4L to make its packaging more eco-friendly.
    Blow Molding

    Brewer says 'cheers' to custom bottle solution

    Feb. 19, 2025
    PET Technologies designed an APF-Max 4L blow molding machine to handle multiple designs.

    Blow Molding

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    Sacmi
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    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.
    LS Mtron
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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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    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

    Maguire
    Steve Maguire, founder of auxiliary equipment maker Maguire Products Inc., Aston, Pa., poses with one of his many products.
    Injection Molding

    Engineering challenges energize Maguire

    Ron Shinn
    Nov. 19, 2024
    Founder of auxiliary equipment company enjoys solving industry problems.
    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.
    Injection Molding

    All-electrics, hybrids gain prominence

    Karen Hanna
    Nov. 18, 2024
    All-electrics have their supporters, but hybrids bank on best-of-all-worlds approach.
    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.
    Manufacturing

    Manufacturers turn to robots, cobots amid workforce woes

    Karen Hanna
    Nov. 14, 2024
    Automation spares humans fom dull, dangerous work in applications as varied as welding, assembly, palletizing and takeout.
    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.