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    • Engel North America
    Vanessa Malena, president of Engel North America, watches a technician make adjustments to the end-of-arm-tool on an Engel robot arm.
    Injection Molding

    Malena blazes path at Engel

    Bruce Geiselman
    Nov. 21, 2024
    Engel North America president credits her father, company leaders for supporting her career as she thrived in male-dominated field.

    Features

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    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.
    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.
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    Riverdale Global LLC
    Riverdale Global estimates that a new water-treatment facility it recently put into operation at its High Point, N.C., plant will allow it to save an average of 250,000 gallons of water a year.
    Caglia Environmental
    Fresno, California’s Cedar Avenue Recycling and Transfer Station (CARTS) has improved its materials-recovery rates and lessened the burden on its employees by installing robots to sort PET from three categories: pigmented or opaque PET, PET bottles and thermoforms.
    Hasco America Inc.& Hasco Canada Inc.
    People load items outside Hasco's warehouse in Fletcher, N.C., where the company has worked with a missionary group to collect and distribute supplies for people trying to recover from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene.

    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

    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

    Nov. 8, 2024
    Late CEO and president of PLASTICS provided tireless leadership.
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    Prices for goods shipped from overseas could get more expensive under a second Trump presidency, if he follows through with pledges to institute tariffs. However, overseas OEMs expressed optimism that policies to strengthen the dollar, along with tax incentives, could help their business.
    Manufacturing

    Plastics machinery makers express optimism following election

    Bruce Geiselman
    Nov. 7, 2024
    Trump's proposed tariffs, tax policies and efforts to strengthen the dollar could help some, but mold making could become a pain point.
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    Manufacturing

    Celebrate Vinyl Week 2024 Dec. 9-12

    Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)
    Nov. 7, 2024
    PLASTICS and the Vinyl Sustainability Council join forces for the event in Louisville, Ky.
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    Recycling

    Erica Canaia is passionate about recycling, supporting parents

    Karen Hanna
    Nov. 7, 2024
    The third-generation CEO of Fimic has grown the company while developing a program for working new mothers.
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    Manufacturing

    10 years, 5,000 products detailed for processors in PMM's pages: Talking Points

    Ron Shinn
    Nov. 6, 2024
    Founding editor Ron Shinn looks back on a decade of covering new technologies and trends.