• Origin Materials
    Origin Materials' PET cap will enable full bottle-to-bottle recycling.
    Thermoforming

    Origin Materials solves the PET cap conundrum

    Karen Hanna
    March 26, 2025
    Origin Materials and Reed City Group are collaborating on a thermoformed PET cap that could enable 100-percent bottle-to-bottle recycling.

    Thermoforming

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    Geiss
    The Geiss T11 thermoforming machine has a revamped user interface.
    SPE Thermoforming Division
    Don Hylton, SPE Thermoformer of the Year 2024
    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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    Jabil inc.
    The services offered by printing farms and service providers such as Jabil illustrate the growing array of applications possible from 3D printers, including R&D; prototyping; production of jigs, fixtures and tooling; bridge production; serial production; and parts repair.
    Kiefel
    Kiefel will cut about 100 jobs at its Freilassing, Germany, headquarters.

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    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.
    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.
    APenergy
    Wrapping insulation jacketing around injection molding machines is 'the most cost-effective thing I have ever seen,' APenergy consultant Matt Flanigan says.
    Manufacturing

    Opportunity abounds for energy savings

    Bruce Geiselman
    Oct. 7, 2024
    Cost-effective upgrades include replacing lighting, wrapping insulation blankets around molding machines, looking into process cooling improvements.
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    Multimedia

    Five things to know: Biomaterials, auxiliaries, leadership changes

    Bruce Geiselman
    Oct. 3, 2024
    Senior reporter Bruce Geiselman rounds up essential stories in this podcast episode.
    Litai
    Litai's TTF-820AF thermoformer is now available in the U.S. market.
    Thermoforming

    Litai expands into U.S. thermoforming market

    Karen Hanna
    Sept. 25, 2024
    The company showed its TTF-820AF machine at NPE2024.