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    Manufacturing

    Data-driven manufacturing jobs are on the rise

    Karen Hanna
    Feb. 18, 2025
    Workers with tech skills will drive your plant's future.

    Thermoforming

    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.
    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.
    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.

    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

    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.
    Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations
    The Eagle-LP from Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations can produce blister packaging from sustainable film substrates.
    Thermoforming

    MHI introduces Eagle-LP lab blister machine

    David Tillett
    Sept. 12, 2024
    It's designed to work with sustainable film substrates that are tougher to form and seal.
    Genox
    Genox's GCV400 is one of several granulators companies showed off recently at NPE2024. It can be used to process materials ranging from plastic purge and film to wood and fiber.
    Recycling

    Granulator makers offer new sizes, capabilities

    Ron Shinn
    Sept. 11, 2024
    CMG rolls out mammoth machine, while Genox, Rapid Granulator add more-compact units to their lines.