This content was paid for by an advertiser and created by Crain's Custom Content. Finding the right auxiliary equipment for your facility is imperative to running a smooth operation, and while the ...

ATLANTA — Those in the know are lifting the veil, just a bit, on fledgling technology being developed that would fundamentally change the way plastic bottles are formed and filled. Dubbed LiquiForm, ...

Commercial purge compounds (CPCs) were originally designed and marketed to the injection molding industry, which remains the dominant process for CPC usage. Today injection molders are aware of the ...

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) has long seen use in applications requiring a chemical-resistant, high-purity, thermally-stable material. But this fluoropolymer has not traditionally lent itself to ...

Kautex Maschinenbau’s blow molding experts have successfully produced a large-volume polyamide liner for hydrogen pressure vessels using extrusion blow molding. The liner is more than two meters long, ...

Victrex (West Conshohocken, PA) has developed a new polyaryletherketone (PAEK)-based polymer and an innovative hybrid molding technology that enable overmolding of a PAEK-based composite with ...

Plastic is abundant in business and everyday life. You find it as product components, packaging and even in the containers used to ship products. For businesses interested in manufacturing or ...

Packaging companies all over the world rely on closed-loop blow molding to manufacture millions of plastic bottles and containers. The process is hot and requires forming and moving thousands of ...

Problem is, conventional low-durometer (45 Shore D) materials suitable for blow molding have notoriously been plagued by one significant limitation: Heat resistance below 284°F (140°C). This has kept ...