2:53 min
Compression moulding
Sacmi at Chinaplas: Fastest compression moulding machine in the world for plastic cap production
Notwithstanding the current market slowdown, SACMI’s Closures&Containers team, international industry leader in the manufacture of complete lines for plastic cap production, has significantly accelerated development and research into state-of-the art technical and technological ...
2:56 min
Additives
PolyOne extends sustainable PlanetPak™ Packaging System to color and additive concentrates
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced it will transition to the PlanetPak™ Packaging System as the standard container for color and additive concentrates in North America. The PlanetPak container ...
1:16 min
Preform moulds
Mold-Masters provides online Hot Runner Justification Tool
For high volume molders, the decision to use a hot runner is an obvious one. The fact is with the high cost of plastic, energy and manpower, hot runners make sense even when small volumes of molded parts are required. Cold runners run slower cycles, consume more energy, use more ...
2:59 min
Bottle development and design
Graham Packaging and TalkingRain team up to advance sustainability in PET hot-fill bottles for vitamin-enhanced waters
There's a good way to remember the name of Graham Packaging's new sustainability leader in a 20-ounce PET stock hot-fill bottle. Just say, Gee, it's light. Indeed, it is light-and it's called the G-LiteTM bottle.Doug MacLean, CEO of TalkingRain Beverage Company in Preston, ...
4:23 min
Additives
PolyOne to present expanded portfolio at Elmia Polymer 2009
ASSESSE, Belgium – April 6, 2009 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) will be exhibiting its latest colorants, additives, engineered materials, services and solutions at the Elmia Polymer exhibition (Stand: B01:60) on May 5-8, in Jonköping, Sweden.Technology platforms and products being ...
2:19 min
PET materials
Equipolymers announces new President & CEO
Equipolymers has announced the retirement of President & CEO, Graham Fox, effective March 31, 2009. Succeeding Fox as President and CEO will be Henry Roth, currently President & CEO of MEGlobal, based in Dubai, UAE. Roth will retain his role at MEGlobal in addition to the new ...