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High-Precision Plastic Injection Molding for EVs, Medical Devices and Consumer Electronics

High-Precision Plastic Injection Molding for EVs, Medical Devices and Consumer Electronics

Precision injection molding is a manufacturing process that produces plastic components to extremely tight tolerances - often within a few microns - using specialized tooling, controlled machine parameters, and rigorous quality inspection. Unlike standard injection molding, where a small dimensional variance might not matter, high precision plastic molding is built for industries where a 0.01mm error can mean a part....

Smart Mold Technologies: Digital Twins, Conformal Cooling, and Industry 4.0 in Injection Molding

Smart Mold Technologies: Digital Twins, Conformal Cooling, and Industry 4.0 in Injection Molding

Injection molding has been around for over a century, but the molds themselves are finally catching up to the digital age. Sensors are embedded where there used to be plain steel. Cooling channels twist and curve in ways that would have been impossible to machine a decade ago. And somewhere on a screen nearby, a virtual replica of that exact....

Sustainable Plastic Injection Molding: Using Recycled and Bio-Based Polymers without Compromising Performance

Sustainable Plastic Injection Molding: Using Recycled and Bio-Based Polymers without Compromising Performance

For decades, injection molders lived by one unspoken rule: virgin resin was the only safe bet. Recycled material was seen as a gamble, bio-based polymers as a novelty for eco-conscious startups rather than serious manufacturing. That mindset is fading fast. Rising resin costs, tightening environmental regulations, and customer demand for greener products have pushed sustainable injection molding from a niche....

How the Plastics Industry Is Reducing Its Petroleum Dependence

How the Plastics Industry Is Reducing Its Petroleum Dependence

Virgin petroleum-derived resin was the default input for most of the industry’s history. Processors ordered it and priced it into their contracts without much thought about where it came from. However, this default is now being questioned from several directions at once, and plastics manufacturers are responding with tangible changes to how resin gets sourced.

AI-Powered Plastic Injection Molding: Improving Precision, Quality Control, and Production Efficiency

AI-Powered Plastic Injection Molding: Improving Precision, Quality Control, and Production Efficiency

Plastic injection molding has always been a game of tight tolerances and thin margins. A fraction-of-a-second miscalculation in cooling time, a slight drift in barrel temperature, or an inconsistent injection speed can turn a perfect part into scrap. For decades, manufacturers have relied on the experience of skilled operators and trial-and-error tuning to keep production lines running smoothly. That era....

RCS Group to Invest €75 Million in New Plastics Recycling Facility in Werne, Germany

RCS Group is investing €75 million in a new plastics recycling facility in Werne, Germany, to expand its recycling operations and support the developm...

Covestro to Expand MDI Production Capacity in China and Explore New UAE Plant

Covestro has announced a strategic MDI investment programme to strengthen its global position and improve long-term supply security for customers worl...

Gould Industries Invests in Mississippi Manufacturing Plant to Expand Production Capacity

Gould Industries Ltd., a Montreal-based manufacturer of recycled plastic products, has acquired a manufacturing plant in Summit, Mississippi. The acqu...

Polykemi and Rondo Plast Invest SEK 25 Million to Expand Recycled Material Capacity in Europe

Polykemi and Rondo Plast have invested nearly SEK 25 million to expand their production capacity by around 7,500 tonnes of recycled material per year....

Aluminium Compact Band Heater Type ZAK

Aluminium Compact Band Heater Type ZAK

The next generation of innovative heating bands for machines and tools in the plastics processing industry and other devices with homogeneous heat requirements. Sheath material: aluminium Wall thickness: approx. 11mm or 14mm Max. Operating temperature: 450?C Max. Power density: 4,5 W/cm2

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Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast advance next-generation food packaging with PEF capacity...

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, today announced the signing of a cap...

New Roadmap Shows US PET Plastic Industry Can Reduce Total Annual Emissions Even as Produc...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today released PET Forward: A Decarbonizati...

DuPont Launches Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution for Consumer & Industrial Applications

DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced the global launch of Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution for Consumer...

New Roadmap Shows US PET Plastic Industry Can Reduce Total Annual Emissions Even as Produc...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today released PET Forward: A Decarbonizati...

Plastics Recycling: TotalEnergies Becomes the Sole Owner of the Grandpuits Advanced Plasti...

As part of the restructuring of Plastic Energy’s shareholding, TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE)...

Corteva, Globachem Enter into Definitive Agreement to Form a Joint Venture to Advance Deve...

Corteva (NYSE: CTVA), a global leader in seed and crop protection technology, and Globachem N.V., a priva...

Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen

Covestro has opened a new pilot plant for the chemical recycling of high-performance elast...

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New Oxford Economics Study: Plastic Production Cap Would Raise Cost of Goods

Focusing waste collection and recycling policies where they can reduce the most mismanaged...

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Crane Company Announces Agreement to Acquire U.S. Water Pump Business from First Reserve...

Crane Company (NYSE:CR) (“Crane” or the “Company”), a premier industrial manufacturing and...

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Pexco LLC Acquires Recto Molded Products and Legacy Extrusions to Expand Engineered Inje...

Pexco LLC has acquired Recto Molded Products and Legacy Extrusions, expanding its capabili...

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Michelle Boon

Michelle Boon

Global Head of Flexible Packaging

Mainetti Group

The circular economy isn't just an option - it's essential for our survival. As we face mounting plastic pollution, we must shift from a take-make-dispose model to one where materials are reused and kept in circulation. It's not only about reducing waste but also about securing our future.

Michael Laurier

Michael Laurier

CEO

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc

?Our technology isn't just about reducing plastic pollution; it's about redefining sustainability, ensuring that every product we make leaves a positive impact on the planet."

Bhupinder Singh

Bhupinder Singh

Chief Executive Officer

Messe Muenchen India Pvt. Ltd.

Michela Carrer

Michela Carrer

Chief Marketing Officer

Moretto S.p.A.

Krsad Dokme

Krsad Dokme

Export Manager

Plastmore

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