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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....

Automation and Robotics in Plastics Manufacturing: The Future of High-Speed, Low-Labor Production

Automation and Robotics in Plastics Manufacturing: The Future of High-Speed, Low-Labor Production

The plastics industry is going through one of the biggest operational shifts in its history, and it's happening faster than most people outside the sector realize. Plastic Manufacturing Automation has moved from a nice-to-have upgrade to a survival requirement, and the shift is reshaping how manufacturers think about speed, cost, and labor.

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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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...

Avantium partners with Sojitz Pla-Net to drive adoption of releaf® in the Japanese market

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, today announced a strategic partners...

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: Without Scales a Recycling Solution for Hard-to-Recycl...

For its contribution to Sustainable Chemistry, Without – then operating under the name Without by A...

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: Without Scales a Recycling Solution for Hard-to-Recycl...

From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to an International Pioneer in Circular Materials Made from Plastic and T...

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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BASF at SIMAC 2026: Advanced Materials for Durable and Circular Footwear Concepts

Under the campaign theme "Make the Move," BASF will present polyurethane and thermoplastic...

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Suppliers Partnership for the Environment Releases Guidance on Mass Balance Attribution...

Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) today announced the release of Guidance on...

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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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