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Injection Molding

Progressive Components' product captures parameters such as coolant flow, temperature and pressure.
Sept. 9, 2026
Improvements in AI and machine connectivity, along with the labor shortage, are making the case for investment.
Sept. 8, 2026
The latest in KraussMaffei's line of linear robots can handle payloads of 77 to 220 pounds.
Sept. 8, 2026
The low-pressure technology works on challenging materials and complex geometries.
Sept. 7, 2026

PMM Insight

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Extrusion

Mike Gaulden will manage service routes in the Southeast.
Sept. 10, 2026
Plastic Flow founder looks forward to singing, traveling more after retiring from teaching.
Sept. 9, 2026
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Sept. 8, 2026
Catch up on stories you might have missed, including a profile of the Blow Molding Recognition of Excellence winner.
Sept. 4, 2026

Blow Molding

The Plastics Engineering Technology students got a tour, demonstration and Q&A session.
Aug. 27, 2026
An extrusion blow molding project combined design, tooling and process innovations to reduce material consumption, energy use and carbon emissions.
Aug. 25, 2026

Recycling

It will produce EcoFritz clamps out of recycled material for attaching lines and cables to corrugated pipes.
Sept. 2, 2026
The company now has representation in all U.S. plastics manufacturing markets.
Aug. 26, 2026
His experience includes senior roles at Jeld-Wen, Rehau, Masco and Belkin.
Aug. 24, 2026
EcoFresh technology is available in single- and twin-silo versions, and a design for batch processes.
Aug. 13, 2026

Product Innovations

The Brabender TwinLab B-TSE-S 30/40 from Anton Paar enables easy transfer from trials to production-scale operations.
Sept. 2, 2026
The MetraScan Black2 can perform three types of scans and its portability makes it easy to deploy.
Sept. 1, 2026
The all-electric RWA 1000 Elmo lifts, lowers and transports molds up to 2,200 pounds.
Aug. 31, 2026
Gen 2 combines AI, deep learning software and a new modular architecture.
Aug. 27, 2026

Manufacturing

The partnership will extend Canada-based Laserax's reach in Europe.
Sept. 9, 2026
New orders increased in Q2, and the numbers reflect the lag between orders and deliveries, according to PLASTICS’ Committee on Equipment Statistics.
Sept. 3, 2026
The Stockholm-based company provides automation and packaging systems.
Sept. 1, 2026
The company makes sensors, inventory management systems and monitoring technologies.
Sept. 1, 2026

Learning Resources

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Feb. 24, 2026
A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing-hosted webinar sponsored by Universal Robots
Sept. 26, 2023
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