• Jomar Corp.
    Jomar Corp. is adding in-house moldmaking services at its New Jersey headquarters.
    April 17, 2025
    It will enable the company to offer mold and packaging design, mold creation and turnkey solutions for injection blow molding.

    Blow Molding

    Entek
    When extruding with bioresins, Dean Elliott, technical processing manager at Entek, recommends avoiding reverse convey screw elements that pump the compound back toward the extruder throat because the action could degrade the temperature-sensitive materials.
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    Beermaster
    Craft brewer Beermaster commissioned a customized PET Technologies APF-Max 4L to make its packaging more eco-friendly.
    Wilmington Machinery
    Russ LaBelle founded Wilmington Machinery, which manufactures equipment for structural foam injection molding and rotary blow molding.
    ALPS
    The ALPS BottleStop multi-head leak tester is easy to use and reliable, and can test a variety of bottle shapes.
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    BROWSE THESE LEADING COMPANIES

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    Ron Shinn
    Jan. 23, 2025
    In this podcast episode, editors discuss our annual survey and outlook for the year to come.
    American Plastic Molding
    American Plastic Molding in Scottsburg, Ind., is beginning the new year with a new 900-ton molding machine from Milacron. Acquired late last year, it replaces a 725-ton molding machine that took up the same footprint. Adam Auffart, VP of sales and marketing for APM, says tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump might steer more customers to the shop's mold-making and molding services.
    Karen Hanna
    Jan. 15, 2025
    Processors, OEMs weigh costs, benefits of potential tariff increases, other policy changes.
    Sacmi
    Andrea Grandi
    Jan. 8, 2025
    An electronics engineer, he has been with Sacmi for nearly 25 years and replaces Mauro Fenzi.
    Absolute Haitian
    Like other OEMs, Haitian has been incorporating more intelligent features into its injection molding machines, to make them more user-friendly and help manufacturers deal with ongoing skilled-labor shortages.
    Lynne Sherwin
    Jan. 7, 2025
    Survey respondents, OEMs are divided on prospects for the new year as economic uncertainty continues.