Manufacturing | Plastics Machinery Manufacturing

Manufacturing

MaxAI brings conversational intelligence to manufacturing data.

Product Innovations

Max AI enhances MachineMetrics MES

It connects real-time data from machines, ERP software and in-house knowledge.

June 16, 2026

Tien Nguyen, from Vietnam, works on a swimming-pool ladder part at Confer Plastics.

For plastics manufacturers, immigration is a workforce issue

June 16, 2026

Managing director Mark Hellweg mans his company's stand at K 2025.

Hellweg technology measures bulk flow rate through shredder

June 15, 2026

The Regloplas P120smart is compact, lightweight and has short cycle times.

Product Innovations

Regloplas TCU offers stability, short cycles

June 15, 2026

Green plastic pellets ready to be processed into parts.

Injection Molding

Developing a unified color standard across diverse plastics manufacturing facilities

June 11, 2026

FlexBatch 8 offers manual step acknowledgment, an improved user interface and permissions, and simplified reuse of recipe components for faster development.

Product Innovations

FlexBatch 8 simplifies recipe management

June 11, 2026

Absolute Haitian founders (from left) Nate Smith, Glenn Frohring and Mike Ortolano

Injection Molding

Absolute Haitian dispels doubts amid continued growth

June 10, 2026

The Gilda-AI chatbot allows operators to easily interact with Sacmi's vision systems.

Product Innovations

Sacmi adds AI-powered digital assistant

June 9, 2026

The Vecoplan Smart Center (VSC) digital platform, which networks machines and processes, has added a module that monitors vibration and prevents damage.

Vecoplan system protects against vibration damage

June 9, 2026

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