Good morning! Sinochem, the Chinese parent company of KraussMaffei, is undergoing internal financial restructuring that the plastics machinery manufacturer sees as a commitment to support it in the long term.

While at NPE2024, Senior Staff Reporter Bruce Geiselman heard from several thermoformer manufacturers who are offering solutions to help customers who were caught flat-footed when SencorpWhite announced it would stop building new machines. And in a podcast, he reads his picks for the top five things to know in August.

Schenck Process FPM announces it is transitioning to the Coperion brand, and we provide information about new products from CPM and Intouch Monitoring. 

David Tillett, associate editor