Good morning! The Maverick 9T benchtop injection molding machine may feel almost like a toy to processors used to dealing with gigantic presses, but its manufacturer, Polymer Dynamics, says it's fully automatic and capable of producing up to 500,000 parts a year. Read more about it below so you can tell Santa; it could fit under your tree this Christmas.

Coperion and EPC have developed a new process for compounding PC, Lindner Washtech has added a managing director, and Bete has a new cleaning system. From The Journal of Blow Molding, read Councilor Geoff Ward's take on how the merger between SPE and PLASTICS will affect the Blow Molding Division.

Lynne Sherwin, managing editor