Good morning! Bay Plastics Machinery has developed a control system that runs the downstream equipment in addition to the pelletizer. Read more in the latest installment in our series on smart factory technology.

From The Journal of Blow Molding, read about Penn State Behrend plastics students on a visit to Bekum. Flexicon has a new bag-dumping station, and Rapid Granulator has expanded its sales network. Our colleagues at Processing help you match chiller capacity to the job.

Lynne Sherwin, editor