Good morning! C&K Plastics, a contract manufacturer founded in 1962, has embraced solar energy technology, installing systems at all four of its thermoforming and extrusion production facilities. The first solar installation launched about 15 years ago. Read the full story below.

Modix has added a series of upgrades to its large-format printers and Feller Engineering has revamped its hot runner controllers for applications of 6 to 144 zones. 

We have stories about the latest thermoforming machines and equipment plus a tale from sister publication Industry Week about how the lack of a two-cent replacement bolt stopped a production line for a month. 

Ron Shinn, editor emeritus