PMM Insight

Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing brings you our podcast! We deliver a quick roundup of three impactful stories on Machinery Minutes every Monday, and commentary and interviews on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Subscribe to PMM Insight

Listen on Apple buttonListen on Spotify buttonListen on iHeartRadio buttonListen on Podbean button
Editor Ron Shinn rounds up some of the highlights from the show floor.
Feb. 26, 2026
Learn more about these stories, plus a new process for dosing glass fibers into an IMM, in our weekly news podcast.
Feb. 23, 2026
Hear more about these stories, plus innovations introduced by Reifenhäuser at K 2025, on this podcast episode.
Feb. 16, 2026
Recyclers are necessary for building a circular economy and ensuring the plastics industry's future.
Feb. 12, 2026
Learn more about them on this podcast episode, along with PLASTICS' analysis of rising employee costs.
Feb. 9, 2026
On this podcast episode, learn more about this story, plus a speedy Kiefel thermoformer and what we learned from SPE/PLASTICS exec Pat Farrey.
Feb. 2, 2026
On this podcast episode, PMM editors discuss our recent survey on equipment purchasing plans and reactions to the results.
Jan. 29, 2026
On our weekly podcast, hear more about this story, plus Dr. Boy's K debuts and Paul Caprio's promotion at LS Mtron.
Jan. 26, 2026
402205779 | 2026 © Weerapat Wattanapichayakul | Dreamstime.com
Magnifying glass forms the zero in 2026, looking ahead.
Hear our editor's wish list on this podcast episode, and let us know what you'd like to see.
Jan. 22, 2026
On this podcast episode, you'll also hear more about injection molding machinery from K 2025, and the new Positives of Plastic website.
Jan. 19, 2026
Messe Düsseldorf / ctillmann
K 2025 attendees check out the Engel booth.
Hear about the latest technologies, new features, AI integration and what's ahead on this podcast episode.
Jan. 15, 2026
Hear more about this story, plus Wittmann's K introductions and a promotion at LS Mtron, in our weekly news podcast.
Jan. 12, 2026
In this podcast commentary, Editor Ron Shinn talks about advances in smart-factory and automation technology.
Jan. 8, 2026
Learn more about introductions from KraussMaffei, Tederic and Stork on this podcast episode.
Jan. 5, 2026
Check out our editor's picks and the most popular stories on our website.
Dec. 29, 2025
Buyers must commit to using recycled resin to turn the tide of plastic pollution.
Dec. 25, 2025
Also on this episode, learn why you should review your shop's insurance coverage.
Dec. 22, 2025
Learn more about this story, along with a U.S. manufacturing facility for cobots and new presses from Haitian, in our weekly news podcast.
Dec. 15, 2025
On this podcast episode, learn about the "green premium" and the hurdles packaging manufacturers face.
Dec. 11, 2025
We discuss that story, along with a new entry in the thermoforming market and a solution to a hairy problem, on our weekly podcast.
Dec. 8, 2025
Learn about these stories, as well as a case study on automation for blow molding, on this podcast episode.
Dec. 1, 2025
On this podcast episode, learn about the technologies, major players and what's ahead for the industry.
Nov. 27, 2025
We discuss that story, the passing of a machinery innovator and third-quarter equipment sales on this podcast episode.
Nov. 24, 2025
Learn more about this story, plus our Q&A with Arburg's Tobias Baur and the impact of the collapse of the Global Plastics Treaty, in our weekly news podcast.
Nov. 17, 2025