Upward trajectory in January for four of the five major commodity resins, but overall processors face less volatility.

For the last decade, the survey (open until March 31) has gathered and analyzed data to deliver insights that help injection molders improve operations.

Gardner Business Index hit 52.1, pointing toward optimism as consumer spending increases despite uncertain tariff impacts and labor market conditions.

Registration is now open for the inaugural CONTRAX, America’s Contract Manufacturing Expo, which runs June 24-25 in Austin, Texas. Presented by Gardner Business Media, Inc., Plastic’s Technology ’s ...

Omri Schulman is a materials scientist with a master’s degree in materials science and engineering and more than eight years of R&D experience spanning plastics, polymers and additive manufacturing.

Stäubli F luid Connectors ’ latest multicoupling system, SMI209, was designed to meet the quality, safety and process control demands of the medical injection molding industry. “Medical molding is ...

The intensification ratio is equal to the ratio of the effective areas of the hydraulic ram to that of the screw check valve. Since those values often are not readily available, the intensification ...

As the European Union’s Green Deal takes effect and companies strive toward climate neutral production by 2050, knowing the product carbon footpring (PCF) of the entire supply chain will become ...

Pearlescence, haze, rocker bottoms, and top-load failure are common ills that can afflict PET bottles. Cures for all of these are readily available. An article in the December 2014 issue (Blow Molding ...

At last fall’s K 2025 fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, a Cyprus-based builder of injection stretch-blow molding machines (ISBM) showed off its latest developments in PET containers of up to 1,000 liters ...

Effective Feb. 1, Paul Caprio has been named president of LS Mtron for the U.S. and Canada, in addition to being added to the Korean supplier of injection molding machine’s board of directors for ...

In our 2024 Top Shops injection molding benchmarking survey, Philip Katen of Plastikos talked about a “grind-it-out” phase for processors working out post-COVID inventory overcorrections. In 2025’s ...