Technology - Blow Molding - Plastics Machinery Magazine

SMC, Moog partner on electric injection blow molding machines

Issue: October 2018

As utility bills go up, the light bulb has gone off for machinery OEMs interested in providing their customers with greater energy efficiency. SMC Corp., [more]
Companies find faster, easier ways to manage information

Issue: September 2018

As the technologies to collect machine and business data expand and improve, companies that turn all those ones and zeros into business insights are in [more]
Blow molding machines gain ground with speed, conservation, connectivity

Issue: August 2018

Quicker mold changes. Increased flexibility. Reduced energy and material use. Greater connectivity. These were some of the key themes at NPE2018 as makers [more]
Pet All accumulator-head system takes aim at rotomolding

Issue: July 2018

Rotational molding traditionally has been the go-to technology for molding very large plastic parts. But a 34-year-old Canadian maker of blow molding machinery [more]

Bottle-inspection systems employ automation

Issue: July 2018

Blow Molding lines can handle tens of thousands of bottles an hour. But what about processes downstream? Built for precision and speed, some of the latest [more]
Machinery maker Pet All opening U.S. tech center

Issue: July 2018

Pet All Manufacturing Inc., a Markham, Ontario, maker of blow molding machinery, announced at NPE2018 plans to open a new technical center in Michigan [more]
Patent Report: Kiefel patent enhances thermoforming

Issue: June 2018

Kiefel GmbH Freilassing, Germany, has patented a thermoforming line it says produces greater throughputs and more precise wall thicknesses than available [more]

Companies, brewer team to provide beer in PET bottles

Issue: May 2018

Beer drinkers can raise a glass — a plastic glass — to NPE2018 organizers, as they relax in a beer garden set up in NPE's Bottle Zone. [more]
Tax law includes benefits for makers, buyers of machinery and equipment

Issue: May 2018

The first major tax change in more than 30 years creates an interesting opportunity for machinery and equipment users at NPE2018. It could mean that more [more]
NPE in the zone: Technology zones will run the gamut at show

Tue, Apr 17, 2018

The more than 65,000 plastics professionals attending NPE2018 will find more than 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space and 11 sector- and process-specific [more]