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Patent Report: Kiefel patent enhances thermoforming
Issue: June 2018Kiefel GmbH Freilassing, Germany, has patented a thermoforming line it says produces greater throughputs and more precise wall thicknesses than available [more]
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Companies, brewer team to provide beer in PET bottles
Issue: May 2018Beer 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]
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Tax law includes benefits for makers, buyers of machinery and equipment
Issue: May 2018The 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]
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NPE in the zone: Technology zones will run the gamut at show
Tue, Apr 17, 2018The 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]
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NPE's inaugural Bottle Zone will include machinery demonstrations
Tue, Apr 17, 2018The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) will debut its Bottle Zone at NPE2018 with live machinery demonstrations. Covering more than 65,000 square [more]
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ANTEC co-located with NPE2018
Tue, Apr 17, 2018The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Bethel, Conn., a plastics industry association representing 22,500 plastics professionals from business, academia [more]
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AGR, KHS team for control system
Issue: March 2018Agr International has expanded the capabilities of its established Process Pilot automated blow molder control system by introducing Individual Mold [more]
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Big parts drive innovation
Issue: March 2018Japanese manufacturers of blow molding equipment rolled out new technology for making large and multilayer parts, as well as developments in machinery [more]
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Czech machine maker eyes US
Issue: March 2018GDK, a manufacturer of custom-built extrusion blow molding (EBM) machines based in Kolová, Czech Republic, is trying to break into the U.S. market [more]
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Blow molding conference highlights all-electric machines
Issue: November 2017Interest in all-electric blow molding machines is starting to grow in the U.S., long after electric machines became commonplace in Europe. That was one [more]
