PlasticsToday editors and expert contributors bring decades of experience in journalism and plastics processing to their coverage of injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, blow molding, and ...

As technology advances with the rise of Industry 4.0, manufacturing automation is transforming the tool and die shop floor.

Carolina Color Corp., (Salisbury, NC) a family-owned business founded in 1967, announced an expansion to its Salisbury, NC facility. Carolina Color manufactures color concentrates for the plastics ...

Paul Wilkie brings four decades of injection molding expertise to his writing. Starting in the automotive industry in 1978, he built a career working with world-leading manufacturers in the injection ...

Processing Technologies International (PTi; Aurora, IL), a global manufacturer of high-performance sheet extrusion machinery, has received a U.S. patent for its new roll lock-out system which stops ...

As demand for healthcare surges, the global syringe market is forecasted to reach $18.5 billion by 2026, with an estimated 7 billion additional units of global syringe production capacity required to ...

Now that PI ProcessBook is headed toward extinction, many process manufacturers are faced with the challenge of replacing the tools they’ve depended on for years. But how to go about replacing ...

Detectable plastics and rubber are essential in preventing contamination risks in industries like food production and pharmaceuticals, where safety is critical. This paper discusses how Eriez PolyMag ...

Paul D.Q. Campbell is the author of Plastic Component Design, Basic Fixture Design, and Introduction of Measuration and Calibration from Industrial Press. A graduate of the University of Central ...

Tech Mold Inc., a Tempe, AZ-based mold manufacturer of high-volume, multicavity molds for the medical disposable, packaging (caps and closures), and consumer markets, has invested just under $1 ...

Fundamentals of designing and manufacturing elastomer medical gaskets In medical engineering and in the pharmaceutical industry, elastomer gaskets are often used in injection and infusion systems in ...