Geoff Giordano

At NPE2024, WM Thermoforming Machines will preview a new thermoforming concept launching later this year.

The company is bringing its new mobile manipulators and autonomous mobile robots to NPE2024.

While negotiators praised progress made in this week's session in Canada, industry remains concerned about efforts to restrict plastics production.

At NPE, the injection molding machine maker will display thermoplastic window plugs for cargo planes developed in partnership with the National Institute for Aviation Research.

Eastman, Bantam Materials, Ultra-Poly, and Polycarbin are this year's winners of the Plastic Sustainability Innovation Awards. The People's Choice Award winner will be revealed at NPE on May 8.

The healthcare industry is leading demand for biobased feedstocks because of concern over the contamination inherent with recycled-content materials, said the company at NPE.

Bay Plastics Machinery CEO Jason Forgash has invented a device that cuts polypropylene (PP) straws into tiny pieces, which are then recycled into new PP pellets.

At a Glance Euromap 67 standardization enables connectivity with all contemporary brands of IMMs.

Its additives, made from waste plastics using a proprietary molecular recycling technology, helped one extruder to increase line speeds at the same fixed costs without affecting product quality, durability, or performance.

US exports of plastics equipment dropped 7.4% compared with the previous quarter while imports rose 7%.