German investment firms to buy European Petrochemical business as well as Engineering Thermoplastics business in the Americas ...

The facility, which includes 88,000 square feet of manufacturing space, will support scalable production, cleanroom ...

In blown film, clarity is often considered synonymous with quality. Haze is a defect. Haze can be caused either by melt fracture on the film’s surface or—in coextrusions—by instability inside the film ...

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 ...

Gloss specks, glossy spots, or inconsistent gloss on molded parts can be influenced by tool or part design. I’m not approaching those defects here in the role of a scientist or professor, but to share ...

Biodegradable polymers like PHA are expected to replace most single-use petroleum polymers over the next five years. However, these polymers often require special additives and fillers to meet product ...

At K 2025, Progressive Components will introduce the latest version of its ProFile unified platform, which combines asset management, real-time data and key performance indicator (KPI) reporting from ...

Selecting the right plastic welding technology is essential for achieving high performance, durability and consistent quality for your automotive parts. Learn how various processes, such as ultrasonic ...

As useful as the melt flow rate (MFR) test can be, it is not universally applicable. Fundamentally, the test is intended to document differences in molecular weight. There are several factors that can ...

Evosys Laser will present the Evo2Step process and absorption measurement at K 2025, as well as its second-generation EvoWeld and the EvoWeld Mini table-top systems, with multiple live demons at the ...

Polyethylene has been around as a commercial material for a little over 70 years. It was one of the early developments in synthetic thermoplastics. Given its long history, it could be assumed that we ...

South Korea resin producer LG Chem and the extrusion machine builder Reifenhäuser have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further develop and market competitive machine direction oriented ...