There’s a reason parts are the most prominent part of a molder’s trade show display or that they’re the first thing visitors see in the shop’s lobby. More than anything, they show what that molder is capable of while also broadening customers’ minds to think about what is possible with the process. Plastics Technology wants to give molders a chance to show off those impossible-to-mold parts to more than passersby…
First and foremost, do what it takes to hire the best. A winning strategy for the Olympics begins with having the best athletes. There are 206 nations competing in Tokyo, and every one of them did everything they could to identify who were the best swimmers, wrestlers, and gymnasts for their team. Yet in the corporate world, we are often content with making a list of qualifications, then finding someone…
It’s time to track PPT This week’s print issue of Plastics News brings the latest ranking of North American pipe, profile and tubing makers, covering the chaotic fiscal year that was 2020. As our data guru Hollee Keller notes, average sales for PPT firms were up 5.8 percent for 2020. “[That] is great news,” she writes in a blog about this year’s rankings, but she noted it’s not purely good news.…
On the British Columbia coast, the “fields” of mussels are being “cooked” by record-breaking heat. My first reaction was, “Are they still edible?” It would be a shame to waste them, I thought, and just leave them to rot. You also may have this material-conserving mentality, at least with regard to plastics. Saving and using materials is the subject of this month’s column, but not untiI I remind you (again)…
The Plastics Pipe Institute recognizes members in the divisions of building and construction, drainage, energy piping systems, municipal/industrial and power and communications.
Have you checked out Plastics Technology’s upcoming Extrusion 2021 Conference? It’s going to be held Sept. 21-23 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., a short drive from O’Hare Airport. Over the course of two-and-half+ days, attendees will be able to sit in on presentations from more than 70 technical experts covering a wide range of subject areas. We’re organizing our program the same way we’ve been…
Venice, Italy-based Piovan Group is building a 32,800-square-foot facility in Suzhou, China, to produce automation systems for the plastics, food powders and refrigeration markets.
The pandemic continues to drive interesting trends in the manufacturing universe, even as COVID-related restrictions ease and businesses across most industries are beginning to return to some semblance of normal. Earlier this year MD+DI spoke with Tony Uphoff, president and CEO of Thomas, about top sourcing trends he was seeing that impacted medtech. This week, we gained additional insights into current North American industrial sourcing and supply chain activity during a Thomas webinar that Uphoff led alongside Shawn…
Our nation’s water system is failing. And unless the plastics industry takes an active role in supporting full federal funding for our nation’s crumbling infrastructure, we will miss a historic moment to innovate and modernize America’s water systems. Our advocacy to Congress can bring safe, reliable and affordable water service to millions of Americans for the next century and beyond.
An article in the July 14 edition of the Wall Street Journal, “Research to Make Plastic Edible Wins Prize,” profiled a pair of researchers who used microbes and chemicals to break down end-of-life plastics and transform them into edible food. In fact, the notion of edible plastics has been floating around academic bioengineering labs and startup companies for nearly 10 years. The earliest news item I found appeared in Fast…