Blog

Oerlikon HRSflow has introduced an improvement to its HRScool hydraulic cylinder system for hot-runner injection molding, first introduced in 2019, which uses advanced temperature management technology to eliminate the need for active liquid cooling of the actuation unit. The new HRScool Evo features reduced heat flow between the hot runner and mold plate, allowing it to be used at higher mold temperatures. By optimizing heat balance in the cylinder, the HRScool Evo can now…

Thermoformed packaging specialist Waddington Europe, a division of Novolex, has launched a new 100% mono-material protective soft-fruit punnet that features the company’s revolutionary MonoAir cushion technology.  Traditionally, punnet bases have required an additional layer of bubble padding attached with a glue adhesive to protect soft fruit from bruising and spoiling in transit. However, the padding must be removed from the container to be properly recycled.     “The MonoAir cushion is now integrated into the base…

Dow announced several advancements in its efforts to provide customers with recycled plastic products. The advancements will enable the company to provide initial supply of fully circular polymers to customers starting in 2022. All of these efforts reportedly enable plastics that are currently unrecyclable to be recycled, including flexible plastics used in packaging, which today are typically incinerated or sent to landfill. For instance, Dow and Fuenix Ecogy Group are expanding upon…

Success in today’s business environment is frequently based on getting products to market quickly, and while minimizing development costs. To help achieve this objective, one of the tools that should be deployed is predictive modeling. Using intelligent software to predict how your package is likely to function before you’ve even created anything three-dimensional is an excellent way of cutting down iterations and improving your speed-to-market. While the focus tends to…

For the sustainably minded who save and recycle grocery bags and other qualified polyethylene films and packaging for at-store drop-off, the problem is at-home storage. Bags don’t compact well and you may end up with a bin of bags or a bags of bags in the garage. Introducing Obaggo, the world’s first and only in-home plastic bag and packaging film recycling appliance that compacts that collection of loose bags into…

Last week I tuned into supplier sourcing platform ThomasNet’s Industrial Sourcing and Supply Chain Activity webinar, reporting on the just-completed third quarter. During the presentation, Tony Uphoff, Thomas’ president and CEO, commented on how mainstream the supply chain topic has become. “There are a bunch of different components coming together,” Uphoff said, “and the reason the supply chain is becoming a cocktail party conversation, I think, is that people are…

Sabic has started-up its new polypropylene (PP) compounding line in Genk, Belgium, with a virtual inauguration event. The new line is an addition to the company’s existing production capacity for polypropylene compounds at the Genk site and will use raw materials from Sabic’s PP plants at Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and Geleen, Netherlands. It has been equipped with large-scale extrusion technology to meet growing demand for a reliable and consistent supply of high-quality,…