[embedded content] David Nunes, president of Hosokawa Alpine American, Inc., talks with editorial director, Jim Callari, regarding current business trends leading up to PTXPO. Alpine American will be showing their new single inlet air ring in their booth (3907) in the extrusion and thermoforming pavilion. Learn more about Alpine American and register for PTXPO here. RELATED CONTENT
Business is booming for an extruder of door and window profiles in Poland. Decco supplies 350 customers in 30 countries, and it is constantly expanding its product portfolio supported by the addition of innovative profile systems to satisfy evolving customer tastes. The extruder, based in the northeast Polish city of Suwalki, has creativity to spare, but lacks sufficient floor space to pursue its ambitions. Extrusion system supplier battenfeld-cincinnati found a…
Mike Cramer was one of three people honored at a dinner and ceremony March 10 at Forest Hills Country Club in Richmond, Ind. It was the organization’s 31st annual event.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a notification order to Philips Respironics yesterday requiring the company to notify patients and others of the company’s June 14, 2021, recall of certain ventilators, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines. The agency deemed that the company’s notification efforts thus far have been insufficient. As we reported in June, Philips recalled some of those devices because of…
Eric Roegner has been on the other side with packaging, having spent 12 years in aluminum prior to joining Amcor. He believes his industry has a great story. The industry just has to figure out how to tell it effectively.
China remains essentially closed to outside visitors. Hence, the 2022 edition of Chinaplas in Shanghai from 25 to 28 April will be the second in a row to welcome almost entirely local attendees. Personal contacts always have been and always will be important — as was confirmed by the first face-to-face events in 2021 after two entire years of the Corona pandemic. Even though the pandemic has shown in the past…
COVID-19 put a temporary hold on trends, but the packaging market is headed toward some permanent changes with a shift emphasizing online shopping, including grocery deliveries.
In the 35 years since additive manufacturing, aka 3D printing, was commercially introduced, the palette of machines, materials, and methods has grown significantly — and fresh sales reports bear this out. From large-area, scalable, or in-situ platforms to 3D-printed tooling and resins exhibiting an array of mechanical properties, additive manufacturing seemingly breaks ground on a daily basis. Even electronics giant and 2D printer maker Epson is getting into the additive game,…
Messe Düsseldorf: “On the day of construction, a large number of colleagues spontaneously lent a hand to make the accommodation possible as quickly as possible. Because we are moved by the fate of the people.”
Running March 8-11 at the Centro Citibanamex exhibition center, Plastimagen was last held April 2-5, 2019. For Mexico, the final plastics trade show before the full onset of the pandemic was Expo Plásticos 2020, held March 11-13 in Guadalajara (that event was held again last November). Just 11 days after Expo Plásticos’ close, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the country would enter Phase 2 of its response to…