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Ultra-light container designed for complex medical device
An important safety and efficacy trial for an advanced medical device for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) is expected to be fully enrolled by the end of this year. At the same time, the product...
View ArticleMetal-free film exhibits chrome effect
A metallic luster film containing no metal whatsoever is making inroads in the automotive sector, replacing solutions based on plating, coating and metal vapor deposition. P!CASUS film from Toray...
View ArticleGenesis Plastics Welding adds third cleanroom
Genesis Plastics Welding (Indianapolis, IN) recently added a third Class 7 medical cleanroom in response to growing demand for single-use and easy-to-sterilize medical devices."Recent national mandates...
View ArticleTrex saves 2.5 billion lb of plastic and wood scrap from landfills
When Trex first came on the scene nearly two decades ago, its wood-plastic alternative decking products that incorporated polyethylene film (mostly bags) from post-industrial and some post-consumer...
View ArticleFlexible film report takes a close look at post-use collection and processing
Plastic films currently represent around 35% of the plastics packaging stream in Ontario with some types of flexible films growing at rates of more than 5% annually.Tagging OptionsDomain: All Sites...
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MD&M East: Calendered TPE challenges PVC
The battle to replace flexible PVC film in medical applications with other materials will ratchet up a notch with new technologies that will be shown at MD&M East in Philadelphia June 18-20.Tagging...
View ArticleBioplastic PHA puts new muscle in flexible PVC compounds
New research from Metabolix is putting an interesting twist on the fitness-of-PVC-for-medical applications debate.Naturally produced plastics called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can be used as a...
View ArticleReifenhäuser expands winding reach with Nuova Protex acquisition
Reifenhäuser Group has acquired Nuova Protex, an Italian manufacturer of take-up winding systems for synthetic fibers including monofilaments, multifilaments, raffia, flat tape and strapping tape as...
View ArticleFeiplastic: Brazilian printing, inspection market pushes into higher technology
São Paulo—The Brazilian printing and inspection market is growing in size and technological clout, with local suppliers offering increasingly high-tech equipment. Altec, which began 30 years ago in the...
View ArticleFeiplastic: Winder manufacturer eyes U.S. for first facility outside Brazil
São Paulo—Vemax, a Brazilian supplier of specialty winding technology, is looking to open its first office outside of Brazil in the U.S. later this year, hoping to reinvigorate an export business that...
View ArticleGraham acquires Welex, builds out machinery portfolio
Graham Group has acquired Welex, adding sheet extrusion to its capital equipment arm, which already included blowmolding and pipe/profile extrusion in the forms of Graham Engineering and American...
View ArticleWhat manufacturing can do for people who choose to work hard
All Sites My colleague, John Clark, wrote an interesting blog based on an article in Salon.com called “No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy.” I read the article as well. Two plastics...
View ArticleVerbruggen and EDI formally come together as Nordson EDI Europe
The former Verbruggen plant at Temse, Belgium is now the home of Nordson EDI Europe, joining the flat die businesses acquired by Nordson over the prior two years under one European roof, offering...
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Broad-based assault on phthalates coming in the EU
Efforts are growing to ban phthalates from medical devices as part of a broad-based effort to improve and toughen medical device regulations in the European Union.Tagging OptionsDomain: All Sites...
View ArticleManufacturing showing slight improvement in May/June
Manufacturing during the month of June showed a slight improvement over May in the latest Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)...
View ArticleWorkforce development challenges and solutions
The challenges facing manufacturing are compounded by a lack of skilled workers. Even the return of many manufactured products from low-cost countries is being hampered by the unavailability of workers...
View ArticleCanada plastic packaging plant closures
In July, two U.S.-based plastic packaging companies announced plant closures in Canada.Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging will shut down its plastic packaging in Brampton, ON, which will eliminate about...
View ArticleThe more your customers know about you the better
All Sites This week I’m in Traverse City, MI, at a two-day event hosted by RJG, “Scientific Molding Strategies for Managers.” It will feature a variety of seminars on processing using...
View ArticleISM Manufacturing report shows July jump
If you didn’t like June’s Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), stay tuned. July’s manufacturing report will put a smile on your face. Talk about a roller...
View ArticleUpdated: Davis-Standard and Jinming sign sales representation deal
Eastern blown-film machinery heads west, and western blown-film machinery heads east in a new deal signed by Guangdong Jinming Machinery Co. Ltd. and Davis-Standard. Jinming is now the sales...
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