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

Like a sumptuous holiday feast, PT’s readers were served up smorgasbord of content in the final month of 2025. Tuck into the ...

Pellet and liquid color manufacturer Badger Color USA, Mukwonago, Wisconsin, has taken delivery of 12 new Boy injection molding machines, saying the new molding capacity will help advance its color ...

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 ...

ExxonMobil’s Signature Polymers portfolio offers a new approach to service and partnership with customers and the broader value chain. The company will introduce new programs which it says will ...

There are two main things to consider when processing very high-melt-flow polymers—the increased difficulty of melting them and the magnified effect of head pressure. This column will discuss melting.

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 ...

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 ...

Melt flow rate testing can be characterized as the Rodney Dangerfield of material test methods—it gets no respect. People from all parts of the industry downplay the value of the test or denigrate its ...

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 ...

I started in this industry back in 1994 at Cherry Electrical Products in its Control Device injection molding division as a third-shift machine operator. The title operator was stretching it a bit.

Novatec is moving to redefine resin drying with new, economically priced technology that detects moisture levels in the material before it hits the dryer and then adjusts the drying parameters ...