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Conair Upgrades TrueBlend Blender Plastics Business SUBMITTED The Conair Group, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, upgraded its TrueBlend™ gravimetric blenders to include the next-generation SmartBlend™ SB-3 control and mechanical design changes that eliminate material losses, optimize critical blends and simplify clean-out and maintenance. Accessed … [Read more...] about Conair Upgrades TrueBlend Blender

Travitz Joins American Injection Molding Institute Plastics Business SUBMITTED The American Injection Molding (AIM) Institute, Erie, Pennsylvania, announced the addition of Jason Travitz to its team of instructors. As AIM’s senior injection molding process engineer, he will help support the company’s growth and expansion of course offerings while … [Read more...] about Travitz Joins American Injection Molding Institute

Nexeo CEO Addresses UC-Berkeley MBA Reunion Plastics Business Shawn Williams, senior vice president of plastics at Nexeo Solutions, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, recently attended the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA reunion for the classes of 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2016; EMBA 2015, and addressed … [Read more...] about Nexeo CEO Addresses UC-Berkeley MBA Reunion

Toshiba Machine Breaks from Parent Company Plastics Business Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. of Japan bought back 18.1 percent of the 20.1 percent of total shares of stock owned by Toshiba Corp., their previous parent company and top shareholder. Toshiba Machine Chairman and CEO Yukio Iimura made a formal announcement of the break on March 3 at the company’s North … [Read more...] about Toshiba Machine Breaks from Parent Company

Maguire Releases Vacuum Resin Dryer Plastics Business SUBMITTEDThe VBD™ 300 from Maguire Products, Inc., Aston, Pennsylvania, consumes 60 percent less energy, dries resin in one-sixth the time and substantially reduces the heat history to which polymer is exposed. Maguire Products, Inc., Aston, Pennsylvania, released the VBD™ 300, a new vacuum resin … [Read more...] about Maguire Releases Vacuum Resin Dryer