05/2019

Mold solution maker Slide Products, Inc., Wheeling, Illinois, has introduced X-EMPT, the first mold cleaner on the market that contains only EPA-exempt VOC compounds. The product is specifically designed to clean molds that have cooled to temperatures ranging from 32 to 200 degrees F (0 to 149 degrees C). X-EMPT surpasses California’s CARB standards and has no chlorinated … [Read more...] about Slide Introduces First Mold Cleaner Containing Only EPA-Exempt VOC Compounds

As of March 2019, DI (FH) Rainer Weingraber, MBA, has taken over the management of Kottingbrunn, Austria-headquartered WITTMANN BATTENFELD, manufacturer of injection molding machines, robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics processing industry. Weingraber succeeds the company’s long-standing Managing Director and CEO, Mag. Georg Tinschert, who will retire at the end of … [Read more...] about Baton Change at WITTMANN BATTENFELD

StarDust™ is a new series of color concentrates from Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Teknor Apex Company, a custom compounder of plastics. The concentrates yield a sparkling effect produced by glinting flakes within the color itself, providing a new, distinctive and fun option for product differentiation. The new concentrates are available in all standard colors and are supplied … [Read more...] about Teknor’s New StarDust™ Color Concentrates Add ‘Sparkle’

Proco Machinery Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, manufacturer of automation systems for the blow molding industry, has launched a unique lay-flat packing technology which allows blow molders to pack plastic bottles on their sides, as opposed to necks up or down. The new tooling technology uses a collaborative robot automation system from Universal Robots, Boston, Massachusetts, with … [Read more...] about Proco Unveils Lay-Flat Tooling Technology Using Collaborative Robots

Thermal Care, a Niles, Illinois-based manufacturer of process cooling equipment, announced the commercial launch of a hybrid film evaporator chiller that reduces energy use by 34% and uses less refrigerant than competitive flooded chillers. The Accuchiller TCF uses a hybrid film evaporator which provides the energy efficiency of wet (flooded) systems in a compact footprint … [Read more...] about Thermal Care Launches Hybrid Evaporative Cooling System