Catherine Kavanaugh

The Michigan company has added capacity and set a goal to exceed expectations "on American soil" as competitor DME restructures.

Shibaura Machine and its Italian technology partner EPF are showcasing an integrated, turnkey system for the plastic manufacturing sector featuring a new robot with an injection molding machine and feeder.

Hong Kong-based Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd. filled automaker BYD's order for 500 injection molding machines to equip 10 factories for electric vehicle production in just one year.

Injection molding machine builder Arburg GmbH + Co KG expects to generate sales of about 620 million euros ($676 million) in 2024, down from 784 million euros ($855 million) in 2023 and 875 million euros ($954 million) from 2022.

Germany's Arburg GmbH + Co KG and a Swiss partner developed a way to processes "paper pearls" made of fiber and a bio-based plastic and it's finding its way onto factory floors in the furniture and packaging industries.

The Polymers Center in Charlotte, N.C., is helping companies outside the United States offer their equipment to the U.S. market at a new 12,000-square-foot nesting ground that landed its first tenant in a subsidiary of Schoenberg, Germany-based Sesotec GmbH.

Impact Plastics Inc. founder Gerald O'Connor disputed claims from employees at another local business that his company refused to let workers leave until flooding made roads impassable.

Company officials said workers were dismissed after water covered the parking lot, service road and the plant lost power.

Heinz Zahoransky, managing director of molds and automation systems manufacturer Zahoransky Group and the son of the company founder, died in July, in Freiburg, Germany. He was 95.

U.S. consumers have not had a comprehensive online directory of places to drop off film and bags for recycling since the end of 2023, when the Film Drop-Off Directory was taken offline.

A lawsuit claims the newsletter OPIS and 10 extruders colluded to exploit pandemic, raise prices 500 percent since late 2019. Spokespersons for OPIS and two pipe makers said they will investigate or fight the allegations.

Brett Greenhalgh: "The most important thing are the folks around the table. I'm just one of them and arguably the least important."

Goal of voluntary initiative is to raise bar for industry through third-party certification of green products, processes and operations.

Hiring is under way for some of the 500 jobs to be created at an Arkansas site for decking and railing production, plastic film recycling, warehousing and offices.

Modular system for living in space comprised of expanded polypropylene.

The advanced manufacturing program not only creates an employee pipeline, but students don't have to leave their school campus their senior year.

Sports footwear startup founded by former Division I runner who sees sizable category of athletes wanting style and performance.

North American plastics machinery shipment values dropped to $224.8 million for injection molding and extrusion equipment in the second quarter — a 36.2 percent year-over-year decline.

The acquired business generates annual sales of about $100 million and employs more than100.

Four Process Ltd., a woman-owned injection molder, is expanding in Valley Park, Mo., and celebrating its 50th anniversary after relocating to accommodate triple-digit growth.