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Hammonton Mold, ADOP France Forge Strategic Partnership in Injection Blow Moldmaking

Hammonton Mold Inc., a leading full-service mold shop based in New Jersey specializing in injection blow molds (IBM), proudly announces its official partnership with ADOP France, a prominent IBM mold manufacturer based in Normandy, France.

Automation

Compact Robotic Palletizer Easily Automates Packaging Process

The Cube cell, complete with a KUKA KR50-R2500 robot, is targeted for small- and medium-sized businesses looking to automate the palletization of their end product.

Compact Stack Mold for Thin-Wall Packaging

Oerlikon HRSflow says the patent-pending design allows the use of smaller injection molding machines while still promising the high output a stack mold tool.

Hot Runners

Multi-cavity Hot Runner Design Takes on Bio-based Material Challenges

Mold builder teams up with a hot runner supplier to develop a system configuration that produces an eco-friendly, attractive single-serving capsule.

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: Applying Bench Lessons to the Business of Moldmaking

For this MMT Chat, my guest is Mark Gauvain, one of MMT’s newer Editorial Advisory Board members who has plenty to share as he recently made the move from working for some big manufacturers to working for himself as a consultant to moldmakers and molders on procurement and technology investment strategies.

Mold Builder Zahoransky, Koch Establish Cooperation for Personal Care Sector

The two companies join portfolio competencies and technologies to provide sustainable, environmentally friendly packaging solutions.  

Hot Runners

How to Solve Hot Runner Challenges When Molding with Bioresins

A review of the considerations and adaptations required to design hot runners and implement highly productive injection molding operations.

Hot Runners

Molds, Hot Runner Systems, Digital Technologies Highlight Sustainable Production

The Molding Solutions network at K Show displays Männer, Foboha, Synventive, Thermoplay, Priamus, Gammaflux and other external partners and their new or proven technologies for molding and moldmaking.

Scholle IPN Merges With SIG to Deliver Sustainable Packaging

By joining forces, the companies plan to offer a more comprehensive range of sustainable packaging solutions.

Design & Mfg. Software

Customized CAM Strategies Improve Five-Axis Blow Mold Machining

The proper machining process and workflow can impact blow mold production, making your CAM software selection critical.

Business Strategy

Top Grade Molds Is All About Innovation and Collaboration

Top Grade Molds develops technology solutions with a heavy emphasis on R&D, recyclable material trends and collaboration.

R&D/Leverage Europe Applies ISBM Expertise to PET Round Bottle Project

The company assisted Robinson Packaging from product design and tool manufacture to tooling approval onsite for a successful 500-millileter PET round bottle solution, despite COVID-19 setbacks.

Injection Molding Solutions Designed to Meet Global Demands for Plastic Production

Husky Injection Molding Systems will feature solutions for every market need, focusing on new, innovative technologies that meet the changing global demands of plastic producers at K 2019.

Scholle IPN and Tooling 4.0

The MMT editorial team went onsite at Scholle IPN in Northlake, IL, and talked with Don Smith, senior tooling manager, to learn what Tooling 4.0 means to this company.

Business Strategy

Moldmaking In the Heart of Europe

Culture, technology investment and industry involvement make this small Slovenian mold builder globally competitive despite a skills gap and rising labor costs.

Packaging Outlook Shifts With New Data

With a large portion of the industry having released its data for the first quarter, capital expenditures for the industry reported contracting growth.

Packaging Growth Indicates Strong 2019

As the plastics industry adjusts to 2018’s higher new orders volumes, capital expenditures in the industry have increased significantly.

Hot Runners

Linux Software Enables Advanced Functions on Controllers

SISE designed the MV3 hot-runner temperature controllers with five platforms and three power card options.

Business Strategy

Wall Street Sees Growth in the Packaging Industry

Equities analysts predict 2018 and 2019 double-digit EBITDA growth.

Gardner Industry Report: Appliance & Packaging

Industrial production data for household appliances through the second quarter of 2017 maintained the steady upward trend that started in early 2013. Since the beginning of 2016, packaging consumption has grown between 2 and 5 percent. 

Business Strategy

Mexico: Manufacturing Mecca to the South

A mold-building perspective on Mexico’s manufacturing opportunities, trends and challenges.

EDM

2017 Leadtime Leader Awards Winner: Graphic Tool Corp.

Leadership changes set this mold manufacturer on a path of renewed purpose, fueled by data-driven, lean methodologies and deliberate, quality-controlled production.

Automotive and Packaging

Automotive spending surges, and rapidly growing food/beverage spending also means more packaging.

One Word: Plastics

Plastics is still king, and the latest U.S. Size and Impact Report from the Plastics Industry Association has the numbers to prove it.

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