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How Plastic Design Choices Reflect Sustainable Intent It is contradictory to use sustainable materials in product design. The question of where the sustainability story goes and how to communicate this amazing accomplishment arises when a…

ENGEL Deepens Ties with Roegele Through Acquisition, Leading to ENGEL Spain The Spanish injection molding machine company ENGEL is acquiring its long-standing sales partner Roegele on April 1, 2026, as part of its ongoing…

Haitian and Leapmotor Drive Smart Manufacturing in Auto Parts The fully automated turnkey bumper production project—jointly developed by Leapmotor’s Resin Production Division and Haitian Plastics Machinery—was officially commissioned. As…

German Optical Society Features Zygo’s Peter de Groot in 2025 Key Lecture Zygo, an AMETEK business subsidiary, is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter de Groot, a former Chief Scientist at Zygo and now a Scientist Emeritus, will present the…

Horizon Tests Industrial Viability of Metallised 3D-Printed Polymers Metalization of 3D-printed or 3D microfabricated polymer components has long been considered an attractive but ultimately unreliable method for industrial use. Many…

Compounding Made Easy and Efficient with STEER World’s iSeries for India New extruder platform offers smart, scalable, and cost-efficient compounding for India’s growing polymer industry Affordable, high-performance compounding…

Messe Düsseldorf Cuts Waste with Reusable Borealis Cups from OMV’s Recycled ReOil Feedstock The Messe Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Exhibition Center) will use reusable cups at all restaurants and bars throughout K 2025, made from Borealis…

Elmet’s TOP 5100 Revives the Legacy of Dependability with a High-Tech Makeover Elmet's most recent liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding precision dispensing machine is the TOP 5100. It falls into the high performance range of the…

Elmet's LSR Molding Tech Gains Intelligence with SMARTshot I An intelligent variation of the SMARTshot E system is the patent-pending SMARTshot I cold runner measurement and control concept, which is being developed by LSR mold expert…

Thermoforming Champion Greg McCunn Honored by SPE with Lifetime Achievement The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming Division has presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Greg McCunn, staff engineer for materials at John…