Ball Corp. has high expectations for the Gamma-Clear technology that it acquired in 2006, as part of its purchase of Alcan Packaging. The technology allows Ball to make multilayer hot-fill oriented ...

Global packaging blow molder Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG is set to extend its presence in Italy this month with the acquisition of the Italian preform injection molder Plasco SpA. Alpla, ...

If all goes as forecast, this summer processor Owens-Illinois will begin commercial processing of compression molded PET preforms. The Toledo, OH company says it has taken shipment of a compression ...

PET preform molders who want leverage on materials pricing may love new melt-to-preform plant designs that effectively turn them into their own suppliers. Savings of at least 10% are expected. Two ...

Adaptability has become an essential survival skill for brands and producers of all kinds. If you are considering the purchase of a PET preform injection molding system, how can you be sure that it ...

Adaptability has become an essential survival skill for brands and producers of all kinds. If you are considering the purchase of a PET preform injection molding system, how can you be sure that it ...

Editor’s note: See the secoond part of CompositesWorld’s series on composites preforming here: Preforming goes industrial: Part 2. In 2015, Broetje Automation (Rastede, Germany), a supplier of ...

(MENAFN- IMARC Group) Setting up a PET preform manufacturing facility necessitates a detailed market analysis alongside granular insights into various operational aspects, including unit processes, ...

At present, the production of fibre-reinforced plastic components in aircraft construction uses manual manufacturing steps almost exclusively. Only within a few fields of application such as ...

3D weaving of carbon fibre is a cost-effective method for producing high-quality, large-scale and high-thickness laminates for use with liquid resin injection processes to make lightweight composite ...