Extruder Intek Plastics, based in Hastings, MN, has acquired injection molding company Five Star Plastics, located in Eau Claire, WI. Both companies are family-owned. Intek said that the acquisition ...

Profile extrusions are finding their place in a variety of new markets, but the challenges of output including productivity, efficiency and quality remain the same. There’s a lot that goes into ...

Fresh off announcing plans to expand its medical injection molding business, Teel Plastics LLC is expanding again, this time in pipe extrusion. The Baraboo, Wis.-based company announced Nov. 5 that it ...

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...

Sometimes inspiration comes from a customer. That is certainly the case for Jim Benton, owner of Poly-Tech Plastic Molding Inc. in Prairie Grove, Ark. A request for a better plastic face shield has ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Arkansas State University-Mountain Home will receive $450,000 from the Delta Workforce Grant Program through the Delta Regional Authority to establish ...

BlueAlp, a chemical recycling technology company based in the Netherlands, has announced a partnership with Germany-based KraussMaffei Extrusion. Unveiled at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) ...

Time is money, as they say, and if you can reduce cycle times in your plastics processing operation, then you might just find yourself a few shekels richer. That’s the promise of some of the recent ...