November is an easy month to write my column, as there is so much to be thankful for, including plastics, despite our myth-understanding detractors. They usually mean well, but often see plastics as ...

Measurement of plastic hose, tubes, and pipes on extrusion lines is taking a step forward thanks to new products being launched by Sikora at NPE2024. Sikora will demonstrate its new Centerwave 6000 ...

Machinery builders for processing plastics to manufacture medical devices are putting a spotlight on robots and the extrusion of complicated medical tubing this week at MD&M West 2025. Sumitomo (SHI) ...

Proprietary Technology Yields Seamless Tube with 138mm (5.5") Wall Thickness CYPRESS, Texas, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drake Plastics Ltd. has produced rigid tube extruded from Torlon ® PAI with ...

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 ...

Extrusion firm Precision Products Group has been sold to financial firms Long Point Capital and Greyrock Capital Group for an undisclosed price. Precision Products is based in College Park, Md., ...

Figure 1. Various interactions take place during the extrusion process. A combination of these interactions can result in material degradation.Figure courtesy of Chris Rauwendaal and Rauwendaal ...