Increased use of “smart” manufacturing machinery — connected equipment that produces reams of actionable operational data — and automation in general mean that a new generation of plastics machinery ...

The transformation continues for Batesville, Ind.-based Hillenbrand Inc., which acquired industrial equipment maker Schenck Process Group's Food and Performance Materials (FPM) business for $730 ...

First-quarter shipments of primary plastics machinery in North America dipped in value by 24.8% over the previous quarter to $261.9 million, according to a new report from the Plastics Industry ...

The company’s new demonstration and test facility, Cleanikum, enables customers to run cleaning trials with films and thin-walled hard plastics made of polyolefins. Vecoplan AG's Cleanikum ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...