Jun 10, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
June 10, 2026 6 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Injection Molding Machine Injection molding machines are designed and built to run for decades, but there comes a point when keeping an aging machine running costs more than replacing it. While a machine may still...
Jun 3, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
June 3, 2026 Sustainability Without Compromise: How Coextrusion Blow Molding Technology Helps Meet New Packaging Regulations Environmental regulations are changing the packaging industry. Around the world, governments, brand owners, and consumers are demanding...
Mar 18, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
March 18, 2026 The Connected Workcell: Where Optimization Becomes Sustainable In plastics manufacturing, optimization is not the problem – isolated optimization is. Most processors are continuously optimizing: tuning machine parameters, improving automation,...
Mar 4, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
March 4, 2026 The Brain Behind the Press: Why Machine Controls Now Define Competitive Advantage For decades, injection molding machines were evaluated by tonnage, shot size, and hydraulic power. Controls were necessary – but secondary. That is no longer true....
Feb 25, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
February 25, 2026 Lightweighting with Integrity Reducing Mass in Injection & Blow Molding Without Compromising Performance Lightweighting is no longer just a sustainability initiative – it’s a competitive manufacturing strategy. In both injection molding and...
Feb 11, 2026 | Smart Manufacturing
February 11, 2026 The Critical Role of Heat Transfer in Injection Molding Heat transfer is one of the most influential – and often underestimated – factors in injection molding performance. Cycle time, dimensional stability, surface quality, and scrap rate...