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RAW MATERIALS HANDLING: Relief for the directionally challenged

If you’re not conveying your resins with deadly efficiency — not too fast, not too slow, and to the right destinations — you’re no longer in the game. The latest raw materials handling technologies can help.

SIZE REDUCTION: Rotogran International is getting very big in granulation

Booming sales, a recent move to a bigger plant, and a deep dive into making larger granulators all signal the start of a new era for this Southern Ontario-based size reduction equipment manufacturer.

INJECTION MOLDING: Fakuma FYI

If you think the injection molding machinery makers all shot their bolts at NPE, think again. Germany’s Fakuma trade show is all about injection molding, and the industry’s heavy hitters have enough new technology left over to keep the 2018 edition more than a little interesting. Here’s a look at some of what will be unleashed in Friedrichshafen.

COLOURANTS: Views of tomorrow’s hues

Unless consumer product makers want their sales to flatline faster than Venezuela’s economy, they have to offer things the marketplace actually wants. Making products in the right colours is a good start. Here’s what some colourant makers say will be the hot palettes in 2019.

EXPOPLAST PREVIEW: The Montreal Expos

Quebec’s only plastics trade show is also Canada’s only plastics trade show this year, and it’s part of the larger ADM Expo. Here’s what you need to know at a glance.

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