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PACKAGING: The ins and outs of using post-consumer resin

Driven by consumer demand, eco-friendly packaging that uses post-consumer resin is gaining traction on the shelf. But for packaging suppliers that have to meet very specific brand standards, working with this material poses some challenges.

DRYERS: Getting smarter

Smart dryers are still a work in progress, and challenges remain, but these latest Industry 4.0-themed developments take resin drying to a new level of intelligence and connectivity.

ROBOTS AND AUTOMATION: What’s new, now

Now more than ever, automated technology is changing the nature of plastics manufacturing. Here are some of the latest product offerings in robots and cobots.

SHEET EXTRUSION: Orion Plastics is on the hunt

This Alberta-based sheet extrusion maker has been killing it in the heavy gauge vacuum forming sector for years, and has now also become a major supplier of meltblown fabric for medical masks.

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