For many years, the production of plastic-bonded high explosives (PBXs) has relied on manufacturing methods that have changed ...

For decades, manufacturing plastic-bonded high explosives, or PBXs, has relied on legacy processes like slurry coating. In ...

The future of recycling and extrusion technology is being developed in Laatzen, Lower Saxony (Germany). In its new, modern plant, KraussMaffei is not only developing new solutions for the plastics and ...

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 ...

For many years, “Made in the USA” has been used to promote quality products throughout a broad range of industries. And in today’s plastics industry, it has perhaps never been more important. Why?

The off-highway plastics market is projected to grow from USD 9.44 billion in 2025 to USD 13.08 billion by 2030, registering ...

Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...

Operators should watch for changes in line sound, vibration, melt appearance, surface quality, and cooling behavior.