Ball Corp. has high expectations for the Gamma-Clear technology that it acquired in 2006, as part of its purchase of Alcan Packaging. The technology allows Ball to make multilayer hot-fill oriented ...

VAUGHAN, ONTARIO (UPDATED Dec. 21, 1:50 p.m. ET) — Italian blow molding machinery maker Sipa SpA is teaming with Athena Automation Ltd. — founded by Robert Schad of Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd ...

PET container specialist SIPA demonstrated its XFORM PET preform injection molding system at K 2013. The XFORM two-platen production platform was invented by Canadian company Athena Automation, ...

The production of preform-based PET packaging is rapidly evolving in response to changing market trends and with the introduction of new technologies. Adaptability has become an essential survival ...

PET preform molders who want leverage on materials pricing may love new melt-to-preform plant designs that effectively turn them into their own suppliers. Savings of at least 10% are expected. Two ...

Editor’s note: See the secoond part of CompositesWorld’s series on composites preforming here: Preforming goes industrial: Part 2. In 2015, Broetje Automation (Rastede, Germany), a supplier of ...

Adaptability has become an essential survival skill for brands and producers of all kinds. If you are considering the purchase of a PET preform injection molding system, how can you be sure that it ...

3D weaving of carbon fibre is a cost-effective method for producing high-quality, large-scale and high-thickness laminates for use with liquid resin injection processes to make lightweight composite ...