Brampton, Ont.-based BE manufactures blown film technology including its multilayer AeroFrost air-blown and AquaFrost water-quenched film systems, its Vector air rings, and the SCD coextrusion die.
The 56,034 confirmed registered attendees, which is a 1.7 per cent increase compared to NPE2015, came from almost 19,000 unique companies.
Winstead replaces former Conair president Larry Doyle, who has left the Cranberry Township, Pa.-based auxiliary equipment maker.
The partnership will initially cater to European markets and gradually be expanded to accommodate global regions.
Vienna-based plastics machinery manufacturer Starlinger & Co. GmbH has acquired the Barmag Spinnzwirn tape and monofilament business unit of Germany-based filament spinning system maker Oerlikon.
Blow molded parts picked up the majority of awards at the Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition held by the Society of Plastics Engineers during its recent Antec 2018 event, held from May 7-10 in Orlando, Fla.
Polytarp Products got its start – not to mention its name – by making tarpaulins, and then became famous supplying plastic film for the construction industry. But it has reinvented itself over the past 10 years as a go-to supplier for high-barrier food packaging – and blown film machinery maker Brampton Engineering has been there every step of the way.
RMC Advanced Technologies is investing $7 million to set up a U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.
For the fourth time in 20 years, Austria-based injection molding machine and auxiliary equipment maker Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH is expanding the headquarters of its Mexican subsidiary in the city of Querétaro.
Scheller has almost 30 years of international business management experience.
The rebranding, which includes the first logo update in nearly 50 years, aims to better reflect the extrusion machinery maker’s focus on its customers.
Designed for high-volume, single-component injection molding, Wintec exhibited its hydraulic t-win and all-electric e-win machines at the NPE2018 trade show in Orlando, Fla.
The new 116,000-square-foot operations facility in Moncks Corner, S.C. will provide for expanded sales, applications, service, and training functions.
Industrial cooling system supplier Frigel Firenze SpA has entered into an agreement to purchase competitor Green Box srl. Both companies are headquartered in Italy.
With more than 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space, the 2018 edition is the largest yet in terms of exhibit space.
The acquisitions will expand Tekni-Plex’s food processor tray portfolio and manufacturing capability.
The acquisition comes less than a month after ORBIS purchased dunnage maker Response Packaging.
The dates have been set for the next three NPE trade shows, all of which will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
Construction on a new assembly plant start in 2019, and is scheduled for completion in 2020.
IPL, originally based in Dublin, said in a statement that it plans to create a new holding company called IPL Plastics Inc. to facilitate the potential launch of its shares in Toronto.
