Machinery builders for processing plastics to manufacture medical devices are putting a spotlight on robots and the extrusion of complicated medical tubing this week at MD&M West 2025. Sumitomo (SHI) ...

Editor?s note: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...

As it transitions to processing of lead-free PVC compounds, plastic pipe processor Skoplast (Odolanow Kaczory, Poland) also changed its extrusion heads, with new 3LRK pipe heads replacing the feed ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molded Devices, Inc. (MDI), a provider of high-precision, value-added plastic component manufacturing solutions for medical and non-medical applications, today announced ...

Fort Worth, Texas-based W.L. Plastics Corp. has acquired the polyethylene pipe extrusion assets of Charter Plastics Inc. in Titusville, Pa. The deal lets W.L. Plastics follow a strategy to diversify ...

Guill Tool & Engineering has developed a reciprocal tubing die design. Unique features eliminate the need to weld or otherwise join sections with different profiles together. Traditional tip-and-die ...

In the early 1950s, manufacturers began using extruded tubing in packaging applications for liquid medicines and cosmetics. By the 1970s and 1980s, extrusion technology had advanced to include ...

New Delhi, Jan. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the latest study from Astute Analytica, the U.S. plastic extrusion machine market is projected to hit the market valuation of US$ 1,548.99 ...

Ottawa, Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global plastics extruded market size was valued at USD 175.96 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to reach around USD 259.21 billion by 2034, growing at a ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global plastics extruded market size is calculated at USD 182.91 billion in 2025 and is expected to be worth around ...