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PMM Insight: A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing Podcast

Endeavor Business Media

Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing brings you our podcast! We deliver a quick roundup of three impactful stories on Machinery Minutes every Monday, and commentary and interviews on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Find more of our content at plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com.

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3:44

New leader at Conair, merger in injection molding:...

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2025/12/01

On today’s Machinery Minutes podcast with PMM editor Ron Shinn, we round up these three essential stories in five minutes: John Erkert, CEO of PiovanGroup North America, has assumed the additional role of president of Conair Group. Japanese injection molding machinery makers Nissei and Toyo are merging, citing lessening demand and rising costs, tightening global competition, environmental concerns and a shortage of skilled labor. An interesting case study about implementing automation in a

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10:24

What is advanced recycling, and why is it important?

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2025/11/27

This episode of the PMM Insight podcast focuses on advanced recycling, which uses heat, chemicals or a combination of both to turn waste plastic into reusable monomers. PMM editor Ron Shinn and senior staff reporter Karen Hanna discuss the technologies. You'll learn: Why is advanced recycling important to the circular economy? Who are some of the biggest players players in the industry? What is ahead for advanced recycling in North America, and what's holding it back?

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4:50

Is it possible to make affordable, sustainable...

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2025/11/24

This is what you will learn on today’s Machinery Minutes podcast with Ron Shinn, in which we round up three impactful stories from the past week: Can companies continue to make packaging profitably while heading off regulations that could put plastics on the chopping block? Russ LaBelle, the well-known founder of Wilmington Machinery, died at the age of 86. He developed specialized plastic machinery solutions that have since been adopted by companies around the world. Good news for injection

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4:27

A big honor for a blow molding innovator: Machinery...

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2025/11/17

Here's what you'll learn on today’s Machinery Minutes podcast, in which PMM editor Ron Shinn rounds up three top stories from the past week: Are you familiar with PWDS, SFDR or WDLS? If you are in the blow molding business, you know they are acronyms for equipment to optimize thin bottle walls. But you might be surprised where this equipment came from. Tobias Baur is Arburg’s managing director of sales and after-sales, plus he is president of Euromap. Hear what he has to say about leadership,

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5:43

What was trending in plastics machinery at K 2025?

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2025/11/13

On this episode of PMM Insight, a commentary by Editor Ron Shinn about hot topics heard on the show floor at K 2025: Competition – particularly from Asian machinery manufacturers – has caused Arburg to build a lower-cost molding machine. Artificial intelligence is coming, but machinery manufacturers are very divided on when it will get here. Aftermarket parts and service have become more important for machinery manufacturers’ bottom line.

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5:10

Husky Technologies is acquired, PLASTICS announces...

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2025/11/10

What you will learn on today’s episode of PMM's Machinery Minutes podcast, in which we round up three top stories from the past week in five minutes: Injection molding equipment manufacturer Husky Technologies has been acquired by CompoSecure, a financial technology services firm. Husky will continue to operate under current management as a standalone company. The Plastics Industry Association announced the theme for NPE2027. It is “Next is Now.” The American Injection Molding Institute

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4:58

Increased recycling would create jobs, boost economic...

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2025/11/03

What you’ll hear on this episode of PMM’s Machinery Minutes podcast, in which we round up three top stories from the past week in five minutes: If 50 percent of plastics in the municipal solid waste stream were redirected from landfills to recycling facilities, the U.S. could add an estimated 173,200 jobs, $12.8 billion in annual payroll and $48.7 billion in annual economic output, according to a new study from the American Chemistry Council. Advanced recycling methods using heat and chemicals,

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4:27

Innovations in plastics recycling, Conair's new...

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2025/10/27

What you will hear on today’s PMM Machinery Minutes podcast: A comprehensive story about the state of advanced recycling revealed some interesting developments. Creating a stand-up pouch that can be recycled seemed like an impossible task when a team from Effytec, LD Pack USA, Dukane Corp. and Hoffer Plastics first looked at the problem. Conair’s new PowerFill Pro is a compact, portable vacuum conveying system for processors who want the benefits of a central system without the infrastructure

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6:50

Looking ahead to NPE2027: How are booth sales going?

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2025/10/23

Today’s PMM Insight Commentary by Editor Ron Shinn looks ahead to NPE2027: Despite industry headwinds, early booth reservations are on track. Companies that traditionally buy big booths do not seem to be reducing their space. A top NPE official said it is too early to tell if new visa restrictions and tariffs from the Trump administration will impact NPE exhibitors or attendees. There were more than 15,000 registrations from 133 foreign companies at the last NPE.

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5:05

Analyzing the advanced recycling market; Hillenbrand...

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2025/10/20

What you'll learn on today’s Machinery Minutes podcast from Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing: The recycling industry has been stuck in a perpetual cycle of volatility for years. Its future depends on overcoming technical, economic and legislative challenges, alongside investment in infrastructure and recovery efforts, according to an ICIS analysis. Hillenbrand, which owns Mold-Masters, DME, Tirad, Herbold Meckesheim and Coperion, has been acquired by Lone Star Funds in a $3.8 billion

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4:35

Three highlights from the K 2025 show floor:...

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2025/10/13

On today’s Machinery Minutes, PMM editor Ron Shinn reports on three innovations he's seen so far at the K Show in Germany: Processors who have always thought they could not afford Arburg molding machines should take another look. The German machinery maker launched the Allrounder Trend, aimed at standard molding tasks and with a lower price. Reifenhäuser introduced the Everex flat film extrusion line, which features high automation and a next-generation HMI for easier operation, even by

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5:17

10 plastics equipment innovations to check out at K 2025

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2025/10/09

What you'll learn on this PMM Insight podcast: The K Show has opened and PMM Editor Ron Shinn lists 10 things he is excited to see. Engel is unveiling Inject AI, the evolution of its Inject 4.0 technology. This is expected to be a peek at the things artificial intelligence will do for plastics processing. There are also exciting new machines from Arburg, Kautex, KraussMaffei and Haitian on the list. Maguire is demonstrating the new Ultra line of vacuum dryers with Pitstop functionality that

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4:43

PLASTICS, SPE agree to merge; more tariff threats:...

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2025/10/06

What you will learn on this episode of Machinery Minutes: The Plastics Industry Association and the Society of Plastics Engineers are merging. SPE will become a division of PLASTICS. PLASTICS and the National Association of Manufacturers are warning of potential harm to domestic manufacturers if additional tariffs are imposed on importers of industrial machinery and robots. PMM’s seventh annual machinery buying survey is open. Survey results help us shape our coverage, telling

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3:56

How Cavalier Tool became a world-class mold builder:...

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2025/09/29

What we're talking about in this episode of Machinery Minutes: Cavalier Tool has become one of the world’s best mold builders by following a simple principle of people, process, equipment. “The right people doing the right things on the right equipment,” said Brian Bendig, President and CEO. Arburg has a new vertical, servo-hydraulic press designed for manual and automated overmolding. There are just 10 days remaining until the start of the K Show on Oct. 8. Learn how you can find out the 10

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12:52

How and why to run a supersized injection molding...

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2025/09/25

On this episode of PMM Insight, Editor Ron Shinn and Senior Reporter Karen Hanna discuss high-tonnage injection molding machines. You'll learn: Some of the special infrastructure requirements for these presses, which can be the size of a basketball court. Increased capacity required in materials handling systems for machines that can consume as much as 250 tons of resin a month. The growing role of supersized all-electric molding machines. Read the full story on these injection molding

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3:55

The plastics industry's impact on the economy:...

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2025/09/22

Key takeaways on today’s Machinery Minutes podcast with PMM Editor Ron Shinn: The plastics industry still faces headwinds, but employment is outpacing the broad manufacturing sector and the plastics industry is showing resilience in difficult times, according to the Plastics Industry Association's annual Size and Impact Report. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag plans to discontinue hydraulic injection molding machines in an effort to improve profitability. Paul Lloyd, president of Farrell Piomini, fell

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4:23

Arburg is getting out of additive manufacturing:...

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2025/09/15

On this week’s Machinery Minutes podcast: Arburg is leaving the additive manufacturing market, 12 years after introducing the Freeformer series of 3D printers. Dan Weissmann played key roles during the evolution of plastic beverage containers as well as the plastic closure for hot-fill packaging. At the K Show next month, KraussMaffei is showing how to use its ColorForm technology to apply a thin polyurethane surface directly to thermoplastic components within an injection mold. The product is

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6:42

With no treaty, how does the world solve the plastic...

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2025/09/11

What you'll learn on this PMM Insight podcast episode, a commentary by Editor Ron Shinn:    After more than two years of negotiating, talks for a worldwide treaty to end plastic pollution collapsed. There has been a great deal of innovation built on and because of the advances made in plastics. The industry needs to keep pushing the limits and capabilities of the material. What next? Countries should develop their own national action plans and not wait on a treaty.

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4:36

Tariffs complicate plastics machinery imports:...

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2025/09/08

On this episode of Machinery Minutes: Expanded steel and aluminum duties may slow investment and complicate equipment imports, warns PLASTICS chief economist Perc Pineda. If you share manufacturing data — with customers or suppliers — you share risk. Whether buying new machinery or making deals for raw materials or parts deliveries, processors should scrutinize their partners’ approach to cybersecurity in the same way they evaluate their own systems. Progressive Components’ new Cooled

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4:30

Preparation is key to surviving a cyberattack:...

PMM Insight: A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing... ·

2025/09/01

What you'll learn on this episode of Machinery Minutes: Retaining a cybersecurity expert in advance can help with negotiating a ransom payment, recovering lost data and getting a business up and running after an attack. Jason Sears, second-generation owner of Dri-Air Industries, learned the business from his Hall of Fame father, Charlie. He has pushed the company’s technology forward. Manufacturers surveyed by Wipfli after the second quarter were glum. Profitability is flat and capacity

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