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1 week ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Maag Group has announced plans to buy Sikora AG, an acquisition that it says will “accelerate Maag’s innovation capabilities in machine learning, industrial IoT and AI-driven technologies.” Terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in Bremen, Germany, Sikora makes measurement and control systems for cable, pipe, tubing and other extrusions.
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2 weeks ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
One of Latin America’s leading producers of flexible and rigid packaging products has established footing in the U.S. and is armed with innovative blown film technology that it contends will give it an edge in packaging of meat, chicken and other protein products. Family-owned and run, Grupo Plastilene was founded in 1958 in Colombia by the father of Stefano Pacini, the company’s current CEO.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
One of Poland’s leading film processors has reaped the benefits of production automation by virtue of its recent investment in Reifenhäuser's PAM (precise, autonomous, mechatronic) technology for flat dies and coextrusion adapters. Introduced at K2022, Reifenhäuser says the PAM system enables dies and adapters to be precisely adjusted automatically and mechatronically from the line’s operating panel.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
The MultiRESNtwin-screw extruder from Processing Technologies LLC (PTi) features improvements that have been implemented over time to meet industry demands and processing capabilities. The twin-screw extruder is said to be capable of processing a variety of virgin, postconsumer and postindustrial resins and flake, including PET, PLA, PP, PS, PE and other unique blends, without first having to crystallize, dry or change screws.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Dr. Joseph Scuralli, former president of Wayne Machine & Die Co., Totawa, N.J. has formed his own sales representative firm, Extrudamerica LLC, which specializes in plastic, silicone and rubber extrusion equipment. The company will also represent ancillary products, control systems, technology, services and aftermarket parts. Scuralli served as president of Wayne Machine from 1985 through 2009, when it was sold to Steer World, manufacturers of twin-screw compounding machinery.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Integrated Control Technologies LLC (ICT) is introducing two new products which are intended to facilitate the conversion from DC drives and motors to AC in extrusion. The products are also said to provide additional protective features for an extruder that previously required a control upgrade. First, the Extruder Duty Motor from ICT has a laminated frame design similar to a DC motor frame and eases the physical difficulties normally associated with a retrofit.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Auxiliaryequipment specialistsACS Group has hired Alex Winchester as area sales manager. In this role, he will be responsible for sales and business development for the Cumberland and Sterling brands in Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Winchester has more than seven years of experience in plastics industry machinery sales, both in injection molding and extrusion.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Conair’s ResinWorks with Optimizer is an AI-driven, multihopper drying platform that can monitor resin temperatures and adapt heat inputs to optimize resin drying while producing energy savings up to 40% over manual operation. Introduced in March at PTXPO 2025, Rosemont, Illinois, the system relies on artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically and seamlessly adjust for operating rates, material conditions (incoming and in-process), and live data feedback from each hopper, Conair says.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Flat film and sheet processors have a new way to measure thickness. A patent-pending system developed by Mikros LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, utilizes electromagnetic field (EMF) technology to directly measure both web thickness and temperature, and provides processors with an alternative to beta/X-ray gauges in a much lighter and smaller package, as it requires no shielding to guard against radiation.
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1 month ago | 
ptonline.com | Jim Callari
Sheet extrusion specialist Processing Technologies International LLC (PTi) has promoted Ryan Pasturczak to sales manager. Pasturczak joined PTi nearly 18 years ago as a new graduating engineer from Northern Illinois University. Over this time frame, he has developed a comprehensive understanding of PTi’s equipment, services and practices, and possesses a natural sales acumen, making him uniquely qualified for this role, the company said in a press release.
