Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing

Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing is a business-to-business publication and online platform dedicated to the latest advancements in plastics machinery and equipment.

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Universal Robots launches UR15 cobot

6 days ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

By Ron ShinnUniversal Robots (UR) created buzz at Automate 2025 in Detroit with the global launch of the UR15, described as being sharper, faster and more agile than any other UR cobot. The UR15 joins the UR20 and UR30 in the company’s high-performance series. The UR15 has six rotating joints. Payload is 33.1 pounds but can be increased to about 38.6 pounds for wrist-down tasks such as palletizing. Reach is about 4.3 feet.
The state of sustainability; Epson's new robots; plastics publisher dies: Machinery Minutes

1 week ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

Key points from this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast:Corporate sustainability goals are colliding with the reality of a political climate dominated by news of cuts and regulatory backlash, but work on recycling is moving ahead at the state and company level because it makes business sense. Pete Sullivan, a long-time publisher of trade magazines for the plastics industry, and a member of PMM's founding team, passed away last week at age 81.
Sealpac debuts tray thermoformer

1 week ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Lynne Sherwin

F-series This tray thermoforming line by Sealpac integrates smart technology that automatically regulates energy consumption, detects maintenance needs and optimizes performance via the iMode system. Functions such as automatic film alignment and automatic chain tension correction ensure maximum process reliability with minimum manual intervention.
Epson SCARA robots offer high performance

1 week ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Lynne Sherwin

GX-C Epson’s new high-performance flagship series of SCARA robots integrates the RC800A controller with SafeSense technology, offering optimized productivity, power and energy savings along with safety-rated speed and position monitoring. The robots require no physical safety barriers, which reduces their footprint and enables faster human interaction for operation and maintenance.
Obituary: T. Peter Sullivan, longtime plastics publisher, dies at 81

1 week ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

T. Peter Sullivan, longtime publisher of trade magazines for the plastics industry, passed away May 27 at age 81. Sullivan was a member of the team that founded Plastics Machinery Magazine in 2014. It later changed its name to Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing. He served as a partner and publishing adviser and steered the new publication to focus on machinery and equipment, which he saw as an underserved sector of the industry.
A visual tour of Bekum America

2 weeks ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

Bekum America added 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space to its Williamston, Mich. facility in 2021 to meet demand for its blow molding equipment and allow it to design and test turnkey systems. The company takes pride in its highly trained technical staff, who can help both new and experienced blow molders. The company recently gave Editor Ron Shinn a tour of the facility, where the company builds machines for a variety of applications and also trains its apprentices.
Behind the scenes at Bekum, new Wittmann granulator: Machinery Minutes

2 weeks ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

Key points from this episode of Machinery Minutes:Bekum America builds application-specific extrusion blow molding equipment and prides itself on customer support, especially to new blow molders. Take a look behind the scenes. The SPE Thermoforming Division presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Greg McCunn, staff engineer for materials at John Deere, at its recent conference. Learn about Wittmann’s latest granulator, the S-Max Dual 8.
AllRollEx 1500 adds new features

2 weeks ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Lynne Sherwin

AllRollEx 1500 This 60-inch cast stretch film extrusion line from Colines was first introduced at K 2013 and is targeted at applications such as cling wrap and agricultural film production. It is capable of producing five-, seven- and nano-layer films, as well as specialty films, and has an option for dealing with post-consumer recyclate. What’s new?
Robotiq gripper enables dual-zone picking

2 weeks ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Lynne Sherwin

PowerPick Multi Robotiq’s gripper end-of-arm tool (EOAT) has a flexible multi-cup array with dual-zone picking, which allows manufacturers to palletize different box sizes in the same line without stopping for tool changes. Integration with Universal Robots’ URCap platform ensures an intuitive setup with minimal training. The EOAT can handle a payload of up to 66 pounds. What’s new? The PowerPick Multi. Benefits Fewer changeovers and handling errors, higher productivity and ease of use.
Bekum America sparks a winning strategy

3 weeks ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Ron Shinn

By Ron Shinn More and more brand owners that once purchased huge numbers of blow molded containers have in recent years started making their own. It is a trend that Bekum America has embraced with application-specific extrusion blow molding equipment and customer support that can jumpstart customers new to container manufacturing. “They were consumers of plastic containers, and now they have become producers,” said Steven London, president and COO of Bekum America Corp. in Williamston, Mich.