Trends we’re watching in 2024

News for the Global Community of Plastics Professionals on  December 21, 2023 View this Email in Your Browser Quick Links • 3D Printing Trends to Watch in 2024 • Resin Price Report: PE, PP Resin Prices Projected to Rise in Q1 2024 • 5 Automotive and Mobility Trends to Watch in 2024 • Medical Extruder Zeus to Join Swedish Private Equity Firm's Portfolio • A Helping of Plastics Extrusion Insights with a Side of Shakespeare • ICYMI: Talent Talk — Closing the Page on 2023 3D Printing Trends to Watch in 2024 Increasingly fulfilled technological promises coupled with uncertainty in industry restructuring will mark the year ahead. Read More → Promoted Content from Matsui The New Standard in Drying & Loading is here! Save even more energy.™ Matsui is introducing a New Chapter in energy efficient resin drying. The new MJ6-i features self-optimizing control algorithms, providing for unprecedented, industry leading energy efficiency and process consistency. With the new MJ6-i, Matsui built on its legendary desiccant rotor design to introduce the most advanced dryer-loader combo in the industry. Read More → Resin Price Report: PE, PP Resin Prices Projected to Rise in Q1 2024 The PlasticsExchange projects a penny uptick in resin prices, placing January prices $0.02/lb above December. Read More → Promoted Content from Wittmann Wittmann at Your Fingertips! We've made staying in touch with Wittmann USA easier than ever. With only a few taps: Live chat - including ability to send photos/video Connect direct to need department via Email or Call Quick link tutorials DOWNLOAD IT TODAY! Contact us at 860-496-9603, or by email info.us@wittmann-group.com for more information. www.wittmann-group.com Read More → 5 Automotive and Mobility Trends to Watch in 2024 Expect to see breakthroughs in the air — flying electric taxis — and on the ground — highly engineered running shoes that put the under-two-hour marathon within reach. Read More → Promoted Content from Bergen International Chemical Foaming Agent Extrusion Tutorial Video Video tutorial on plastics Extrusion using Bergen International Foamazol™ chemical foaming agents includes information on how CFAs work & their benefits: reduction in part weights/density reduced resin usage increased line speed durometer of materials And processing considerations: temperature and pressure parameters CFA dosing considerations screw geometry material feeding/feeders downstream equipment Read More → Medical Extruder Zeus to Join Swedish Private Equity Firm's Portfolio Sweden's EQT said it will support further business growth for Zeus in minimally invasive surgical products. Read More → Promoted Content from Guill Guill designs and builds multi-layer and multi-lumen extrusion tooling and crossheads for a variety of tubing in the medical market. Catheters, infusers, drip tubes and other products. All engineered and built at our factory in Rhode Island, using the latest CAD/CAM technology. www.guill.com A Helping of Plastics Extrusion Insights with a Side of Shakespeare The Bard's Sonnet 116 won't help your extrusion directly, but it might remind you that time has units and we can't change them, even if we can change their value. Read More → ICYMI: Talent Talk — Closing the Page on 2023 It isn't all bad news — new factories went up at a record pace in 2023 — and there is every reason to look forward to 2024. Read More → Promoted Content from Promoted Content from PlasticsToday PlasticsToday Plastics by the Numbers Market reports covering trends and forecasts in automotive plastics, medical device packaging, recycled materials, consumer products, and much more are presented in an easy-to-read format. Check in often: New market reports are featured on a regular basis. Plastics by the Numbers → Keep up with PlasticsToday on LinkedIn The editors at PlasticsToday are a social bunch. Join the conversation and find out about career opportunities in the plastics industry by going to our LinkedIn page. LinkedIn → Upcoming Events Plastec West Feb. 6–8, 2024 Anaheim, CA Plastec South June 4–6, 2024 Charlotte, NC Plastec Minneapolis Oct. 16–17, 2024 Minneapolis Expoplast Nov. 13–14, 2024 Montréal To find out how to become an advertiser, view the Media guide

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