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5 Industry news North American machine sales rise in 2017; Eurocell grows in profiles; New shows attract 2,000+ registrations; Norma buys Kimp- las; Currency effects blunt Simona profits
13 Getting the most from your extrusion tooling Tooling maintenance improves extrusion efficiency, enhances quality and boosts overall productivity for medical tubing applications, says Glenn Guillemette
19 Taking the pressure Robust plastic pipes are designed to take increasing amounts of pressure – and so must be built for the task in hand
25 Second life for PVC down under PVC recycling is on the rise in Australia – with projects ranging from the collection of waste hospital products to a chemical technique that recycles tarpaulins
29 NPE 2018: plastics industry heads to Florida The triennial NPE show returns to Orlando this year, with more than 2,000 exhibitors.
44 Testing times for processors Experts in polymer testing will share their knowledge at AMI’s conference in Pittsburgh in September
47 Plast: making Milan the centre of attention Italy’s huge plastics exhibition, Plast, returns to Milan this year, co-located with four other exhibitions. Here, we preview some of the technologies on offer
56 Extruder of the month: Baosu Pipe Industry 58 Dates for your diary
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