Advances in materials, tooling, and technology continue to blur the line between the most suitable process and a given application. Thermoforming, of course, can be used to make everything from ...

Penn College offers eight polymer workshops in 2026 with hands-on training for plastics processing and career advancement ...

There’s a decent chance that you’ve held something today that exists thanks to thermoforming… even if you don’t know what thermoforming is. The video above gives a brief rundown of the process (“A ...

Note: Information and images for this article were obtained from the course “Advanced Forming of Thermoplastic Composites” taught by the ThermoPlastic composite Research Center (TPRC). Thermoplastic ...

Chances are good that you’ve already lost some blood to thermoforming, the plastics manufacturing process that turns a flat sheet of material into an unopenable clamshell package, tray inside a box, ...

Sustainability, automation, in-mold labeling and improved technology are some of the drivers of change in the thermoforming sector, according to a new report from the Plastics News research department ...

Normally, foam cores cannot be used at temperatures higher than their glass transition temperature (Tg). The ArmaFORM AC grade PET core material has a Tg of around 75ºC. However, crystallization in ...

Thermoforming research at the IKT plastics technology institute at Stuttgart University is putting the emphasis on upcycling of used material. An "UpFilT" project, developed with 3D printing filaments ...