EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026 · 4 MIN
AI preserves and shares thermoforming know-how: Machinery Minutes
from PMM Insight: A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing Podcast · host Endeavor Business Media
On this episode of Machinery Minutes, our weekly news podcast with PMM editor Ron Shinn rounding up some of the top stories of the past week: Thermoforming experts Conor Carlin and Mark Strachan have developed an AI-powered tool to help thermoforming companies struggling to find and keep skilled operators. Pat Farrey, former head of SPE and now executive VP of PLASTICS, talks about the merger of the two organizations, leadership and improving the image of the plastics industry. A new high-tech Kiefel thermoformer boosts production by 50 percent and uses 10 percent less energy.
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On this episode of Machinery Minutes, our weekly news podcast with PMM editor Ron Shinn rounding up some of the top stories of the past week: - Thermoforming experts Conor Carlin and Mark Strachan have developed an AI-powered tool to help thermoforming companies struggling to find and keep skilled operators. - Pat Farrey, former head of SPE and now executive VP of PLASTICS, talks about the merger of the two organizations, leadership and improving the image of the plastics industry. - A new high-tech Kiefel thermoformer boosts production by 50 percent and uses 10 percent less energy.
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