Plastics machinery sales fall again: Machinery Minutes

On this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast: Shipments of injection molding and extrusion machinery in North America fell 17.5 percent in the first quarter from the previous quarter and 4.6 percent year over year, according to the Plastics Industry Association's Committee on Equipment Statistics. What's weighing on the market? Learn how Wittmann's space-saving Insider Package machine cells helped ITW Deltar Fasteners make the most of its limited floor space. A Chinese cobot manufacturer, Fairino, has entered the North American market this year and is having some success selling to plastics processors.