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Conair Looks to Make the New Year Count
In 2023, Conair marketed a bold new challenge to its customers, to “Make Every Pellet Count.” It’s a challenge that encompasses not only providing the broadest line of auxiliary equipment, but also the knowledge, advice, technical and field service that plastics processors worldwide need to transform feedstock – plastic pellets...
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February 14, 2024
Establishing a Good Baseline for a Successful Preventative Maintenance Plan
For successful Preventative Maintenance, begin with a baseline, then adjust as needed Preventative maintenance (PM) is essential for any organization that relies on machinery to operate at high level of efficiency. Creating an effective PM plan requires a deep understanding of the equipment application and operating environment. Successful PM starts...
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Conair does Water Systems
Most people in the plastics industry know Conair for a wide variety of auxiliary equipment, including heat-transfer products like temperature control units, portable and central chillers, adiabatic coolers, cooling tower systems, pump tanks, heat exchangers, strainers and filters, and more. But not as many people know that Conair has a...
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What’s new at Conair? A restructured Systems Group for faster quotes and a focus on project management
Any time you need multiple pieces of plastics equipment that work as part of your plastics processing plant, Conair considers that a “system.” Your system might include multiple receivers with vacuum lines and material lines connected to a pump. Or it might be a central drying system with multiple hoppers....
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Turnkey Systems for Expanding, Modernizing, or Building a New Plastics Processing Plant
Deciding to build a new plastics processing facility – or to expand and modernize production in your existing plant – may be one of the most important business decisions you’ll make. To ensure that you make that decision carefully and profitably, consider partnering with the Conair Group. Three great reasons...
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April 20, 2023
Local Technology Students Visit Conair Manufacturing Plant
Forty-four Electronic Technology students from the Venango Technology Center (comprised of students from 7 local high schools) toured Conair this Spring. Mr. Tim Lyons, electronics instructor at the VTC, wanted his students to see a manufacturing facility where their skills could be put to use. Mr. Lyons also had an...
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Conair Builds On Success
Company continues as a local and global leader in the industry In 2022, Conair grew stronger due to two important factors. First, Conair and its parent company, IPEG, became part of Italy’s Piovan Group in an acquisition completed in January. Combining Piovan’s dominant position in Europe, the Middle East, and...
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Get the Best Regrind to Make Every Pellet Count
What’s the actual cost of a pellet? Is it insignificant? Can a pile here or there add up to make a real difference? At Conair, we strive to make every pellet count. When the goal is to increase production rates, any material you lose to scrap is a waste. Conair...
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Trends in Blow Molding and Their Impact on Auxiliary Equipment Decisions
The blow-molding process represents a relatively small segment of the plastics industry as a whole – compared to injection molding or extrusion, at least – but when it comes to the manufacture of rigid packaging, it is extremely important. The projected growth rates for the overall packaging market are all...
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How to Reduce the Burden of Plastic Scrap and Maintain Product Quality
A certain level of scrap or unacceptable parts is inevitable in any process. Whether it is the 3.4 occurrences per million units envisioned by Six Sigma quality adherents or a much higher percentage, it represents a drain on productivity and profitability, and keeping it to the absolute minimum possible should...