Key points from this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast:

• Corporate sustainability goals are colliding with the reality of a political climate dominated by news of cuts and regulatory backlash, but work on recycling is moving ahead at the state and company level because it makes business sense.
• Pete Sullivan, a long-time publisher of trade magazines for the plastics industry, and a member of PMM's founding team, passed away last week at age 81.
• Epson unveiled the new GX-C series of SCARA robots it describes as its high-performance flagship line.

On this episode of Machinery Minutes:

• Bekum America builds application-specific extrusion blow molding equipment and prides itself on customer support, especially to new blow molders. Take a look behind the scenes.
• The SPE Thermoforming Division presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Greg McCunn, staff engineer for materials at John Deere, at its recent conference.
• Learn about Wittmann’s latest granulator, the S-Max Dual 8.

Key points from this PMM Insight podcast, with Editor Ron Shinn and Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna: 

• Leaders can put their heads down and cope with a crisis, but to successfully deal with change they have to keep their heads up, take a deep breath and make decisions that gets them to their goal.

• Lean manufacturing plays an important role in dealing with chaotic times.

• Believe it or not, there are new opportunities for processors despite the uncertainty. You just have to know how to look.