PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE
10 Things The Industrial Buying Influence Data Has Taught Us About Marketing to Manufacturers
There’s no denying that buying and selling strategies have evolved over the last decade, but a few common themes have held strong. We’ve compiled the last four years of Industrial Buying Influence data to uncover trends in how manufacturing professionals discover, evaluate, and purchase capital equipment. Here are the ten findings that should change how every industrial supplier thinks about their marketing.
Now Available - World Machine Tool Survey Report 2025
The World Machine Tool Survey Report is your Guide to The Global Machine Tool Economy
Offering a deep dive into the full-year 2024 global machine tool economy, tracking trade, production, and consumption across 54 countries machine tool builders, international trade associations, investment firms and banks from around the world use this full-year 2024 global machine tool data to identify trends and takeaways to inform which international markets show the most promise and growth and which markets are losing ground.
#economics
Insights That Inform: The Power of Partnership
Canon Virginia, Inc. and Gardner Intelligence joined to gain insights to what partnership means and how to develop beneficial partnerships that flourish.
Gardner Business Media Announces Executive Promotions
New strategic leadership appointments will strengthen Gardner’s growing plastics processing and mold manufacturing media business
on Ending
As this newsletter closes, an admittedly biased assessment of the industry’s pursuit of ACES and related observations. . . .
on trucks, AI-enhanced maintenance, charging, & more
‘24 Toyota Tacoma. . .Ford’s future findings. . .BMW using AI. . .standard for inductive charging. . .Callum creates an SUV. . . electrifying the trailer rather than the truck. . . using electric big rigs. . . 2024 Hyundai Kona. . .
on sharing, yachting, fueling, winning, & erping
Subscribe to a car then share it. . .Bentley’s sumptuous yacht interior. . . lithium, oil and hydrogen. . .from full-size to 1:64. . .Toyota’s new Crowns. . .ranking countries by green-cred. . . clever speaker design. . .another amazing Accord. . .Mazda helps you on your holiday drives. . .
on lots of electric trucks. . .Grand Highlander. . .atomically analyzing additive. . .geometric designs. . .Dodge Hornet. . .
EVs slowdown. . .Ram’s latest in electricity. . .the Grand Highlander is. . .additive at the atomic level. . .advanced—and retro—designs. . .the Dodge Hornet. . .Rimac in reverse. . .
on Alfa, eco-interiors, Honda scooter, Genesis EV, and more
Alfa Romeo’s approach. . .Kia’s interior concepts. . .fuel type quiz. . .Ford on manufacturing. . .suppliers at risk. . .Chinese EV demand. . .Honda’s Motocompacto. . .MINI Countryman. . .Genesis Electrified GV70. . .
#interior
Five Tools to Improve Your Webinar Audience Engagement
Learn how to boost engagement in your webinars to keep your audience tuned in and connected to your message. Abby Hull, director of digital products, reviews five tools you can use today in your broadcasts.
on color, charging, tariffs, hybrids, metallurgy, & more
Can color make companies more competitive. . .the surprising differences in charging emissions. . .why the EU and the UK may lose EV volumes. . .Ford finds hybrids still sell. . .AI comes to metallurgical inspection. . .Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. . .a 301-vehicle difference over nine months. . .
#Acura
on fuel cells, eFuels, a sensor to know, & aging vehicles
Don’t count out fuel cell vehicles. . .eFuels can extend the lives of ICEs. . .new sensor tech for autonomous vehicles. . .vehicles are getting older. . .Kia contributes to ocean cleanup. . .Miata. . .student set amazing speed record
on German cars, hybrids, EVs, and even ICEs
BMW Neue Klasse. . .VW Group turns to design. . .the non-uniformity of taste. . .Toyota’s Crown. . .BYD launches new hybrid. . .Europeans still build plenty of internal combustion engines. . .
#hybrid