Purpose – To review manufacturing automation products and technology on show at Interplas 2005, the UK's premier exhibition of equipment for the plastics and rubber industry. Design/methodology/approach – Some of the automation products on display at the show are highlighted, particularly...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the National Plastics Exposition 2009, Plastics Show held in Chicago, IL, with emphasis on robots, end‐of‐arm‐tooling and their application in the plastics industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of in‐depth...