C.A.PICARD® was founded in 1876 by Carl August Picard. C.A. Picard is a leading supplier of premium parts and services to companies in the foundry, PCB, and extrusion industries. We provide high-quality components, consumables, and innovative solutions that ensure optimal performance and efficiency for our customers’ mission-critical operations. From specialized alloys and advanced materials to cutting-edge process technologies and responsive maintenance support, C.A. Picard is ready to serve all your tool room needs. | For decades, C.A.PICARD® has been counted among the world’s best manufacturers of wear parts for specialist industries. Our knowledge of materials is based on our history – since the founding of our company in 1876, we have been ideally combining experience, know-how and development. The requirements on our production have ensured our on-going development. The results speak for themselves: We produce precise and highly wear-resistant parts and equipment, which meet the highest of demands. | We are an international premium manufacturer, as well as an expert in metallurgy, that specializes in producing high-performance, corrosion- and wear-resistant precision parts. We are in the 6th generation of family ownership and proud of our traditions and roots. The key pillars of our success consist of sound know-how and state-of-the-art heat treatment and machining processes. With headquarters in Germany, C.A.PICARD® ‘s North American branch operates out of Battle Creek, Michigan. With seven locations, across 4 countries, we are proud to have an international presence. We are ready and able to serve the extrusion aftermarket parts and service. Ask us about our screw removal machine, barrel wear measurement services and our expansive library of materials to fit your specific application.
Brabender a Brand of Anton Paar
For 100 years, Brabender has manufactured testing equipment designed for measuring and recording rheology, viscosity, processing development, laboratory scale compounding, extrusion, mixing applications, and moisture of various polymers. The company offers continuous and comprehensive advice and support. In our application technology laboratories, you can carry out measurements with your own material, personally on site or virtually. Over the long service life of our devices, our customers can also benefit from numerous services to maintain functionality and performance. | Anton Paar TorqueTec was founded as Brabender in Duisburg, Germany, in 1923, and is a leading global manufacturer of measurement and process engineering solutions for testing the quality of various raw materials as well as for the development and optimization of products, formulations, methods, and processes. As a renowned supplier of devices and equipment for testing a wide variety of material properties, Brabender stands for high quality and durable measuring and process technology. From laboratory equipment to small-scale production, Brabender instruments are used in quality assurance as well as in research and development. Discover the full array of Brabender instruments now being produced by Anton Paar. We fuse Brabender’s expertise as a supplier of measuring and process technology for food and feed, plastics, rubber, and other areas with Anton Paar’s unrivalled reputation as a leading producer and global distributor of highly accurate laboratory instruments and process measuring systems. | Founded in 1922 in Graz, Austria, Anton Paar is a global market leader in density and concentration measurement, rheometry, viscometry, and dissolved CO₂ determination. The company also develops technologies for Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle size, and surface analysis. Its customers include major global producers in the beverage, food, chemical, petroleum, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as leading academic institutions. Anton Paar GmbH is part of the Anton Paar GmbH Group, comprising 39 sales subsidiaries and eight production sites. The Group belongs to Anton Paar Group AG, owned by the charitable Santner Foundation. Today, over 4,200 employees work in research, development, production, sales, and service. Up to 14.5% of annual turnover is invested in R&D. In 2023, the Anton Paar GmbH Group recorded €587 million in net sales revenue. Strategic acquisitions have further driven the company’s growth. Key additions include Dr. Kernchen GmbH (Germany, 2007 – optical metrology, now Anton Paar OptoTec), Petrotest Group (Germany, 2012 – petroleum analysis, now Anton Paar ProveTec), and CSM Instruments SA (Switzerland, 2014 – surface analysis, now Anton Paar TriTec). In 2016, Anton Paar added a Raman benchtop product line from BaySpec Inc. and licensed handheld Raman technology from SciAps Inc. Particle size analysis technology was acquired from Cilas (France) in 2017. Expansion continued with Quantachrome Instruments (USA, 2018 – now Anton Paar QuantaTec) and AXO Dresden (Germany, 2019), enhancing capabilities in porous material characterization and X-ray optics. In 2023, Anton Paar added Brabender GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), now Anton Paar TorqueTec, expanding into kneading and lab-scale extrusion analysis.
Blades Machinery Co., Inc.
Blades Machinery Company is one of the largest suppliers in North America of equipment, service, and OEM spare parts to the plastics industry. With over 130,000 square feet of equipment in Elk Grove, Illinois, we carry a full line of used machinery for the plastics industry including, extruders and downstream equipment, injection molders, blow molders, thermoformers, vacuum formers, and our specialty, granulating equipment and size reduction equipment.
Bandera Luigi Costruzioni Meccaniche SpA
BE PART OF THE PLASTIC CHANGE A family with a pioneering mindset. A hub of shared knowledge, experimentation and an international specialized background. A global leader in designing and manufacturing complete lines for the extrusion of plastic materials for packaging & converting (blown film, rigid film and sheets) and recycling.
B&P Littleford
B&P Littleford LLC specializes in the manufacture of mixing, drying, and reacting equipment for industrial applications in the coatings, pharmaceutical, chemical, food, plastics, animal nutrition, and many other applications. The company’s solutions center in Saginaw, Michigan, offers customers laboratory development and pilot size processing. Rental equipment is also available. | B&P Littleford manufactures equipment and provides processing technologies in the areas of extruding, compounding, mixing, drying, reacting, and separation. Our custom technologies are provided to a wide array of industries, including plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, and more. We offer full-service testing and pilot production at our Michigan-based testing center. We also offer rental equipment worldwide so you can test our equipment in the comfort of your own facility. Contact us! | B&P Littleford designs and custom builds a wide spectrum of mixing, drying, compounding, extruding, reacting, and centrifugal separation equipment for large or small-scale manufacturing applications. Our technologies are provided to industries such as plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical, rubber, food, energetics, mineral, and more. We offer full-service testing and pilot production at our Michigan-based testing center. Parts and field service are readily available for all machines. Whether you’re planning a new process or seeking to enhance production of a current manufacturing line, B&P Littleford will customize an industrial processing solution for your needs. After 130 years in the business, we take pride in our unmatched experience and incomparable knowledge. Let B&P Littleford – veterans of our industry – help address the unique needs of your business today! For more information, visit www.bplittleford.com or call us at (989) 757-1300. | B&P Littleford designs and custom builds a wide spectrum of mixing, drying, extruding, compounding, reacting and separation equipment for large or small-scale manufacturing applications. Our technologies are provided to an array of industries such as cosmetics, food, plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical, and more. We offer full-service testing and pilot production at our Michigan-based testing center. Rental equipment, parts, and field service are also readily available. Contact us today! | B&P Littleford designs and custom builds a wide spectrum of mixing, drying, extruding, compounding, reacting, and centrifugal separation equipment for large or small-scale manufacturing applications. Our technologies are provided to industries such as plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical, energetics, mineral, food, nutritional, and more. We offer full-service testing and pilot production at our Michigan-based testing center. Parts and field service are readily available, as well. Whether you’re planning a new process or seeking to enhance production of a current manufacturing line, B&P Littleford will customize an industrial processing solution for your needs. After 130 years in the business, we take pride in our unmatched experience and incomparable knowledge. Let B&P Littleford – veterans of our industry – help address the unique needs of your business today! For more information, visit www.bplittleford.com or call us at (989) 757-1300. | B&P Littleford supplies a full range of battery production mixers, blenders, dryers, and dispersion equipment for the Battery industry. Our mixers are used in development and battery manufacturing facilities for efficient and accurate batching of pastes, gels, slurries, solutions and powders used in various battery types and chemistries. Our history in the industry even goes back to lead acid battery use on our double arm mixer. We work closely with every customer to match their processing objectives with the best mixing strategy. With our line of products from batch to continuous, B&P Littleford can supply the right type of equipment to meet your battery production needs. We offer full-service testing and pilot production at our Michigan-based testing center. Parts and field service are readily available, as well. Contact us today!