Join Shibaura Machine at PTXPO 2026
March 17-19, 2026 | Booth 223 | Rosemont, IL
Shibaura Machine Company, America is pleased to announce our participation at PTXPO-2026, North America’s comprehensive showcase of cutting edge technologies and innovations within the Plastic Industry on March 17-19 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. Shibaura Machine will showcase a complete, modern high-speed molding cell producing polypropylene shampoo flip-top caps in sub-9 second cycle times. The live demonstration features a high-speed Stack Teck mold with servo-driven in-mold cap closing—eliminating hydraulics and pneumatics for cleaner, quieter operation, reduced maintenance, and improved precision and repeatability. An integrated automation system performs 100% visual inspection before parts exit the cell, highlighting a fully electric, quality-assured solution ideal for packaging, automotive, medical, consumer goods, and other production environments.
Servo-Driven, Sub-9 Second Cap Molding Live at PTXPO 2026
machiNetCloud and LEO: Your Path to Industry 4.0 with Connected AI
machiNetCloud is Shibaura Machine’s next-generation IIoT platform designed to unlock smarter, more profitable plastics and injection molding operations. It securely connects your machines and auxiliary equipment, streams real-time production and condition data, and transforms it into clear, action-ready dashboards—giving your teams instant visibility into performance, quality drivers, and opportunities to optimize every shift.
And it doesn’t stop at visibility. With LEO, our advanced predictive analytics engine, machiNetCloud helps you move from reactive fixes to proactive reliability—spotting early warning signs, delivering health scores, and triggering intelligent alerts before issues become downtime. The result is fewer surprises, faster troubleshooting, higher OEE, and a scalable foundation for continuous improvement—whether you’re connecting one press or building a fully connected factory.
PTXPO 2026 Registration
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Meet our Subject Matter Experts!
Matthew Toms
Technical Sales Manager
Areas of expertise: All Electric Injection Molding Machines
Daniel Saigh
Regional Sales Manager
Areas of expertise: All Electric Injection Molding Machines
Chad Clawson
Key Accounts Manager, Medical
Areas of expertise: All Electric Injection Molding Machines, Medical
Ryan Guthrie
Automation and Turnkey Solutions Manager
Areas of expertise: All Electric Injection Molding Machine, Industrial Robots
Chuck Gorman
National Sales Manager
Areas of expertise: All Electric Injection Molding Machines
Michael Werner
IIoT Business Development Manager
Areas of expertise: Smart Machining, machiNetCloud
Samuel Simmons
IIoT Customer Success Manager
Areas of expertise: Smart Machining, machiNetCloud
Tim Potter
IIoT Solutions Engineer
Areas of expertise: Smart Machining, machiNetCloud
Customer Stories From Around The World
VDI Manufacturing
VDI Manufacturing is a veteran-owned company whose primary mission is Production Injection Molding, Assembly, and Tooling. In addition, offers a full complement of prototyping services including: design assistance, 3D printing, quick-turn aluminum tooling, and prototype molding. VDI also offers an on-site ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accredited Metrology Lab to certify quality and dimensions on every project. VDI’s collective experience dates back to the 1980s and is backed by state-of-the-art, Shibaura Machine all-electric molding machines, and automated processes.
SPAL Automotive
SPAL Automotive is an Italian company based in Correggio (RE), founded in 1959 and specialized in the production of electromechanical components for the automotive industry. The company works in the design, production and global trade of axial and centrifugal electric fans for cars, motorcycles, buses, off-road vehicles, earthmoving machines, agricultural tractors, trucks and industrial equipment. Starting in 2013, SPAL began its collaboration with EPF, focusing on the fully electric Shibaura Machine injection molding machines. This collaboration has created a real production department consisting of 21 injection molding machines with a capacity from 50 to 1800 tons. The advantages of working with EPF are: a longer cycle time and the possibility of increasing production capacity, a quieter department, lower consumption compared to hydraulic injection molding machines and more streamlined logistics.
INVAT
INVAT is a leading international player in the closures sector for metal, glass, and PET, producing over 500 million pieces annually. In its new factory, the company has adopted Shibaura Machine full electric injection molding machines (II/III series) and has experienced numerous advantages, from repeatability and ease of cleaning to precision in molding and significant reductions in production costs. EPF Plastic compared two injection molding machines of the same tonnage in the INVAT molding department—one fully electric (EC350SXIII) and the other a new generation hydraulic model from a competitor. With the same mold and molding conditions, we observed significant energy savings, all confirmed by a series of measurements conducted on the machines.
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Hoffer Plastics
Founded in 1953, Hoffer Plastics has grown to become an industry leader and innovator in the custom plastic injection molding industry. Located in a 365,000 sq. ft. facility on 24 acres and employing more than 350 people, they produce more than three billion plastic parts annually. Boasting a consistent 99% on-time delivery record, Hoffer Plastics has been honored with numerous awards including Plastic News "Processor of the Year".
http://www.hofferplastics.com