Author : PRM-TAIWAN

Compare 10 PVC extrusion machine manufacturers for 2026: TWIN SCREW and CHEN YU from Taiwan plus KraussMaffei, battenfeld-cincinnati, Bausano and Theysohn.

Three in the morning, Taiwan time. An inquiry arrives in the PRM-TAIWAN system. The buyer is a flexible packaging plant in Pakistan, looking for a bag making machine. If you had to compress the past year’s shift in platform demand into a single message, this one comes close: over the past twelve months Pakistan recorded the largest increase in inquiries of any market, and among individual machine types bag making machines drew the most.

Are global plastic policies moving forward, backward, or sideways? If you’ve been following the recent headlines in 2026, you might feel like you’re watching a high-stakes tug-of-war. On one side, regulators are pushing unprecedentedly aggressive mandates to curb plastic pollution. On the other side, the plastics industry is fighting for realistic, data-driven solutions rather than outright bans that could disrupt global supply chains.

That single choice — horizontal or vertical — determines what a machine can produce, how it handles automation, and how much floor space it eats up. Get it wrong and a manufacturer ends up fighting gravity, cycle time, or both. This guide breaks down what actually separates horizontal from vertical injection molding, where each one wins, and which Taiwanese manufacturers lead each category.

A walk through the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center during Intelligent Asia—spanning TaiMold, 3D Printing Taiwan, and Automation Taiwan—revealed a crucial takeaway for the global plastics and manufacturing sector: the clearest finding: heavy foot traffic doesn't translate into actual purchase intent..