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Automation July 22, 2026 Retail Ready Consumer Packaging: Turning Thermoformed Components into Brand Assets Retail ready consumer packaging must do more than protect a product—it must attract attention, communicate value quickly, and perform consistently across high speed production environments. Today’s co... Read More Forming July 15, 2026 Medical Tray Design and Thermoforming Limits Medical tray design must balance device protection, sterile barrier performance, usability, and production reality. When a tray looks good in CAD but exceeds thermoforming limits, teams can face thinn... Read More Forming July 08, 2026 Reducing Thermoforming Downtime: Why Controls Upgrades Matter for Plant Managers Unplanned downtime remains one of the costliest challenges in thermoforming operations. For plant managers, the root cause is often not mechanical failure—but outdated control systems that can no long... Read More Forming June 30, 2026 Maximizing Material Yield in Thermoforming Material is the largest variable cost in a thermoforming operation, while labor and equipment are mostly fixed, so every pound of plastic that leaves as scrap instead of sellable product is margin you... Read More Automation June 26, 2026 Why Brown, Lyle, GN, Freeman and NAS Came Together as One BMG Learn why these select companies came together to form the thermoforming, tooling and automation powerhouse BMG Read More Automation June 19, 2026 From Tooling to Palletizing: The Thermoforming and End-of-Line Automation Connection How tooling and automation work together for your product Read More Forming June 01, 2026 Why Thermoforming and End‑of‑Line Automation Can’t Wait: The Capital Investment Window Is Wide Open Discover why modern thermoforming and end‑of‑line automation, combined with today’s federal capital depreciation rules, create an urgent opportunity to cut costs and boost throughput. Read More Thermoform Tooling May 28, 2026 How Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Cuts Time, Cost, and Waste in Thermoforming Learn how BMG uses Design for Manufacturability (DFM) to optimize thermoforming tooling, reduce cycle times, improve material yield, and lower cost per part. Read More Service May 22, 2026 BMG Structured Support Subscription Program For decades, BMG has proudly provided world-class technical support. As we continue to grow and evolve as a company, we are introducing a new structured Support Subscription Program to better meet you... Read More Automation April 22, 2026 Use 100% Capital Depreciation to Modernize Thermoforming and Automation Now Current federal tax law gives manufacturers a rare chance to write off up to 100% of qualifying capital investments in the same year they place them in service. Read More