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What are the technological trends in the plastics and rubber industry for 2026?

Recently, "Yarwood Plastics & Rubber Network" officially released the industry barometer—the Top 10 Technology Trends for 2026. Let's take a phased look at what these technological trends are.

1. AI Accelerates IterationIn 2026, the application of AI in the plastics and rubber industry will accelerate its iteration, primarily due to more precise algorithms and higher data processing efficiency, which lowers the threshold for the large-scale application of AI in the industry.

Furthermore, facing the dual pressures of green transformation and cost reduction with efficiency improvement, the bottlenecks of traditional production and R&D models are becoming increasingly apparent. AI has become an important tool for enterprises to break through difficulties and maintain competitiveness.

Currently, the application of AI in the plastics and rubber industry presents three characteristics:

• Deep integration of AI and Industrial IoT: Achieving automation and intelligence in production lines for injection molding, extrusion, and blow molding.
• Adaptive systems becoming standard: Real-time optimization of molding parameters through algorithms to reduce the impact of manual intervention on product quality stability.
• Comprehensive popularization of AI quality inspection technology: Full coverage from appearance defect detection to functional performance testing, significantly improving product quality and production efficiency.

Our company's independently developed AI Smart Sorting Machine integrates modules with more precise algorithms and higher recognition rates, quickly separating flame-retardant plastics from non-flame-retardant plastics.