One of the oldest plastics processes, thermoforming continues to claim new territory from other processes and materials, including compression-molded thermosets and injection-molded thermoplastics. The thermoforming industry is broad-based, with applications ranging from thin-gauge, web-fed packaging to heavy-gauge, cut-sheet parts such as refrigerator liners and twin-sheet fuel tanks. This month we report on the latest news from this advancing industry.