Blow molding, also known as hollow molding, is a manufacturing process for forming hollow plastic parts: it was initially used to form glass bottles. Generally speaking, there are three main methods of blow molding: extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, and injection stretch blow molding. The blow molding process begins by melting plastic and forming it into a parison, or in the case of injection and injection stretch blow molding (ISB) preforms). A parison is a tubular plastic piece w...