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Engineering Resins 21 Jun 2016

Special Process Molds Stronger Parts In Very Thick, Near-Net Shapes

Unusual injection process molds very thick parts with unusually high strength.

Packaging 21 Jun 2016

Blow Molding Challenges Embraced at Metro Mold

“Others mold difficult parts. We mold the impossible.”

Multicomponent 21 Jun 2016

Two-Shot Molding Helps Make Reshoring Cost-Effective

With help from labor-saving technology, a maker of children’s dinnerware finds a ‘Made in USA’ solution to quality & delivery issues.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 17 Jun 2016

Haitian Boosts Machine Assembly in Germany

Injection molding machine manufacturer Haitian International has added a second production hall in Ebermannsdorf, Germany that will double its production space.

Additives 16 Jun 2016

Snuffed Out: De Facto Death for Halogenated Flame Retardants

Market forces and self-policing are pushing the market for flame-retardant (FR) additives in a different direction.

Film Extrusion 16 Jun 2016

N.A. Plastics Machinery Shipments On the Rise in Q1

Shipments of primary plastics equipment in the first quarter were up 13.5% from the year-ago quarter.

Engineering Resins 15 Jun 2016

Transitioning From World’s Factory to World’s Designer

China has long since aggregated the means and materials of production, but increasingly it’s seeking to lay claim to the creative origins of products—the design.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 14 Jun 2016

The 5 M’s of Molding—Part 4: Machine

Match your mold and material to the press to assure that your process control is not limited by poorly functioning machinery.

Engineering Resins 14 Jun 2016

Chase Expands Space and Capacity of its Administrative and Warehouse Sites

Plastics distributor Chase Plastic Services Inc. has completed a $7.3 investment its Michigan headquarters and Indiana distribution warehouse.

Postindustrial 13 Jun 2016

Startup Turns Recycled Plastic into 3D Printing Filament

Plenty of companies are taking advantage 3D printing’s disruptive nature in the manufacturing space, but I came across an Amsterdam-based startup that is taking the disruptive concept even further.

Multicomponent 10 Jun 2016