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Without Data All You Have Is An Opinion
That saying, paraphrased here and attributed by some to manufacturing guru W. Edwards Deming, can be applied to Plastics Technology’s inaugural World Class Processors’ Survey.
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Auxiliaries: A New Frontier in Metal Replacement
Stainless steel has been the de facto material choice for machine components like tanks and hoppers for forever, but do rotomolded plastics make more sense?
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Study Finds Jam Bars Redundant: U.S. and European IM Suppliers Move Closer Towards Harmonization
Ruled redundant, could jam bars be going the way of plungers on new injection molding machines sold into the U.S.?
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Frigel’s New Thai Production Plant Nearly Complete
Process cooling technology supplier Frigel, Scandicci, Italy, has nearly completed a new manufacturing site in Thailand that will boost its global production footprint by more than 50%.
Read MoreBeaumont Creates American Injection Molding Institute
Beaumont Technologies , Erie, Penn., is launching an injection molding certification program, hoping to fill the yawning skills gap facing the industry with some very well-known instructors.
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Five Straight Years of Plastics Equipment Shipments Growth
One week before the sector’s biggest show, the U.S. plastics industry reported a surge in equipment shipments for the full year and final quarter of 2014, with solid momentum maintained heading into 2015.
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Scientific Injection Molding Goes Mobile With New App
Scientific Injection Molding gets the Android and iOS app treatment from an industry consultant who already created desktop software for the molding process.
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Injection Molder or Medical Device Supplier?
The line between molders and medical device suppliers is increasingly being blurred as formerly custom shops take on finished device production.
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Time to Automate Your Insert Molding Job? Answer these questions first
The benefits of automation—precision, repeatability, speed—are particularly suited to insert molding, but only if you heed the insert’s desires.
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Nypro Ramps Up Cleanroom Injection Molding in Texas
Nypro Healthcare initiated cleanroom injection molding at its Coppell, Texas facility in August, as the division of Jabil readies to launch a finished medical device.
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AUXILIARIES AT NPE: More Control, Flexibility, And Efficiency
These are key trends in the many kinds of auxiliary equipment displayed at this month’s show. You’ll also see equipment designed to be virtually ‘foolproof.’
Read MoreMack Moves Into Medical Disposables With New Cleanroom
At a customer’s request and after a $2 million investment in people and technology, custom molder and contract manufacturer Mack Molding, Arlington, Vt., is making its first foray into high‐volume, single‐use medical components.
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