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Quoting a Job: the Good, the Bad, the Nonsensical
Quotable quotes: What are your craziest job-quoting stories?
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For Repeatable Molding, Add Some Variability
Engel finds repeatability in a variable process.
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Nine “Shots” Plus One Machine Equals a Unique LSR Molding Tech
How'd they mold that? One iPhone case composed of nine distinct LSRs molded on a single machine.
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More Korean Injection Molding Technology Coming Stateside
South Korea's LS Mtron, formerly LG, is coming back to the U.S. with a slate of all-electric injection molding machines.
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When Was Your Plastics Epiphany?
Michael Engler’s decades in plastics can be traced back to one week in middle school when his woodshop class briefly turned its focus on plastics.
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Manufacturing’s State of the Union Was…Mixed
Whether you feel it represents the basest form of political theater or the heights of patriotic rhetoric, the State of the Union Address is with us for good (barring an amendment to the Constitution).
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Plastics Plug In To Charged-Up Electronics Sector
Cars with cameras, watches with phones, and sensors on everything—our ubiquitously wired lives mean opportunities for plastics in electronics, especially as gadgets go flexible.
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Rethink Ramps Up Robotics Revolution With More Funding
GE Ventures and Goldman Sachs bet big on Baxter, the collaborative robot designed to reshape automation’s role in manufacturing and beyond.
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Tea Leaves Point to Growth, Greater Connectivity in Mfg. in 2015
Many predictions about the literally nuts-and-bolts world of manufacturing for 2015 center on things that are decidedly less tangible then, well, nuts and bolts.
Read MoreChase Plastics Expands Indiana Distribution Center
Plastics distributor Chase Plastic Services Inc., Clarkston, Mich., is investing $5.82 million to expand its distribution center in South Bend, Ind., constructing a new company-owned 126,000-ft2 facility to replace its current 90,000-ft2 rented site.
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U.S. Plastics Sector Stars in Lackluster Global Economy
The U.S. plastics industry in 2014 succeeded despite a near-worldwide malaise, but how long can we thrive while our global partners falter?
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Mexico’s Auto Market Accelerates, Brings Plastics Along
Mexico’s booming automotive industry inevitably became part of the conversation with exhibitors at the country’s largest plastics trade fair, Plastimagen.
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