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business 1 Dec 2019

Is Your TCU Up to the Job? Mold Simulation Can Give the Answer

For realistic results, molding and cooling simulation must reflect the capabilities of the actual TCU to be used. Here’s how simulation can help determine whether your TCU is up to the job.

Injection Molding 18 Nov 2019

Molding Better Molders, One Class at a Time

Founded by and named for Rod Groleau, RJG grew out of an appreciation for two burgeoning needs of the plastics industry: training to help people better understand the molding process and equipment to let them actually see what’s happening inside that process.

sustainability 15 Nov 2019

Increased Investment in Material Recovery Facilities and Consumer Education Push Recycling Forward

Shannon Crawford with the Plastics Industry Association discusses what's being done to expand recycling efforts in the United States.

Injection Molding 11 Nov 2019

Sumitomo Demag Adds two New Tech Centers

New training and demo centers in Illinois and California will help molders keep up with technical developments as they happen.

Molds & Tooling 1 Nov 2019

Data Driven, Employee Owned

Approaching its seventh decade in business, PTA Plastics has shifted its location and remade its customer base since its founding in 1953, but many things have not changed in the intervening years, including an emphasis on people and leading-edge technologies.

Injection Molding 9 Sep 2019

RJG Partners with a Nebraska Community College on Injection Molding Training Lab

RJG and other partners are contributing to new plastics training lab at Central Community College in Columbus, Neb.

business 1 Sep 2019

New Report Details Aging of Manufacturing Workforce

Study from Manufacturing Institute also reveals best practices by companies that are meeting the challenge head on.

Injection Molding 1 Sep 2019

Molder’s Philosophy of ‘Giving Back’ Helps Attract New Employees

R&D Plastics participates in numerous programs to further plastics education with local universities and high schools. This effort breeds good community relations and helps attract new employees.