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Postprocessing 24 Jan 2014

Blow Molding News at K 2013

All-electric machines of all types were the stars of the show, but there were a number of other noteworthy developments.

Micromolding 23 Jan 2014

MRPC Takes ‘Holistic’ Approach To Scientific Molding

Last year this family-owned molder made a major commitment to Scientific Molding by starting a training process involving all employees.

Medical 9 Jan 2014

Coming Up: LSR That Sticks to More Thermoplastics

A next-generation self-adhesive LSR will bond to additional engineering thermoplastics.

Compounding 7 Jan 2014

Did I Say Mexico Was Hot?

On Jan. 2, I wrote that Mexico was benefiting from the trend of “reshoring” manufacturing jobs from Asia to North America. New evidence of that trend came in today from PolyOne Corp.

monitoring 6 Jan 2014

Bosch Rexroth Takes ‘Tech Tips’ to Social Media

Do engineers in plastics and other manufacturing sites use social media for ��ý? Bosch Rexroth thinks so.

Automotive 2 Jan 2014

‘Reshoring’ Benefits Mexico, Too

Another molder is betting on Mexico getting its share of the “reshoring” trend from Asia to NAFTA.

plant tour 30 Dec 2013

EVCO Plastics at 50: Still Thinking Big

In its first half-century, EVCO Plastics has grown from one half-ounce injection machine in a basement to a $130 million company with 148 presses and 900 employees at nine plants in the U.S., Mexico, and China.

Resin Conveying 18 Dec 2013

K 2013: More Efficient, Flexible & User-Friendly Auxiliaries

It’s hard to generalize about auxiliary equipment, but a few trends stood out at K, including: greater energy efficiency, ease of maintenance and cleaning, controls that provide more real-time and historical process information and greater ease of use.

Automation 18 Dec 2013

Injection Molding at K 2013: Doing More with Less

More productivity with less energy consumption and capital investment; more operations in the machine or manufacturing cell with less time, labor, energy, and capital—these were the common themes of injection molding exhibits at October’s K 2013 show.