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Read MoreNew Culture, New Capabilities, New Challenges
Over the last few years, Henkel has not only transformed what its Richmond facility does, but also altered how it operates in terms of culture.
Read MoreTool Maintenance: A Molder’s Must-Have
Equipping a toolroom for proper mold maintenance and repair takes more than just the right technology.
Read MoreIs It Time For Injection Molding Machines to be Standardized?
If you looked at four machines from four different suppliers, you’ll find four different sets of icons and terminologies, all in different layouts.
Read MoreTwo-Component Parts in 15 Days Or Less
Proto Labs has added a quick-turn overmolding service in response to customer requests for cost-effective prototyping or low-volume production of overmolded parts.
Read MoreTaiwan's Plastics Machinery Industry to China: It's Not You, It's Me
Despite being separated geographically by only the Taiwan Strait, which at its narrowest point is just 100 miles wide, economically, Taiwan and China are growing further and further apart.
Read MoreAdvanced Manufacturing Has Outsized Impact U.S. Economy
But overall impact is waning, pointing to need for federal and state-local strategies to boost the sector’s growth and broaden its reach.
Read MoreChina Bets Big on Automation
With the full brunt of the Chinese government behind it, the country’s industrial robot inventory is forecast to explode 2500% from 70,000 in 2016 to 1.8 million by 2025.
Read MoreTech Center Boasts Five Engel Machines and MuCell Technology
A new Detroit-area tech center gives automotive OEMs and their tier suppliers a production-scale lab to test the very latest molding technologies.
Read MoreExpanding Global Middle Class Equals Growing Energy Demand
There is a clear correlation between economic growth and energy use, or put more mathematically—total people times higher living standards equals greater energy needs.
Read MoreEurope’s Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Concerned Over "Brexit”
The United Kingdom is both an important export market for Europe’s plastics suppliers, as well as a location for independent subsidiaries.
Read MoreNorth American Auto Sales Will Tap On the Brakes in 2017
After spiking thanks to pent-up demand following the Great Recession of 2009, automotive sales will slow in coming years.
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