
Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief
Five Straight Years of Plastics Equipment Shipments Growth
One week before the sector鈥檚 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.
Read MoreScientific 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.
Read MoreInjection 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.
Read MoreTime 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.
Read MoreNypro 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.
Read MoreAUXILIARIES 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鈥檚 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鈥恦olume, single鈥恥se medical components.
Read MoreQuoting a Job: the Good, the Bad, the Nonsensical
Quotable quotes: What are your craziest job-quoting stories?
Read MoreFor Repeatable Molding, Add Some Variability
Engel finds repeatability in a variable process.
Read MoreNine “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.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read MoreWhen Was Your Plastics Epiphany?
Michael Engler鈥檚 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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