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Medical

Injection 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.

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Micromolding

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

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Medical

Mack 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.

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Automation

Why Five-Axis Cartesian Robots Are a Hit with Molders

Five-axis linear robots are proving to be a cost-effective alternative to six-axis articulated robots in many applications.

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Short-Run Specialist Chases Higher Productivity While Staying Lean

How do you automate jobs that run only a few hours? That’s only one of the questions challenging a fast-growing, short-run molder.

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For Repeatable Molding, Add Some Variability

Engel finds repeatability in a variable process.

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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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Molder’s Mantra: Go Lean, Stay Green

All-electric presses combined with home-built technologies and energy-efficient initiatives at PMT.

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Tec Air Moves Molding From Illinois to Indiana

Tec Air, a designer and molder of air movement components, is shifting its operations from Illinois to Indiana in a move that will more than double its space.

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Micromolding

Wittmann Battenfeld Expands Mexican Operations

Wittmann Battenfeld鈥檚 Mexican subsidiary is undergoing its second expansion in two years, boosting warehouse and office space at its Quer茅taro subsidiary.

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