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Outrunning the Competition with the First Plastic 2-Stroke Engine Valves

All it took was some original ideas, a lot of nerve, and a little high-tech injection molding.

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Is 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.

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Molds & Tooling

Smart Tool, Electric Tool

The old gray mold ain’t what she used to be. Or won’t be for long, if recent trends hold up.

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Finnish Startup Gets IMSE Lighting Patent

TactoTek’s newly-patented technology available for licensing.

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Two-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.

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K 2016 Preview: Injection Molding

Adapting injection molding to the concept of Industry 4.0 is gaining momentum. At this show you’ll see that the interconnected, integrated “factory of the future” is almost here.

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Milacron to Show Wide Range of New Technologies at K 2016 Milacron

New developments in injection and blow molding, extrusion, hot runners, and tooling will be featured.

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Milacron Coinjection Tech Approved For Fruit Cans & Recyclable Coffee Pods

First-to-market clear plastic cans wil arrive early next year.

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Wittmann’s 40th Anniversary Gala Unveils New Products

New machinery, robots, and auxiliaries demonstrate continued momentum of technical development—and preview some K 2016 exhibits.

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Automation

China’s Appetite for Advanced Molding Technology

Do automation and advanced molding technologies still offer U.S. molders safe harbor against low-cost competition?

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling