New stainless mold base steel offers high machinability and improved thermal...
Industeel ArcelorMittal has developed an original patented free-machining martensitic stainless steel called SuperPlast Stainless (SPS), that has seen good success in the marketplace among mold base...
View ArticleHillary Clinton visits injection molding manufacturer in Colorado
Earlier this week, former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Intertech Plastics, the largest custom injection molding manufacturer in Colorado. Clinton met with local business and...
View ArticleGlobal competitiveness through local value
"The year 2030: The long-standing division of the world in the three markets of Europe, America and Asia is dissolved. There is a fully integrated world market with globalized product segments."Tagging...
View ArticleLinear announced plans to double 3D metal printing capacity
Linear Mold & Engineering announced at RAPID 2014 and Amerimold the company's plans to expand its 24,000 sq-ft Livonia, MI headquarters by 17,000 sq-ft. This expansion will make room for eight more...
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Converting metal components to plastic takes on new importance
As OEMs in the transportation industry seek out ways to reduce weight for greater fuel savings and, in the case of the automotive industry, meet CAFE standards, suppliers in the plastics industry are...
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Key steps for metal-to-plastic conversion
The ability to replace a metal component with one molded out of plastic means that extremely complex shapes and geometries can be achieved easily. That also means greater design freedom and more...
View ArticleWill 3D printing of cores & cavities be disruptive to moldmaking?
All Sites I just finished another article on a manufacturing company that molds the plastics components for its products in-house, and is using additive manufacturing to make the cores and cavities...
View ArticleMyers Industries will sell off Lawn & Garden and acquire Scepter Corp.
Polymer products maker Myers Industries, Inc. (Akron, OH) has started the process of selling off its Lawn & Garden Segment even as it acquires Scepter Corp. and significantly expands its Material...
View ArticleChanging of the guard at Mack Molding: 40-year plastics veteran Ray Burns...
After four decades in the plastics industry, Ray Burns, President, Mack Molding, Southern Div., is calling it a day. Mack announced that he will be retiring effective September 1, 2014. Bryan Campbell,...
View ArticleCarbon dioxide boosts plastics' environmental credentials
Carbon dioxide (CO2) can help processors save on cycle times as well as clean molded parts without solvents. Gas giant Linde (Murray Hill, NJ) will present details on such technologies at the...
View ArticleGas-assisted injection molding slashes weight of tubular cooling system
Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin is being employed in a gas-assisted injection molding process to reduce weight and costs of tubular cooling system parts for automotive engines. The Fortron material...
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Wittmann Battenfeld USA: Customers want ‘one-stop shopping'
While it can be difficult to pinpoint the No. 1 trend in the plastics industry, Wittmann Battenfeld believes that 'one-stop shopping' is at the top of the list. Tagging OptionsDomain: All Sites...
View ArticleChina biggest robot market in 2013
In 2013, about 179,000 industrial robots were sold worldwide, representing an all-time high and 12 percent growth over 2012. And China, faced with skyrocketing labor costs, overtook Japan to become the...
View Article3D printing a big participant in the revival of manufacturing
All Sites Excitement is always the buzzword at SME's RAPID conference and trade show, and this year was exceptionally exciting. With the buzz about 3D printing, aka additive manufacturing (AM),...
View ArticleLubrizol introduces flame-retardant medical-grade TPUs
The LifeScience Polymers business of materials company Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, OH) has introduced what it is calling the first medical-grade thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with flame-retardant...
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KraussMaffei delivers high-end multicomponent machine to French market
KraussMaffei received a milestone order in the French market when the France-based Texen Group (Groupe Texen), one of the largest global manufacturers of plastic packaging for cosmetic and perfume...
View ArticleStackTeck expands capacity
With manufacturing picking up in North America, many mold manufacturers are seeing a busy 2014, and the need to maintain short lead times. StackTeck, a mold manufacturer with operations in Ontario,...
View ArticleHTI Plastics installs molding press to produce natural gas fuel cells
HTI Plastics has installed the largest plastics injection molding press in its history, featuring the capability of manufacturing large, thin-walled parts. The Krauss Maffei high-speed precision...
View ArticleWestminster Tool wins leadership award
Westminster Tool Inc., a precision manufacturer of injection molds based in Plainfield, CT, was presented with the 2014 Leadtime Leader Award at the recent Amerimold 2014 conference and trade show in...
View ArticleTPE-based closures now available for clean applications
Container closures made from a biopharmaceutical-grade thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) are now available from AdvantaPure (Southampton, PA), a division of NewAge Industries that is specialized in tubing...
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