PT Online

November 2008


Features

• Injection Mold Balance: Unbalanced?
  
  
• PLA Biopolymers: New Copolymers, Expandable Beads,Engineering Alloys & More
  

• Your Business In Brief
• Pricing Update - Prices Roll Downhill
• Economic Outlook - Large-Part Blow Molding Will Rebound in ’09
• Market Outlook - Modest Growth Ahead for Injection Molded Consumer Products
• Hourly Rate Survey: Hourly rates up, demand down.

Real World

• Vacuum Venting Keeps Molds Running Longer
  

Mold Shop

• What Toolroom Maintenance Supervisors Need to Know—Part II

Keeping Up With Technology

• Thermoforming: New Machines & Materials Unveiled At SPE Thermoforming Conference
• Processing Aid: Colloidal Silica Processing Aid Slashes Molding Cycle Times
  

Editorial

• They’re Multiplying Everywhere!