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Rx for Downtime, Defects and Resin Contamination
Errors in material selection, tracing and process validation can spell the difference between success and failure for many processors. Whether your goal is cost reduction LEAN manufacturing, customer satisfaction or adherence to quality mandates, you will benefit from this webinar. This webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST.  Sponsored by Novatec. Register Here

PDx/amerimold: ‘Tech Tours’ Announced

Attendees to PDx/amerimold, a new trade show and conference scheduled for May 11-13 in Cincinnati, can also visit three technology leaders in the greater Cincinnati area as part of the show’s ‘Tech Tours’ series of open houses. PDx/amerimold is hosting visits to Makino in Mason, Ohio, and Mazak in Florence, Kentucky, both world-renown manufacturers of high-speed machining centers and other machine tools;  as well as Morris Technologies, a rapid prototyping/rapid manufacturing firm in Cincinnati. The Makino open house will commence in the afternoon of May 10. The Tech Tours of both Mazak and Morris Technologies will start in the morning of May 11.

PDx/amerimold is a new event combining the former MoldMaking Expo and Time Compression Expo. Visit www.pdx-amerimold.com for more information.

Injection Machines To Debut at Taipei Plas
At next month’s Taipei Plas show, Fu Chun Shin will display models of 20, 30 and 100 metric ton injection presses to accompany the original 50-tonner in its new HE all-electric line, introduced at the last Taipei Plas show in 2008.

Clear, Glossy PP For Cosmetics Packaging
A new metallocene PP copolymer for extrusion blow and injection-blow molding is said to combine the clarity and gloss of PET. This resin, Metocene RM2231, from Lyondell Basell, Wilmington, Del., is aimed at cosmetics packaging.

First Large Automotive MIDs with LDS
The German “MID Industry Award” for 2009 was given to the PBT steering switch for the new BMW Z4 Roadster. The switch is said to be the first large commercial molded interconnect device (MID) for automotive made with the laser direct structuring (LDS) technique.

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