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Custom Structural Foam: A Small But Thriving Niche
How to succeed in the small but busy world of custom structural foam? Maximize your pounds per hour and use robots.
Read MoreSwitch Over To Consistent Quality
A new process-control method picks up variations in melt quality and viscosity during the injection phase and equalizes them within the same shot.
Read MoreHyundai targets N.A. Market with Korean made injection molding machines
Korean car makers setting up shop in the United States are increasingly bringing their suppliers along. In a recent twist, however, now their suppliers’ suppliers are coming stateside as well, with the latest—Hyundai Injection Machinery—sharing its roots with the Korean conglomerate and automaker of the same name.
Read MoreMolder signs up to sell Chinese injection molding machines
Injection molders primarily sell machine time, with some dabbling in part sales via proprietary products, but how about molders selling molding machines?
WatchHow ‘sticky’ is your business?
Medical means less cyclicality and higher margins—those are two broadly agreed upon assumptions about the market—but is there another aspect that keeps processors pushing to enter the space?
Read MoreMilacron reestablishes West Coast presence with new tech center
Milacron has a new West Coast home in Irvine, Calif., formally opening its new High Impact Technical (HIT) Center, with more "HITs" planned for the future.
Read MoreAutomotive molder seeks flexible solution for diverse drying needs
Clear, amber or red; headlights, taillights and turn signals: those are just some of the constantly changing jobs that custom automotive molder TASUS pulls in and out of its presses, requiring a flexible drying system to handle the ever-changing run list.
Read MoreProcessors Find Their Place at K 2013
Sprinkled among the 17 halls, often overshadowed by the billion-dollar machinery and material suppliers surrounding them, were no small number of processors.
Read MoreEVCO Plastics at 50: Still Thinking Big
In its first half-century, EVCO Plastics has grown from one half-ounce injection machine in a basement to a $130 million company with 148 presses and 900 employees at nine plants in the U.S., Mexico, and China.
Read MoreInjection Molding at K 2013: Doing More with Less
More productivity with less energy consumption and capital investment; more operations in the machine or manufacturing cell with less time, labor, energy, and capital—these were the common themes of injection molding exhibits at October’s K 2013 show.
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