During the last decade or so, consumer packaged goods companies have done a good job on improving the recycle-ability of paper packaging. The same really can’t be said for using recycled content in plastic packaging. However, this “post-consumer recycled (PCR) content,” as it is technically knows, is making serious inroads in our industry, especially in…
Filed Under:personal care product packaging
Perhaps the most important part of any plastic drug container is the cap — if it isn’t secure, the integrity of the pharmaceutical inside could be compromised. And that could be a matter of life or death. Or, at the very least, a compromised closure could lead to government regulatory sanctions and legal liability. Often…
Filed Under:Plastic Caps and Closures , Plastic Injection Molding Medical Parts
Advantech Plastics, Inc. is member #3466573 of the PLASTICS Industry Association. http://www.plasticsindustry.org . What does the PLASTICS Industry Association do? The organization, in existence since 1937, provides advocacy endeavors that champion for the support of the plastic supply chain. This backing centers around topics like international trade, codes and standards, environment, health and safety, plastic…
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That’s right: sustainability. There’s another buzz word that’s becoming increasingly associated with plastics: recycling. Those are definitely two concepts the average consumer — or plastic injection molded medical device manufacturer — wouldn’t normally associate with plastics. Not all manufacturers are thinking about saving the planet; some are undoubtedly jumping on the bandwagon to curry favor…
Filed Under:Plastic Injection Molding Medical Parts
I don’t mean to scare you but I personally prefer lighting systems supported by plastic injection molding technology. These wonderful LED systems are available for purchase in three-dimensional styles, usually manifesting in long strands available in all colors of the spectrum. Some come as single bulbs, and are embedded in crazy objects like black candelabras…
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The process of plastic injection molding can be used to create many things – everything from soda bottles to heart valves. But plastic can also be used to create toys – fantastic, mythical, iconic toys – as one Danish company discovered not long after World War II, when it became the first company in that…
Filed Under:Plastic Injection Molding for Small Parts
Eight jobs at Advantech Plastic Injection Molding, in Woodstock, Illinois, popped up serendipitously into my email inbox yesterday morning. If you want a job, they’re out there–in plentiful abundance. Not only are corporations hiring, they’re rewarding hard work with the observance of the Labor Day holiday. This year’s impending labor day holiday is scheduled for…
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Imagine viewing the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse without the technology to do so! Telescopes, cameras, glasses–are all optical products that dominated this historic event the past week. But, without plastic injection molding techniques used to create these products — burn, baby, burn–retinas on fire! Arylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic is used to create the…
Filed Under:plastic injection molded electronic parts
As summer ends and fall approaches, university students prepare to return to leaf-littered lawns. How many students are on track for a career in plastic injection molding? If you are an engineering major, an industrial designer, engineer, computer software programmers, and yes, even the student who wants to earn extra money selling Tupperware or Mary…
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So you say you want to make and market a plastic injected molded product? Any business major can tell you the basic ROI calculation: Revenue from investment – cost of investment cost of investment Think about it: if this formula doesn’t yield a positive number, you’re losing money! So how does…
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