“Off-Shoring”… Once upon a time, that was a magical incantation for American manufacturers. Beginning in the ’70s, thenaccelerating into a crescendo in the ’90s, off-shoring became a mantra for manufacturers, big and small. The lure of lowering costs and maximizing profits by moving manufacturing to countries with lower labor costs and materiasourcinglike China, Indonesia and…
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In alignment with the AdvanTech Plastics Sustainability Mission Statement, “we are committed to manufacturing products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environment impacts”. To help achieve that mission, AdvanTech has proudly moved towards “greener” plastic injection molding machines with the latest commissioning of a Sumitomo 112 ton and a larger Sumitomo 320 ton. Even though…
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There was a time in the late 90’s and early ’00s when it seemed like nothing would ever be manufactured in the USA again. It appeared that China and other low-cost labor nations would snap up every last manufactured widget from plastic medical devices to plastic car parts, from every last higher labor-cost nation in…
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Spoiler alert: when comparing polymer plastics suitable for plastic medical devices, thermoplastics are the Mayo Clinic, if you will, while thermosets are a very competent regional health center. In other words, thermosets aren’t nearly as ubiquitous as thermoplastics but they do have a place in the universe of plastic medical devices. For example, thermosetting plastics like silicone,…
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AdvanTech Plastics has taken a huge step toward a green new future with the purchase and installation of the E-Mac 465/175 all-electric plastic injection molding machine. Made in Europe, the E-Mac 465/175 is a 175-ton manufacturing marvel, which puts it precisely in the middle of Engel’s E-Mac series in terms of size. Engels machines are…
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