Looks like the future is wide-open for plastic caps and closures in the US the next four years! The numbers don’t lie: the United States caps and closures market was almost $12.5 billion in 2019, and it’s expected to reach over $15 billion by 2025. For the numbers crunchers out there, that’s a Compound Annual…
Filed Under:Plastic Caps and Closures
Car manufacturers making ICU ventilators. E-commerce giants delivering testing kits. And plastic injection molding companies in Illinois and elsewhere making a variety of items to aid in the battle against COVID-19. Wherever you look, American industry is rolling up its sleeves to do its part in fighting this pandemic. AdvanTech Plastics is part of that…
Filed Under:medical dental plastic supplies , Plastic Caps and Closures , Plastic food 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
Many people have heard of “living wills.” And everybody knows what a “living room” is. But how many people, outside the plastic injection molding industry, have heard of a “living hinge”? Unlike the aforementioned “living” examples, a living hinge is a thin flexible hinge fabricated from the same material as the two rigid pieces it…
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A long, long time ago (OK, not that long ago, really — 2001), our CEO, Al Zoller, bought the company that he would eventually rename AdvanTech four years later. The company’s original building, home to the former Plasticraft tool shop, covers 27,000 ft. and is more than 70 years old. Over the years, it’s been upgraded…
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Just for fun, stop and examine the top of the next beverage bottle, drug vial or tooth paste tube you buy. Chances are good that it is topped off with a plastic cap or other kind of plastic enclosure. And no wonder: plastic caps and closures dominate the market. U.S. demand for plastic caps and…
Filed Under:Plastic Caps and Closures