Airbag covers have long been a growing market for plastic injection molders who want to make inroads (pun intended!) into the plastic automotive parts business. However, heretofore, manufacturing these covers resulted in a lot of waste and striations — long blemishes that thankfully were mostly obscured because of the covers’ textured finish. Still, the striations…
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It’s no wonder all-electric plastic injection molding equipment is growing in popularity. Why? Unlike traditional hydraulic injection molding machines, which use energy even when not producing anything, all-electric injection molding machines consume energy only when required for a specified product, and motor output is matched to load requirements. Instead of being driven by liquid, all-electric…
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The big news out of Apple this week is that the iconic company is introducing a newer, less expensive iPhone in tandem with its revised version of iPhone 5. Why is the new iPhone 5c ($99) more economical than the new iPhone 5s ($199)? The big reason is the material used to create the body…
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Organic food was a 23-billion-dollar-plus business in 2012. That probably doesn’t shock you. But did you know the global demand for organic personal care products was over 7.6 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach 13.2 billion by 2018?! According to market research, the global organic personal care products market has experienced steady growth in…
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Do a quick Google search of “plastic injection molding“. Then do another for “plastic injection moulding” and you will come up with two very different results. “Moulding” is the European/world spelling of molding and thus generates more YouTube video results and links to off-shore plastic injection molding facilities, primarily in China and Asia. What’s the…
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Producing plastic parts for the medical industry is an exacting task. But it’s a business which gives our company tremendous satisfaction because we know the parts we supply are helping to improve or save lives. While healthcare is constantly changing, one fact remains constant: plastic-injection molded medical parts will be an increasingly important aspect of…
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Every plastic injection molding company has a choice in how to feed material to their process in order to produce a marketable product with the properties they need. Heretofore, most processors purchased materials that were prefabricated into specialized pellets to produce the specific color and properties that they needed. It was a very simple process…
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Boring. Banal. And worth a bundle. We’re talking about the U.S. caps and closures market, which is projected to reach $10.4 billion in 2016, representing 280 billion units. Do the math: that’s about a thousand plastic caps per American that year! Why such a huge increase? More Americans will be living then, of course. But…
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Advantech Plastics is proud to offer the high performance line of electric plastic injection molding machines manufactured by Toshiba Inc. The company’s watch words — “precise and steady molding” and “high productivity” are reflected in these highly efficient machines which boast leading-edge mold clamping technology. New mold clamping unit (Solid Clamp) This device transforms uniform…
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On the continent that made the cork closure famous (think wine bottle), plastic beverage caps and closures account for 40% of the European closure industry revenue, but nearly 60% of the market by number of units. While carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) are no longer a growing category, the sheer size of this market will result…
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