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Bob Schad Is Back With A Winning Machine Design

I recently wrote about a revival of injection molding machinery manufacturing in the United States. Now there is good news to report north of the border. Robert Schad, [..]

Injection Molding, Injection Molding, Medical, North America, Packaging ,

New High Heat Amorphous Polyimide Is Moldable

Need a molded part that provides high performance at prolonged extreme temperatures? Say semicon plasma chamber, aircraft or electronic components? SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed, and is commercializing, [..]

Aircraft, Electronics, Injection Molding, North America ,

Fire In The Hole: Good News for Apple’s Prized Molding Material

Its expenses are rising. Its revenues are dropping. But the tide of red ink is not damping enthusiasm at what may be the most important breakthrough technology in [..]

Amorphous Metals, Design, Injection Molding, Metal Injection Molding (MIM), Metals, North America, Oil Country , ,

Owens Corning Sticks To Its Core DNA–Glass Composites

Owens Corning, the Ohio-based producer of glass fiber, is a giant in the plastics industry, having virtually invented the composites business. One example was its involvement in the [..]

Automotive, Composites, Management, North America ,

Bemis, Milacron Team To Develop Servo Co-Injection

The efficiencies of co-injection molding and servo pumps are combining in a unique hybrid machine developed by Milacron (Batavia, Ohio) for Bemis Manufacturing, one of America’s largest injection [..]

Automotive, Consumer Goods, North America, Two-Shot , ,

Baxter May Change the Equation For Small US Molders

Visit a high-tech molder anywhere in the world and you will see sophisticated robots in every work cell. That’s particularly true in the United States and Europe where [..]

Automation, Injection Molding, Management, North America , ,

Toray Plans Commercialization of Bio-PBT Molding Compound

An injection molding plastic made with renewable feedstocks generated by a genetically engineered microorganism is being sampled as a prelude to mass production by Japanese chemical giant Toray. [..]

Asia, Automotive, Bioplastics, Electronics, Green, Injection Molding, North America ,

Algae As A Bioplastic Feedstock: Is it Hype or Hope?

Algae continues to receive considerable hype as a potential feedstock for plastics as well as a biofuel. Most of the hype is coming from researchers, as well as [..]

Bioplastics, Green, North America

Will Apple Have To Bail Out Liquidmetal Technologies?

Injection molded amorphous metal is an ideal material for critical, precision components in Apple’s consumer electronics devices such as the iPhone and iPad. It’s extremely strong, has a [..]

Design, Metal Injection Molding, North America , ,

Carbon Composites Players Build Technology Positions

The big players continue to make moves to further develop their carbon composite manufacturing capabilities, signaling a growing future for the high-priced, light weighting material. This month, Toray [..]

Africa/MidEast, Automotive, Carbon Fiber, CFRP, Europe, North America, Resin Transfer Molding ,