Need some closure? Try plastic!
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....
View ArticleHusky Presses: Plastic Injection Molding Masters!
Advantech is proud to offer our clients the superb injection molding capabilities of the Hylectric 330 machine from Husky Injection Molding Systems. The 330-ton Hylectric machine – an expanded version...
View ArticleAuto Industry Drives Plastic Injection Molding Machinery Sales
The U.S. market for plastic injection molding presses slowed down just a bit in 2013 but is far from hitting the brakes. In fact, industry executives see solid growth ahead in 2014 from the...
View ArticleNo ‘waffling’ on this new plastic injection molding method!
Ever try to make a waffle with a balky waffle iron? Well, then, you know the Goldilocks problem with temperature: if the iron is too hot, you’ll have a char-broiled brick; too cool, and you’ll be left...
View ArticlePlastic Injection Molding Machinery Sales Jump in 3Q 2013
New life has been injected into the primary plastics machinery industry: the numbers show sales of injection molding, extrusion, blowmolding and thermoforming equipment took off in the third quarter...
View ArticlePlastics Industry Featured in State of the Union
Andra Rush, founder and CEO of Detroit Manufacturing Systems, was a guest of Michelle Obama’s in the First Lady’s box at last month’s State of the Union Address. President Obama, noting Rush in the...
View ArticleThe “Little” News about Plastic Injection Molded Medical Devices
So what exactly is “micro injection molding”? Well, as the term would lead you to believe, micro injection molding (MIM) is a process which requires a highly-specialized molding machine with...
View ArticleAdvantech Plastics Inks Deal To Produce PCO 1881 Caps for Pepsico Bottlers
(May 29, 2014) AdvanTech Plastics has entered into agreements with several Pepsico bottlers to produce the industry standard PCO 1881 caps for their CSD lines, reports AdvanTech president Al Zoller....
View ArticleEntrepreneur invents new plastic suppository applicator… in her kitchen!
Almost everybody has dreamed of inventing something sexy like a fusion-powered engine — or even something funky like the next hula hoop. But it’s safe to say not many have dreamed of inventing...
View ArticleThe Next Dimension in Plastic Injection Molds: 3-D printing
By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about 3-D printers, the apparently magical devices which seem to be able to produce everything from screws to human body parts. But what effect will 3-D printers have on...
View ArticleToshiba Machine Hoping To Mold Next Generation For Our Industry
Attention all Illinois high school and college students: Toshiba Machine America, the North American arm of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electric and hydraulic injection molding...
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Plastic injection molding machines to be made by Foxconn
Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwan-based electronics behemoth with 2013 sales of $131.8 billion, has begun manufacturing and selling all-electric injection molding machines. The company’s FAE series...
View ArticleCircuit Breaker Cases Breaking The Thermosetting Mold
Plastic injection molding companies in Illinois are getting a real charge out of a new trend: electrical equipment makers who are utilizing high-performance polyamides, which are thermoplastics,...
View ArticleIs Plastic Injection Molding an Art or a Science?
The process of forming a plastic part by shooting hot, molten plastic resin into the cavity of a mold may seem like a scientific exercise. However, many industry veterans will tell you it’s more of an...
View Article3D Printers No Threat To High-Volume Plastic Injection Molding
The hype over 3D printers has been as relentless as it has been ubiquitous: you can’t turn on a TV, radio or computer without hearing yet another breathless story on the new manufacturing technology....
View ArticleDon’t Stress-Out Your Parts!
Today’s plastic injection molders are pushing the envelope — or the mold, if you will — to produce parts which are lighter and more complex than ever before. And while that effort is laudable,...
View ArticleStrong Sales Seen For Rigid Plastic
You’ve probably seen them dozens, if not hundreds of times, in your refrigerator or elsewhere around the house: those stiff, usually dark-colored plastic trays and bulk packaging containers, holding...
View ArticleGet Into Training: Grow Your Own Employees
As plastic injection molding continues to increase in popularity, (and despite what you may have heard, 3-D printing will not replace it any time soon), there is a growing shortage of employees skilled...
View ArticleCool it! Reducing Heat Increases Productivity
Cooling time: is there any plastic injection molding company that wouldn’t like to reduce it, and thus reduce cycle time? After all, a typical production cycle for a plastic part is 30 seconds to a...
View ArticleHealthy choice: How to choose the right plastic for your next medical device
AdvanTech manufactures a wide range of medical devices but no two are quite alike. Probably the only common denominator is their need to pass through a gauntlet of FDA approvals and clinical trials,...
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