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Good Times for the Plastics Industry
Data from SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association indicates that the sector not only outperformed other economic sectors, but will experience accelerating growth in 2016.
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Another Solid Gain for Plastics Machinery Shipments in Q2
The industry outperformed other sectors of the U.S. and global economy,according to SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association.
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East, West Coast Rivalry Benefits Injured Soldiers
Connecticut’s Westminster Tool and California’s M.R. Mold & Engineering have embarked on a friendly competition to bring public awareness to iWarriors, a program that donates iPads to wounded service members.
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Get Schooled on Mold Material Selection
The evolution of pre-hardened mold steels was presented during the "Global Advances in Pre-hardened Mold Steels" webinar by International Mold Steel last month, and audience members walked away learning these five facts about mold steels.
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Amerimold at a Glance
Here are a few snapshots from the latest iteration of the plastic injection molding industry trade show.
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WEBINAR:The Evolution of Pre-Hardened Mold Steels
Mold material selection has been a hot topic this year. MMT has hosted webinars, published articles and even secured speakers for the upcoming Amerimold Expo on the subject. For a look at global advances in pre-hardened mold steels tune into a webinar on Tuesday, June 9 at 2:00PM EST.
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Slideshow: Amerimold 2015 Preview
The annual Amerimold trade show and conference draws more than 2,500 owners, executives and engineers involved in plastic injection mold manufacturing. This year's show will be held June 17-18, at the Donald E.
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Mold Project Teaches Criticality of Design Phase Collab
Prestige Mold, Eastman Chemical Company, Mold-Masters (owned by Milacron LLC) and Pres-Tek Plastics joined forces on a project to solve customer challenges with producing small medical device parts made of Tritan™ copolyester with a multi-cavity hot runner mold. I spoke with Eastman's market development manager for medical devices to learn more about the Eastman-Prestige collaboration.
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Dream it. Code it. Win it.
With our recent efforts to promote career opportunities in mold manufacturing with our MoldMaking Matters: Your Career Can Make a Difference video, I thought I'd share this post about the second annual award-winning "Dream it. Code it. Win it." contest, which is a student coding competition that rewards and promotes creativity, diversity and literacy in the field of computer science.
Read MoreDemo at NPE2015 Poised to Enhance View of Plastics
A special demonstration in March at one of the world’s largest international trade shows could change worldwide perceptions about plastics in a very positive way, according to SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association
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