A skilled and efficient workforce provides a decisive edge against competition and improves the bottom line. That philosophy is showing results at Plastikos Inc. in Erie, Pa., a $17-million custom injection molder serving electronics, medical, automotive, telecommunications, and defense customers since 1989. Plastikos is one of the first injection molders in the U.S. to adopt the British-developed
U.S. residential construction continues to languish in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage debacle, and it will be at least another year before activity starts to show consistent improvement. Not surprisingly, the drop in residential construction resulted in a sharp decline in output of vinyl siding, windows, and doors. But through the first half of 2008, our indicators for both vinyl siding and wi
Mastio & Company’s most recent Injection Molding Markets Study predicts modest growth for injection molded automotive products in 2008. The study is divided into three major automotive market segments—interior, exterior, and under-the-hood components. Collectively, these automotive market segments reached nearly 1.8 billion lb of injection molding resin consumption in 2007 and are
Prices of all sorts of commodity and engineering thermoplastics and thermosets are rising by leaps and bounds, reacting to equally strong increases in feedstock costs.PE PRICES UP SHARPLYPE prices moved up 3¢/lb in May, after a 3¢ increase in April. A 5¢ hike slated for June was working its way into the market, and a 7¢ increase was announced for July 1. Meanwhile, the London M
The focus this year at the international JEC Composites Show in Paris was not so much on brand-new processes as on adapting existing processes and materials for mass production, especially of large parts with critical structural demands. Attracting the most attention was wind energy, where composite material usage is growing more than 17%/yr, according to Gurit (formerly SP Systems), a Swiss-based
Plastics are going “green,” but they will need some help to get there. Biodegradable polymers derived from renewable resources are attracting lots of interest and publicity, but that enthusiasm is counterbalanced by persistent questions of availability, cost, performance, and processability. All these issues are inter-related: Increasing demand will lead to more capacity, which will pr
At the USA's IMTS, Sescoi will launch its WorkPLAN Enterprise ERP system for project based companies, and WorkXPlore 3D for viewing, mark-up and analysis of 3D models. Sescoi will be showing its WorkPLAN Enterprise ERP system for project based (MTO, ETO) companies, and WorkXPlore 3D, its new high speed software for viewing, mark-up and analysis of 3D models for the first time at the USA's IMTS int
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