Flambeau, the company that is providing customer assistance in design and specifications of injection and blow molded thermoplastic components and products, is moving into two-shot molding and hoping that it opens up new opportunities. The company recently added a Mold-Masters E-multi EM3-100 unit to
Increased manufacturing capacity and new high precision machine introductions show China’s Haitian intends to be a major player in Europe’s injection machinery market. Chinese injection machinery maker Haitian used its open house event at its Zhafir Plastics Machinery plant at Ebermannsdorf in Germany to
From being a mere mechanical pile of churning out molded plastic products, the injection molding machinery industry today has become a major contributor in the process of converting plastics to complex and complicated parts and assemblies. The shift in the Indian injection molding industry
Swedish appliance conglomerate AB Electrolux stated Aug. 14 that it is in discussions for a potential purchase of GE Appliances. “No agreement has been reached, and there can be no assurances that an agreement will be reached,” the firm said in a news release. “Any
The powder injection molding (PIM) industry continues to grow with technological innovations, evolving end-user needs, and global changes in production geographies. Research conducted in 2012 by BCC Research estimated that the global metal and ceramic injection molding industries were worth $1.51 billion that
Custom injection molding giant Nypro Inc. is expanding its Mebane, N.C., facility. Nypro spokesman Al Cotton said in a phone interview that Nypro’s new business in rigid packaging and healthcare products is behind the project. The facility already mainly molds packaging and does some
Acquiring an injection molder in Jackson, Ohio, gave New Brunswick, N.J., home products company Mr. Ice Bucket more flexibility in the production process and opened doors to expansion. Mr. Ice Bucket began shifting production to Jackson Plastics Corp. after its owner, Frederick Haleluk, bought
