• PCS Co.
    PCS Co. is now selling the Lase One micro welder for mold and die repair.
    April 24, 2025
    It’s suitable for repair of molds and dies.

    Injection Molding

    Orbital Plastics Consulting
    With good data monitoring practices, molders can not only optimize their processes but protect their equipment. Here, Umberto Catignani, the president of Orbital Plastics Consulting, looks down a feed throat of a machine, examining screw flights where plastic has melted and stuck due to bridging caused by excessive temperatures.
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    PCS Co.
    Michael Stemm
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    Elmet
    The Top 5100 LSR dosing unit improves upon the decade-old Top 5000.

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    Silcotech
    Yogesh Chauhan
    April 7, 2025
    The LSR molder has also made other personnel moves.
    Mold-Masters
    Refork, a Prague tableware manufacturer, worked with Mold-Masters to develop molds that could efficiently process a custom blend of wood-flour-based materials without degrading them.
    Karen Hanna
    April 7, 2025
    Makers of tooling need to consider issues like corrosion, as well as the materials’ sensitivity to temperature changes and shear.
    Stork IMM
    Stork's all-electric injection molding machine line offers improved efficiency.
    Lynne Sherwin
    April 4, 2025
    They offer energy savings of up to 15 percent over similar hydraulic machines.
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    April 3, 2025
    PLASTICS, the VDMA and the Recycled Materials Association warn of disruption to supply chains, higher costs and other negative consequences.
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    Karen Hanna
    April 2, 2025
    While Trump's trade actions could reap benefits in the long run, American manufacturers need help with labor and further monetary policy changes.