Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

PITTSFIELD — It takes a huge machine for an injection-molding company to make plastic seats for canoes or kayaks. Until late last year, no company in the Berkshires had a machine large enough to ...

The global market for plastic injection molded parts is currently valued at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Spurred by the rapidly developing economies ...

Injection molding technology has made major advances in the last 25 years, from largely a world of shoot-and-ship to doing as much as possible at the press — using automation to remove parts and ...

Plastic injection processing has changed immensely over the last 30 years, evolving from an art to a science. Processing pioneers John Bozzelli, Don Paulson, and RJG gave processors tools not only to ...

How do you transition from making metal springs to becoming a vertically and horizontally integrated supplier of plastic injection molds, hot runners, and controllers? In the case of the Barnes Group, ...

Kayak manufacturer Hemisphere Design Works is laying off at least 68 workers and shutting down its headquarters operation in Muskegon, Mich., according to a notice filed with the state. Hemisphere ...

Universal Plastics Corp., a Massachusetts-based heavy-gauge thermoformer, is expanding its processing capabilities through the purchase of Sajar Plastics LLC. Sajar, based in Middlefield, specializes ...