Plastic is not the first material builders go to. The times are changing, and product offerings are diversifying. Let’s talk plastic in the construction industry. Iron, lead, copper, steel – a very common sight on construction sites in the form of tools, equipment, and materials. Wood,
2020 brought surprises. All the quarterly and yearly plans were upended. Businesses had to react, evaluate, and adapt quickly. Our plastic injection molding trends predictions for the year evolved, and we gathered ranks quickly to meet the needs of our molding, tooling, and prototyping customers.
Computer-aided design (CAD) drawings are the basis of the vast majority of industrial projects. A comprehensive set of CAD drawings is vital to the manufacturing process. Manufacturers, from job shops to large-scale injection molders, prefer to work from 3D CAD files. Many, in fact, require
Manufacturing trends over the past few years have seen projects shipped overseas for cost savings — but now, many companies are heavily investing in reshoring. Reshoring is on the rise, especially in the plastics industry with the shale boom and access to natural gas spurring cheaper
