With another year making its way out the door, it’s a great time to reflect on where our industry is heading. Below are a few of the trends we believe will affect plastics professionals and consumers in [...]
After the mass exodus of a number of high-profile manufacturers who moved their productions overseas in the past decades, many American companies have begun looking for ways to remain competitive in the marketplace without sacrificing [...]
AUTOMATION AS A COMPETITIVE TOOL After years of watching U.S. manufacturing move overseas to countries with low labor costs and seemingly endless capacity, the U.S. reshoring movement has officially begun. No longer content to suffer [...]
THE EVOLVING MANUFACTURING LANDSCAPE The plastic injection molding market continues to evolve, creating greater specialization and more technological advancements than ever before. But alas, it seems some pressures never change. Lower costs! Higher quality! Greater [...]
NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION These days no manufacturing production is completely devoid of automation, but new opportunities pop up daily to automate additional processes. This can help speed up your production, improve part consistency [...]
ECONOMIES OF SCALE Once upon a time, the key to maintaining a competitive edge as a manufacturer rested almost solely on ensuring economies of scale; the faster and more cheaply you were able to produce, [...]
Back in March of 2013 KASO Plastics added a new line of window and door accessories including handles, rollers, weephole covers, and latches. During the process of transitioning this new product line to our injection molding [...]
