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NEW WHITE PAPER EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRINGING AUTOMATION TO INJECTION MOLDING
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 from the faulty production, miscommunication, and long lead times often associated with outsourced production, today’s product developers are looking for…
Read MoreIN HONOR OF NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY: MANUFACTURING TRENDS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT
October 6th is National Manufacturing Day, a day set aside to celebrate modern manufacturing and inspire the next generation of workers to get excited about new opportunities and trends in manufacturing. Manufacturing is changing, and it’s important for us to help ‘set the record straight’ when it comes to some of the misperceptions people have…
Read MoreNEW JOBS, NEW SKILLS OFFER EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. WORKERS
A CHANGING LANDSCAPE It’s no secret that manufacturing is changing. As technology improves and automation continues to make manufacturing more efficient, the rising tide of U.S. manufacturing must change too. There’s been a lot of doomsday-style messaging around these changes in the news cycle, with concerns from some that in time machines will be taking…
Read MoreFACING A CHANGING WORLD, MANUFACTURERS PREPARE TO MEET THEIR FUTURE
While manufacturing has been going strong in recent months, manufacturers in the plastics industry are busy preparing ourselves for a changing future. Because the truth is, change is coming whether we like it or not. And while certainly some of those elements of change have the potential to improve our industry (a possible reduction in…
Read MoreIS AUTOMATION THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR PRODUCTS?
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 and quality, and often reduce manufacturing production costs. But for some products it may not be as clear whether adding…
Read More3 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MANUFACTURING (EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK YOU NEED TO)
THE FREQUENT SCENARIO A few years back you worked your butt off to find a manufacturer that could provide you with high quality products without sacrificing efficient production. You asked all the right questions to help you choose the right injection molder to partner with. Fast forward to today and your numbers still look good and your…
Read MoreDOING MORE WITH LESS: AUTOMATION LEADS INCREASE IN U.S. RESHORING
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, the better. Sure, you hoped at the end you would have quality products that worked as planned but the majority…
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