NEW MANUFACTURING PLAYBOOK: HOW TODAY’S MANUFACTURING TOOLS WILL HELP YOU STAY COMPETITIVE

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 productivity! The refrain remains the same but the pressure only increases. That’s why you need a plastics manufacturer with plenty…

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ENGINEERING AND RAPID PROTOTYPING SERVICES AT KASO – INVESTING IN YOUR SUCCESS

KASO ENGINEERING SERVICES Productivity and profitability are two key factors for contract manufacturing success, and there are many methods that can be implemented to improve both. Productive management of your time and resources will help increase your profits while reducing any potential loss via design or manufacturing inefficiencies. KASO Plastics offers an opportunity for our…

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3D PRINTING SET FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN COMING YEARS

A recent article by Stephen Moore on the Plastics Today website noted the growth we’ve been seeing in 3D printing isn’t merely set to continue–it’s set to explode between now and 2017. That growth will come in large part due to the adoption of 3D printing and 3D printers by consumer and “prosumer” market segments, which are…

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SLA VS FDM: CHOOSING THE RIGHT 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

SHOULD YOUR PROTOTYPES USE SLA OR FDM 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY? You already understand the benefits of using 3D printing to test out your product designs during the rapid prototyping phase of a new injection molding project, but does it really matter which type of 3D printing you use? At KASO, we want all of our customers to…

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NEW PRODUCT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATION: IT TAKES TWO

Innovate or die. An aging mantra (attributed to Bill Gates back in the 1990s we think?), but also still relevant today. The one thing that’s missing? What that looks like in practice. Often, people think only of product designers holed up somewhere working and then re-working designs, wastebaskets full of ideas that proved unsuccessful. What’s…

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3 REASONS TO CHOOSE EARLY SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT

Editor’s note: Article last updated October 29, 2019. BALANCING QUALITY AND BUDGET Bringing new products to market in competitive industries is a challenging prospect. We all want quality parts, but need to balance that with the pressures of getting new products to market fast and keeping production costs low. In short, new product introduction can…

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