Detroit Manufacturing Systems gets cash infusion for expansion
Auto interior supplier Detroit Manufacturing Systems LLC received $8 million in funding to expand contracts in Detroit and purchase equipment for its soon-to-open plant in Toledo.
dlhBowles opens assembly plant in Mexico, closing Ohio plant
Automotive supplier dlhBowles has opened a 280,000-square-foot assembly plant in Reynosa, Mexico, designed to be a world benchmark plastic assembly facility for efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Porsche rolling out carbon fiber wheels
Sports car specialist Porsche is bringing an all-carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic wheel to the market, saying it will be the first global automaker to offer the CFRP wheel when it debuts in early 2018 as an option on the 911 Turbo S Exclusive series.
Medical device industry ready for ENFit transition
Redesigned G-tubes, connectors for feeding tubes will prevent deadly mishaps
General Foam Products for sale
Seasonal products maker General Foam Products Corp. is for sale.
National Park Service ends efforts to regulate water bottles use
A highly publicized and controversial policy allowing a ban on water bottles in national parks is being reversed by the federal government.
Companies should keep an eye on end-of-life for products
Packaging is essential. Whether it is glass, aluminum or plastics, it is how consumers receive their goods. As part of South Carolina's $30 billion manufacturing ecosystem, plastic packaging in aerospace and aviation, automotive manufacturing,...
Dow says Chinese e-commerce boosts its packaging biz
China, which accounts for 40 percent of the world's retail e-commerce sales, is giving a surprising boost to plastics packaging, executives with Dow's Packaging and Specialty Plastics unit said at the Chinaplas trade fair.
Eastman, Momentive partnership includes medical, industrial applications
Eastman Chemical Co. and Momentive Performance Materials Inc. are working together on a medical project: two-shot molding of liquid silicone rubber and thermoplastic, with Eastman's Tritan copolyester and Momentive's self-bonding LSR, called the...
dlhBowles closing Carrollton, Ohio, plant
Automotive supplier dlhBowles is closing its assembly plant in Carrollton, a small Ohio city southeast of Canton, but a local economic development official is upbeat about luring future plastics-related companies to Carroll County — which...
Krones building new training center in Wisconsin
Krones Inc., the maker of PET blow molding machines, filling lines and integrated processing systems, will build a 40,000-square-foot training and technology center, across the street from its headquarters in Franklin, Wis.
Rubber manufacturers have knowledge advantage in processing LSR
As a thermoset material, LSR bears similarities to other kinds of elastomers in the way it's molded, and having a deep knowledge of what to expect comes in handy when processing LSR, according to Bernie Stritzke, chief technology officer...
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