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Sale planned for former TV cabinet plant


May 24, 2013 2:55 pm ET

GREENEVILLE, TENN. -- A Tennessee molding plant that once made TV cabinets for Sylvania, Philco and Magnavox products is once again for sale.

International Automotive Components launches Smartfoil process


May 24, 2013 2:11 pm ET

DEARBORN, MICH. — International Automotive Components Group is launching production of a new processing method to improve aesthetic durability of auto interior trim parts.

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Vanguard Plastics to get a Baxter robot


May 22, 2013 2:09 pm ET

SOUTHINGTON, CONN. — Vanguard Plastics Corp. in Southington will get one of the two-armed Baxter robots by late May or early June — putting the small custom molder on the map as an early adopter of the brand new technology.

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Medical-device OEMs look to the long run


May 21, 2013 1:02 pm ET

BOSTON — As the global health-care market continues to grow by nearly exponential rates, industry leaders are looking to move the U.S. medical-device business forward by redefining the relationships of original equipment manufacturers and...

Housewares molder RCTenn expanding


May 17, 2013 3:23 pm ET

GALLATIN, TENN. — Custom injection molder RCTenn LLC will spend $1.3 million to expand in Gallatin, adding equipment, floor space and employees.

Christina Keller named president of CK Technologies


May 16, 2013 12:04 pm ET

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Christina Keller has been named president of CK Technologies, a unit of Cascade Engineering Inc. that specializes in molding for the commercial truck and bus sectors.

Colson Caster wins incentive for energy efficiency


May 16, 2013 12:00 pm ET

MONETTE, ARK. — Colson Caster Corp., a manufacturer of caster and wheel products, picked up a cash incentive check from a local utility for installing insulating blankets on its injection molding machines.

Sil-Pro expands ability to produce prototypes


May 15, 2013 10:38 am ET

DELANO, MINN. — Sil-Pro LLC now has the ability to produce tooling and functional prototype silicone or thermoplastic parts within three to five days.

B. Braun doubles production at Hungary plant


May 15, 2013 10:36 am ET

MESLUNGEN, GERMANY — German medical products manufacturer B. Braun Medical has inaugurated a 13 million euro expansion of its disposable medical supplies plant at Gyöngyös in northeastern Hungary.

MRPC breaking ground on plant expansion


May 13, 2013 12:09 pm ET

BUTLER, WIS. — Molded Rubber and Plastics Corp. soon will break ground on its first expansion in three decades.

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