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Nine category finalists and one grand award winner were chosen during an Oct. 5 Blue Ribbon judging round. The winners will be announced during the Society of Plastics Engineers' 48th annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala Nov. 7 at Burton Manor in Livonia, Mich.
The 2019 Plastics and Rubber in Automotive Conference will be held Jan. 15, 2019, at the Novi Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich., and promises to explore the latest technologies, trends and ideas behind vehicle development in plastics and rubber.
The DuPont Transportation && Advanced Polymers unit of DowDuPont Inc. highlighted new grades of high-temperature nylon and polybutylene terephthalate at Fakuma 2018.
Quebec-based composites producer RMC Advanced Technologies plans to set up U.S. operations in Tennessee to take advantage of Buy American policies.
Echo Engineering and Production Supplies Inc. has purchased Ammex Plastics LLC, a plastic components injection molder in Monroe, Mich.
German auto supplier Röchling Group is investing 5 million euros ($5.8 million) to expand Röchling Maywo GmbH and its production site in Bad Grönenbach, Germany.
The auto industry could save billions of dollars on product development by embracing 3D printing to produce tooling — not parts — and using those tools for more than just prototype parts.
French supplier Faurecia has invested $64 million to install a digital manufacturing system in a new factory in Columbus, Ind., said David DeGraaf, president of Faurecia Clean Mobility North America.
Custom injection molder Plastech Corp. is updating its injection press technology to improve efficiency, quality and cost.
Engineered Profiles LLC CFO Adam Wachter: "Coming here was my first experience at all in a manufacturing environment and dealing with things like inventory. It was a big change ... from a role where you're an auditor for other companies to actually running, making more business decisions"
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