Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

Medical

Blow Molder’s Goal: Go Local on a National Scale

It's a rare feat: Combining three formerly separate blow molders under one umbrella while retaining their individual identities and "small company feel" for customers.

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Thermoforming

How Many of Your Employees Stick Around This Long?

A toolmaker celebrates 50 years at a custom thermoformer.

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For the Brave, Opportunities Beckon in Overmolding RFID Tags

Molding RFID tags and electronic antennas into plastic parts presents growing opportunities--and challenges.

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Are You Superstitious?

Can a magazine write-up of a processing company be a step up, or a banana peel?

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Multicomponent

Custom Structural Foam: A Small But Thriving Niche

How to succeed in the small but busy world of custom structural foam? Maximize your pounds per hour and use robots.

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Materials

LSR Molders Get New Handle on Cure Speeds

LSR molders can now tailor the cure profile for every part with one material system that allows adjustment of inhibitor level.

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Molds & Tooling

DME Moves Closer to Molders & Moldmakers in Mexico

DME sets up permanent office to support Mexico's fast-growing plastics industry.

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What's the Fuss Over Thermoplastic Composites in Automotive?

Find out at a brand-new conference this June in Novi, Mich.

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Want to Know Custom Molders’ Hourly Press Rates?

You can get them (for free) if you take a minute to respond to our anonymous survey.

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Mold Simulation

News in Molding Simulation at K 2013 Show

At October's K 2013, suppliers of injection molding simulation software displayed solutions addressing a number of hot topics, as well as technology to speed up handling of larger models and multiple iterations.

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Packaging

New Player in Enhanced PLA Compounds, Additives

Floreon of the U.K. offers -impact-modified PLA that's more than 90% biobased, as well as additive masterbatches.

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Milacron Adds to Its Aftermarket Family

Milacron LLC recently completed the purchase of Industrial Machine Sales, Inc. (IMSI) and its sister company, Precise Plastics Machinery (PPM), both of Southlake, Texas.

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