Traditional Chinese culture has five standard colors—green, red, yellow, white and black—which were associated with the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water, respectively.
Korean car makers setting up shop in the United States are increasingly bringing their suppliers along. In a recent twist, however, now their suppliers’ suppliers are coming stateside as well, with the latest—Hyundai Injection Machinery—sharing its roots with the Korean conglomerate and automaker of the same name.
Injection molders primarily sell machine time, with some dabbling in part sales via proprietary products, but how about molders selling molding machines?
Medical means less cyclicality and higher margins鈥攖hose are two broadly agreed upon assumptions about the market鈥攂ut is there another aspect that keeps processors pushing to enter the space?
One of the biggest M&A stories in plastics last year was Jabil Circuit's acquisition of Nypro, bringing about many changes, but not to the venerable name.
Milacron has a new West Coast home in Irvine, Calif., formally opening its new High Impact Technical (HIT) Center, with more "HITs" planned for the future.
Andra Rush, chair of automotive supplier Detroit Manufacturing Systems, was highlighted in this week's State of the Union address, bringing molding and manufacturing into the political spotlight.