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Moldmakers lend skilled hands to Dieppe monument (September 02, 2010)

The Windsor, Ont. moldmaking community has played a pivotal role in making sure that the infamous Dieppe Rai...
Sep 2, 2010


Ontario moldmaker hooks up with provincial Feed-in Tariff energy program

It’s not exactly a second vocation, but moldmaker Compact Mould Ltd. has just broken into the energy s...
Aug 29, 2010


MEDICAL DEVICE MOLDING: Yea or Nay?

Molding plastic medical parts can represent several things to different processors: a transition from automo...
Aug 5, 2010


CHILLERS: The RACE to replace R-22

For chiller manufacturers, 2010 represents the dawning of a new age: effective January 1, the industry's mos...
Jul 10, 2010


MOLDMAKING: Additive manufacturing gets standardized (But does it matter?)

It's been called rapid technology, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, and layered manufacturing, but--by what...
Jun 20, 2010


Dryers: The latest efficiencies

If you were forced to sympathize with one plastics machinery manufacturing segment in particular during this...
Jun 3, 2010


Chillers: Think plant-wide for energy savings

When it comes to saving energy with chillers, it's important to realize one thing from the start: treat it l...
May 22, 2010


From pond scum to plastics: Algae might just be the next big bio-resin

Even as the general appreciation for all things natural reaches stratospheric heights, most of us probably rem...
May 9, 2010


Pouches get popular (April 18, 2010)

It might seem strange, but these are golden days for plastics packagers. Strange because, despite bag bans...
Apr 18, 2010


Small energy fixes, BIG savings

There are ways to cut energy costs and usage that don’t involve parting with hard-earned money.
Mar 26, 2010


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