Flying Blind? Defining Cost Drivers Leads to Success

by Jeff Mengel When it comes to running your business, how do you gauge conditions? Do you stick your finger out the window - flying...

Focus on Efficient Operations

by Staff The pressure is on plastics processors to produce low-cost parts for their customers while still maintaining a comfortable profit margin. Energy and materials...

TEAM 1 Michigan: Forward Thinking for Upward Growth

by Plastics Business Profile   Winter  2008 In 1987, three sales engineers saw an opportunity with the Japanese transplant Tier 1 automotive suppliers located in south...

The True Cost of Doing Business in China

by Kym Conis Industry   Fall  2007 Open a newspaper or magazine, turn to the business section, and it’s no surprise that one of the most...

World Class Plastics: Simplicity Equals Success

by Dianna Brodine Profile   Fall  2007 More is not necessarily better. World Class Plastics is a prime example of a plastics molder that has successfully...

To Decorate or Not to Decorate – That is the Question!

by Jeff Peterson Custom injection molders and other processors often have struggled to determine if decorating the molded parts they produce should be accomplished in-house...

Modern Day Midas: Changing Metal to Plastic at Thogus Products Company

by Dianna Brodine Profile   Summer  2007 Thogus Products Company, in Avon Lake, Ohio, has created a niche in the plastics injection molding industry by looking...

Q&A: Recycling

Plastics Business The world is turning "green," with frequent media attention to environmentally-conscious business practices and the impact of non-recyclables. The plastics processing industry, however,...

Metro Plastics Technologies – The Emphasis is on Solutions

Metro Plastics Technologies – The Emphasis is on Solutions by Kym Conis Special Report   Winter  2007 How does a contract molder spread its seeds in an...

Are You Ready For RFID?

by Al Wilson RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a big buzzword in today's U.S. manufacturing/distribution supply chain. RFID is an accurate automated method used for...

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