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Kittery Point, Maine-based Next Step Communications Inc., a full-service advertising and public relations agency specializing in serving business-to-business clients in the plastics and packaging industries, has announced that Mark Malloy is joining the agency. Malloy, a plastics industry veteran, is joining the agency as a partner and purchasing an equity stake in the … [Read more...] about Mark Malloy Joins Next Step Communications

Article reprinted with permission from Plastics Decorating magazine When it comes to surface treatment for plastic applications, it is important to be informed of the various technologies available and which is the best for a given project. Plastics Decorating recently sat down with Director of Business Development at Enercon Industries Wilson Lee to discuss the different … [Read more...] about Evaluating Surface Pretreatment Technologies

Harbour Results, Inc. (HRI), a leading manufacturing industry consulting and benchmarking company based in Southfield, Michigan, recently released the results of the Q1 2021 Harbour IQ Manufacturing Pulse Study. The analysis indicates that 2020 was a challenging year for small- to medium-sized manufactures with 25% of respondents indicating they would have broken even or lost … [Read more...] about North American Manufacturing Rebounding from a Challenging 2020

Injection molding is a cost-effective way to produce parts, but there is often a significant amount of waste involved, from inefficiencies to user errors, machine damage and downtime, high scrap rates and more. Traverse City, Michigan-based RJG, Inc., offers seven ways to lower injection molding costs so companies can improve their bottom lines. 1. Reduce risk and cost of … [Read more...] about Seven Ways to Lower Plastic Injection Molding Costs

The 3D printing market is diverse; certain materials and applications are seeing significant commercial growth while others are still overcoming technical and economic barriers to adoption. The next decade undoubtedly will see many changes with plenty of revenue to be generated. One thing that will be central to all of this will be the materials; an expanded and adaptable … [Read more...] about IDTechEx: New View on 3D Printed Materials, Metal Additive Manufacturing