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Auburn, New York-based Currier Plastics, a custom molder, has announced that an increase in healthcare business and the growing need to further support its emphasis on quality has driven some important changes at the company to allow for focus in both production and development quality. Patrick Torres has joined the Currier Plastics team as quality manager effective June 1st. … [Read more...] about Currier Plastics Hires Quality Manager

Auxiliary equipment supplier The Conair Group, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, has introduced SmartServices™ sensor kits that make it possible to connect operating, performance and alarm data from non-computer-controlled auxiliary equipment to the SmartServices platform, Conair’s cloud-based Industry 4.0 solution for auxiliary equipment monitoring, management and … [Read more...] about Conair Introduces Sensor Kits to Connect to SmartServices™

As the global pandemic continues to limit opportunities for travel and face-to-face interactions, Sepro America, a manufacturer of robots for plastics injection molding located in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has begun offering free training webinars to its customers using online meeting systems. Five webinars are offered, covering: Basic use of the control pendant … [Read more...] about Sepro America Offering ‘Virtual’ Robot Training

Consulting firm Harbour Results, Inc. (HRI), Southfield, Michigan, conducted its second of three studies to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting small- to medium-sized manufacturers – both production and tooling. The results show that every industry and every manufacturing process has been affected. However, unlike the April study, all shops surveyed are … [Read more...] about Harbour Results Announces Findings from Second COVID-19 Study

By Timothy J. O’Neill, CPA, and Michael J. Devereux II, CPA, CMP, Mueller Prost It goes without saying that thousands of plastics processors have been affected adversely by COVID-19 and the subsequent economic downturn. While there have been several federal and state measures taken to minimize the financial burden, one existing Internal Revenue Code section may help … [Read more...] about How Plastics Processors Can Use the Internal Revenue Code to Help Offset the Financial Effects of COVID-19