Proto Labs Inc. has acquired another manufacturing facility and will use it to spearhead growth in its CNC machining business. The project also will create more space for injection molding and mold ...

The global market for plastic injection molded parts is currently valued at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Spurred by the rapidly developing economies ...

Manufacturing plastic injection molds is unusual among the various CNC machining market segments because of the competitive pressures: Mold shop owners have to be ready to take on various jobs that ...

M.R. Mold & Engineering Corp. of Brea, Calif., invested about $700,000 in acquiring its 11th computer-numerically controlled machining center and complementary computer-aided manufacturing software.

Injection molded plastics have revolutionized design, innovation, and manufacturing in the 20th century. Before 1950, most products were manufactured in stamped steel, die-cast aluminum, zinc, and ...

A moldmaker said recently that it sometimes takes him up to eight months to validate a large, high-cavity medical mold. Maybe this surprises you, but it doesn’t surprise many OEMs in the medical and ...

In satellites, in jets, in automotive transmissions — the parts that Allegheny Performance Plastics molds for the roads, skies and outer space operate at the boundary of the harshest environments that ...