Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

Many people don’t realize that an injection molding machine is something they can build themselves, even without a machine shop or other extensive setup. The hosts of the Canadian YouTube channel ...

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...

An increased demand for mold manufacturing in the U.S. created a need for injection molding firm Polymer Technologies Inc. (PTI) to add moldmaking capabilities to its Clifton, NJ, custom molding ...

Toymaker Lego A/S is expanding its injection molding operations to the U.S., announcing a $1 billion expansion in Virginia that will employ 1,760. Construction on the 1.7 million-square-foot plan near ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

Editor’s note: Steven Bales is president of Bales Mold Service Inc., a supplier of engineered coatings and finishes. When a customer is hot for a job—and that’s most customers these ...