Mack Molding said it is expanding its relationship with the manufacturing app platform Tulip. Tulip's cloud-based platform augments the productivity of Mack's workforce with shop-floor apps, industrial IoT and real-time analytics, according to Arlington, Vermont-based Mack. "It is similar to a manufacturing execution system, only … [Read more...] about Mack Molding picks Tulip for manufacturing apps
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Trelleborg acquires molded components company Sil-Pro
Trelleborg recently announced that it has acquired Sil-Pro, a Delano, Minn.–based medical device manufacturing outsourcer with a specialty in silicone and thermoplastic molding. Financial terms of the deal, which closed Jan. 2, were not disclosed. Founded in 1998 and owned by two generations of the Carver family, Sil-Pro has an employee count in … [Read more...] about Trelleborg acquires molded components company Sil-Pro
BMP Medical opens new manufacturing facility
BMP Medical announced that it has opened its newest medical plastics manufacturing facility in Sterling, Mass. The new 80,000 sq ft. facility will house injection molding, injection blow molding, two-shot, insert molding and other packaging and assembly manufacturing services. BMP Medical says that it will hold an opening ceremony at the facility … [Read more...] about BMP Medical opens new manufacturing facility
Spectrum Plastics adds overmolding at Utah plant
Spectrum Plastics Group said today that it has begun to offer value-added overmolding at its Apollo Medical operation in Sandy, Utah. The Alpharetta, Ga.-based company added four new injection molding machines ranging from 11 to 55 tons, at Apollo. The machines are suitable for injection molding of highly precise products, including dilator and … [Read more...] about Spectrum Plastics adds overmolding at Utah plant
Hot melt extruded and injection moulded drug delivery forms articles
Hot melt extrusion (HME) and injection moulding (IM) are becoming more prevalent in the drug delivery field due to their advantages over current pharmaceutical manufacturing techniques. Recently released article from Bentham Science Publishers provides an in-depth analysis into these methods of drug delivery. HME is a continuous process that can … [Read more...] about Hot melt extruded and injection moulded drug delivery forms articles