The Tide Eco-Box is designed to support the convenience of online shipping for the consumer but reduce the overall impact of that convenience on the environment.
Second-generation owner of Plastic Molding Technology (El Paso, TX), Charles A. Sholtis graduated as a commissioned officer through the NROTC program at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. Navy.
Tariffs on molds, perhaps, would have incentivized many companies to build their molds in the United States, saving millions of dollars lost to counterfeiters.
The patent-pending, first-of-its-kind audit platform works like an instant global tooling snapshot, with the capacity to deliver the tooling’s location, its current condition and the sustainability or life of the tool.
“This combination brings the capabilities of Parkway’s eight U.S. and Mexico facilities and five production technologies to our customers,” said Littlestar Plastics CEO and founder, Philip Preston.
The program offers parts design know-how and material selection expertise, along with a network of injection molders, to designers and manufacturers wanting to convert metal firearm components to injection molded engineering polymers.
Just as U.S. moldmakers were toasting the return of mold builds from China in the New Year because of the 25% tariff the U.S. placed on Chinese-made molds, the U.S. Trade Representative announced at the end of December that these tariffs would be lifted.
The supplier of plastic injection molded parts and assemblies has acquired certain operations and assets of Sur-Flo Plastics & Engineering Inc.’s Fraser, MI, facility.
