“We had what you might call a banner year in 2017,” said Diversified Plastics’ Joni Davis, and the company forecasts “healthy growth” going forward. It will do so without the leadership of CEO Jim Dow, however, who retired earlier this year at age 81.
Pete O’Neill, Executive Director at Cleveland Clinic Innovations and acting CEO of Custom Orthopaedic Solutions (Cleveland, OH), explains how 3D printing is helping his company develop and manufacture patient-specific stents that improve on existing designs.
Experts from the injection molding and additive manufacturing spaces squared off during a panel discussion at ADM Cleveland last week. You can listen to the conversation here.
The HR-530 series features an electronic control that supports Rockwell, Rockwell Superficial, Rockwell testing of plastics (A & B) and Light Force Brinell hardness testing.
Manufacturing’s biggest challenge isn’t cheap foreign competition—it’s the high school counselor. We do a poor job of teaching our young generation about the opportunities in manufacturing, according to Brian Fortney, Global Business Manager for Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI).
Industry experts will address topics ranging from quality systems and outsourcing to materials selection during free conference sessions at the March event.
Recycling specialist helps recover plastic ocean debris for conversion into commercial PET and HDPE bottles used by the consumer brand giant for two product launches.
