When you need a plastic component engineered for your new product, it’s a great idea to take your concept to an experienced injection molding company. Using a design for manufacturing (DFM) strategy, ...

Design Thinking Plastics Part 2 continues our deep dive into how design can redefine the sustainability of plastics. In this episode, we discover how businesses and designers are putting design ...

Want to know more about designing with plastics? Bayer MaterialScience engineers can help. They recently distilled their collective knowledge about plastic part and mold design into a free guide ...

Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

This three day in-depth automotive seminar will provide information on material selection, design procedures, processing techniques, and the assembly methods required when designing with plastics in ...

Despite its split off from the GKV association of German plastics processors earlier in the year, the Frankfurt, Germany-based TecPart plastic technical parts trade association presented winners of ...

Some degree of compromise is almost always necessary in designing plastic parts. Some degree of compromise is almost always necessary in designing plastic parts. Arriving at the best compromise ...

From seasoned users to neophytes, the time is right to take a good look at CAE for plastics. This evolving technology is changing the face of molded part design and processing, and it could be the ...

Part design entails more than just sketching a part from idea to final product – The designer’s challenge is to select a material, understand performance requirements, environmental conditions and a ...

Plating on plastics (POP) has long been valued in the automotive industry for its ability to transform lightweight polymer parts into durable metallic finishes. Historically, these coatings were most ...

This three day in-depth automotive seminar will provide information on material selection, design procedures, processing techniques, and the assembly methods required when designing with plastics in ...