By Liz Stevens “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – Henry Ford Trying, failing and succeeding are part of the business environment. No one succeeds without trying, and no one ever tried without failing at least occasionally. Here are some tips for finding the value in the inevitable failures experienced by those trying to succeed. In Every New Environment and Each Stage of Growth Any business, whether new or expanding, must go through trial and error to advance. New businesses always are going out on a limb; will the limb hold or fail? A business moving into a new m ..read more

Globeius Inc., Miami, Florida, is showcasing its hot tip sprue cleaner, a flexible, hand-held tool for melting thermoplastics from plugged sprues and nozzles. It brings sprues and nozzles back to production-ready life, quickly and safely. Nothing can bog down the production of plastic parts faster or cause more downtime than clogged hot sprue bushing and nozzle tips. These critical components require care when being PM’d or repaired and are costly to replace. Globeius offers a fast and convenient way to eliminate those clogs, in some cases without the need to remove the mold from the press. Si ..read more

RJG, Traverse City, Michigan, announced the winners of its 2023 RJG Mold Smart Award, which celebrates injection molding companies that have fully committed to improving the quality of their products, lives and the world by implementing a variety of RJG solutions. RJG is presenting one award in each of its global locations in North America, Latin America and Asia. RJG is pleased to announce the North America winner of the second annual RJG Mold Smart Award: Molex, Lisle, Illinois, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator. Molex began working with RJG almost 25 years ago when they ..read more

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C., announced that exhibit space at NPE2024: The Plastics Show, the global platform for innovation in plastics, has completely sold out. With more than 1.1 million net sq. ft. of exhibit space, this is a significant achievement 12 months ahead of the triennial tradeshow. Previously, NPE surpassed the NPE2018 exhibit sales record in March at the NPE2024 Space Draw. “More than 2,000 exhibitors will participate in NPE2024: The Plastics Show in Orlando, Florida. Continued exhibitor enthusiasm reflects NPE’s importance to the global plasti ..read more

Orion Performance Compounds, Lugoff, South Carolina, a solutions provider of highly engineered custom thermoplastic compounds, announced it is officially open at its Center-of-Excellence compounding facility with the first pellets off line 1. With a new ownership group consisting of prior GE Plastics leadership, Orion has a talented team of proven industry veterans including President Jim LeGacy, COO Tom Drye and its Board of Directors. All who are plastics lifers have spent decades learning, living and breathing plastics. Together, the Orion leadership team has more than 200 years of collecti ..read more

Created by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 2013, the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests draw entries from teams across Pennsylvania. The Outstanding Overall Program award went to the Conrad Weiser Middle School team, whose corporate partner was John F. Martin & Sons, LLC., a food processing company. The “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” contest in Pennsylvania asks middle schoolers to make videos that promote manufacturing as a career pathway. How do you get students interested in manufacturing? Well, ask them to come up with some ideas ..read more

Dri-Air Industries, Easter Windsor, Connecticut, is a supplier of compressed air and desiccant drying technology with its plastics drying and loading systems, has introduced its new CAL Compressed Air Loader. The CAL loader provides manufacturers with a quiet, reliable trouble-free loading solution. It loads applications such as material loading from Dri-Air PD systems and as a stand-alone unit pulling from bags/gaylords. As a second-generation compressed air loader, new features include replaceable wear plate, one touch sensor for easy setups and removable stainless steel cyclone. For more in ..read more

BinMaster, Lincoln, Nebraska, a privately held, independent US manufacturer of point and continuous level indicators and inventory management systems used for monitoring bulk solids or liquids in bins, tanks, silos and hoppers, has released a new Learning Center. The Learning Center presents each level of measurement technology simply and briefly, plus downloads of brochures, manuals and specification drawings. Explore all types of level sensors for solids, powders and liquids along with mounting plates and accessories to make installation easy. Plus find wireless communications devices, wirin ..read more

Kassow Robots, Copenhagen, Kastrup, a developer of 7-axis robot and cobot solutions for machine tending, quality assurance, material handling and related applications, has announced the KR1805 industrial cobot to North America. The cobot offers the longest reach in the company’s KR series, while maintaining a considerable payload. The 7-axis KR1805 has a payload of 5 kg and a reach of 1800 mm, making it the ideal cobot for completing precise and repetitive industrial tasks that require long reach, such as machine tending, assembly, quality assurance or pick-and-place tasks. Dieter Pletscher, g ..read more

CapSen Robotics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an innovator in 3D machine vision and motion planning software for robotic bin-picking applications, announced the official v1.0 release of its CapSen PiC solution, which turns any industrial robot arm into a robot work cell. CapSen PiC software combines 3D vision, motion planning and control algorithms to give robots the ability to locate, pick and manipulate objects from cluttered bins and shelves. It correctly detects 3D objects in a range of different positions and orientations, even when partially occluded or in tight, variable workspaces. The so ..read more