Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process ...

On paper, things are looking up for Rick Woldenberg and his Illinois-based educational-toy business. Tariffs on Chinese imports are down from stratospheric levels. Federal courts have ruled the duties ...

Bachmann Trains, in business since 1833, moved into its Kensington headquarters in 1929, where it continues to keep its mission and brand on track nearly ...

The facility produces billions of plastic parts every year, among which include window parts, beverage caps, swabs for COVID-19 tests, and, perhaps most iconic, K'nex toy sets.

2.2.1 Gate The mold uses hot runner technology. The material does not solidify during the transition from the plasticizing cylinder to the mold cavity due to the presence of electrical resistances ...

The mold has good surface finish, which is crucial for injection molding nice parts. It’s also fitted with ejection pins for easy part removal after each shot of injection molded plastic.

As plastic injection molding made toymaking easier, companies began outsourcing creative toy ideas to marketing companies, who would then try to bid for cereal contracts.

“Whereas, with injection molding, you form it in the molds over and over and over again. Our technology provides the molten plastic that you then form.

Equipment including 12 injection molding machines will be sold in an Aug. 13 auction. The presses range in size from 309-950 tons of clamping force.

Kristiansen was a carpenter who had become a toy maker, and there is a big difference between fashioning toy trucks, horses, and trains and making plastic injection-molded toys.

All of the toys are manufactured in the U.S. with materials purchased domestically. “We like the product, and we like the people. As another founder-run company, we share a lot of the same values, and ...