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Exploring the Benefits of Plastic Thermoforming for Medical Device Manufacturing
What is Plastic Thermoforming and How Does it Benefit Medical Device Manufacturing? Plastic thermoforming is…
Additive Manufacturing Advancing Custom Thermoforming at Productive Plastics
Productive Plastics featured on formlabs’s blog – 3D printed innovations for thermoforming Productive Plastics was…
Antimicrobial Plastics for Thermoforming Manufactured Custom Components
The demand for antimicrobial plastics has risen in recent years as yet another countermeasure to…
Thermoforming for Multi-Part Assemblies – Webinar Recording Available
If you were unable to attend our technical webinar this week on the capabilities and…
Thermoforming for Multi-Part Assembly – Live Webinar with McConnell Co.
At Productive Plastics, many of the thermoformed plastic parts that we manufacture for our customers…
Productive Plastics Welcomes Kyle Davidson to the Sales and Marketing Team
I am pleased to announce the addition of Kyle Davidson to the Sales and Marketing…
Productive Plastics Welcomes Norman Vaughn as Chief Operating Officer
I am pleased to announce the addition of Norman Vaughn as Chief Operating Officer (COO)…
The next generation of family leadership and ownership begins at Productive Plastics
Evan Gilham Named President of Productive Plastics Productive Plastics has embarked on a transition of…
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[Join our Free Technical Webinar] Introduction to TPO and its Advantages
Please join a complimentary webinar on OCT 27th @ 11am hosted by SIMONA PMC and Productive Plastics on the technical…
Productive Plastics Exhibiting at Design-2-Part Uncasville CT June 23 & 24
Productive Plastics is excited to be exhibiting again at Design-2-Part this year. If you or…
Webinar Recording Available: Replacing Metal with Thermoformed Plastics
Evan Gilham, our President, gave a presentation on Replacing Metal with Thermoformed plastics. This should…
Join our Free Technical Webinar – Replacing Metal with Thermoformed Plastics
Join us on May 12th at 2pm and our Chief Operations Officer, Evan Gilham, will…
Introducing the New productiveplastics.com
The newly improved website features new graphics and images, a wider desktop browser experience, better…
Weighing in on Product Material Selection – Plastic, Metal, or Fiberglass
Regardless of the industry your product serves, whether it includes seating components or wall paneling…
Understanding Heavy vs thin gauge plastic thermoforming
While the difference in starting thickness between heavy gauge thermoforming (sometimes referred to as thick…
Plastic Thermoforming, Pressure Forming, and Vacuum Forming – What’s the Difference?
The terms “plastic thermoforming”, “pressure forming”, and “vacuum forming” are all used to describe plastic…
5 Questions to ask your manufacturer to understand if they can repeatably produce high quality parts.
The heavy gauge plastic thermoforming is an agile process capable of producing highly detailed, durable,…
Where does your part get painted?
The manufacturing supply chain can be long and complex. Managing independent suppliers for design, tooling…
Choosing Between Injection Molding vs Plastic Thermoforming: Part Size Has a Big Impact
When comparing a heavy gauge plastic thermoforming process and injection molding process to manufacture a…
Deciding Between Plastic Thermoforming and Injection Molding – The Choice is Not Always Obvious
Both injection molding and plastic thermoforming have widespread uses in a long list of industries.…
Thermoplastics in Transit Interiors – Weighing the Advantages
Mass Transportation’s (mass transit buses, railcars and aerospace) design and manufacturing processes have been trending…
Plastic Thermoforming for Transportation Interiors
If you have traveled within North America on mass transportation in the last 3 to…
Should You Upgrade Your Sheet Metal Parts and Enclosures to Plastic Thermoforming?
The heavy gauge thermoforming process offers key advantages as an upgraded replacement for many parts…
5 Key Points in the Process of Upgrading Parts from Fiberglass to Plastic Thermoforming
Transitioning your product manufacturing process from fiberglass to plastic thermoforming can allow you to capitalize…
Thermoforming Material Selection: 5 Ways Thermoplastic Materials Can Influence Product Appearance
The facade or exterior enclosure is often the first impression a customer or operator has…
Is Your Material Tougher than Thermoplastic?
Whether it’s luggage or shopping cart impact, physical stress caused by operator or passenger mishandling,…
Temperature Considerations in Plastic Thermoforming Material Selection
If you’ve ever microwaved last night’s leftovers in the typical plastic to go container, you’ve…
Thermoforming Material Selection (Material Testing and Datasheets Decoded)
When it comes to plastic thermoforming materials, one of the greatest advantages is that they…
Lean Principles in Plastic Thermoforming Design
Most people familiar with the manufacturing industry associate the words “Lean” and “Process Improvement” with…
Lean Culture, Process Control, & Improvement
You may have heard the saying “If you always do what you’ve always done, then…
Thermoforming Can Help Shape Your Product & Brand – Geometry and Mating Points
Product designs come in all shapes and sizes as savvy and experienced executives, engineers, and…
Texture and In-Mold Design with Plastic Thermoforming
Surface texturing and in mold design features can be an integral component of your project…
How the Thermoforming Process Can Enhance Product Design and Branding with Color and Gloss
Why are Color and Gloss Important to Product Design & Branding? Research has shown that…
How Thermoforming Can Enhance Your Product’s Brand and Look
In a world where customers demand performance and look, your product design needs to not…
Tooling Selection Guide for Thermoforming
Finding the right tool for your thermoformed part can be a complex decision with potentially…
6 Common Thermoforming Quality Issues Actually Caused by Improper Tooling
Many manufacturers utilizing heavy gauge thermoformed components for their projects often view tooling as no…
5 Reasons to Upgrade Fiberglass Interior Parts to Thermoplastic
Railcar, mass transit, and aircraft operators and manufacturers face a multitude of challenges when considering new…
Choosing the Right Plastic Thermoforming Company Top 5 Qualifications – Part 3 The Importance of Tooling
In the world of custom plastic thermoforming, the needs of each customer, project, and process…
Choosing the Right Plastic Thermoforming Company Top 5 Qualifications – Part 2 Engineering, Design, and Material Expertise
In the world of custom plastic thermoforming, the needs of each customer, project, and process…
Choosing the Right Plastic Thermoforming Company – Top 5 Qualifications – Part 1 – Industry Qualifications
In the world of custom plastic thermoforming, the needs of each customer, project, and process…
Adding more value to value added – Introducing Productive Industrial Finishing
At Productive Plastics, our goal is to provide our customers not only with the highest…
Plastic Materials – What Material is Right for my Application?
An important consideration when manufacturing a thermoformed plastic part is the selection of appropriate material.…
Thermoformed Enclosures meets Distortion Printing
One of the many distinct advantages of using thermoformed plastic as an enclosure medium is…
10 Qualities of Strong Program Management
Welcome to Productive Ideas from Productive Plastics, our opportunity to share business thoughts and ideas.…
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Latest Posts
- Exploring the Benefits of Plastic Thermoforming for Medical Device Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing Advancing Custom Thermoforming at Productive Plastics
- Antimicrobial Plastics for Thermoforming Manufactured Custom Components
- Thermoforming for Multi-Part Assemblies – Webinar Recording Available
- Thermoforming for Multi-Part Assembly – Live Webinar with McConnell Co.