Heating Up
I love the summer. The long days, warm nights, and spending time at the pool, or the beaches in Chicago, with family and friends. I also love this issue because it is packed with information to make your long summer days more profitable so you can spend more time with family and friends too.

Get more out of your cutting equipment, and cutting tools. Our Machinery & Tooling feature showcases several companies that manufacture products ideally suited for the plastics industry. The technology that is available today can decrease production costs, and improve your bottom line while delivering better parts than ever before.

Next, our Polyolefin Spotlight features on of the largest volume thermoplastics fabricated today. Polyolefins are available in a wide range of grades, formulations and shapes. They find great opportunities in many industries and applications. They are tough, chemical resistant and offer good electrical properties with a low coefficient of friction and moisture absorption. They are also relatively lightweight and easy to fabricate.

This issue also includes our 26th Buyer’s Guide, a collective resource of our advertisers’ products and services this past year. It is a one-stop shop for nearly every product your company will need. Search the online version of the 2023 Buyer’s Guide at www.plasticsmag.com. When you find what you’re looking for, don’t forget to tell them you got their name from PD&F Magazine.

We’re excited to introduce a new feature this issue, On The Web. We receive a lot of news and new product information that we cannot fit within the pages of the magazine, so we put it on our website. The Table of Contents highlights some of the additional news and information at press time.

Jack Podojil will be back in our Fall issue with a new “Safety Solutions” article. You can read his new article in advance on our website. Protecting Students from Machine Hazards discusses the push to bring back technical education/ life learning skills. Which means machines and other pieces of industrial equipment will be coming back into the classroom. Accidents to students are still happening in shops. Jack provides multiple resources to create a safe learning environment. And don’t forget if your company needs assistance with a safety related matter, he would be happy to help. As a reader of PD&F Magazine he is available for an initial consultation. He can be reached via email at jpodojil@podojilconsulting.com.

If you are looking for additional resources to make your summer more profitable, need to contact our advertisers,or manage your subscription, visit our website,where you can do all of that in one place.

Enjoy the issue,

Coming Winter 2024

• Thermoplastic Welding
• High Performance Plastics
• Thermoforming