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Year In Review
Our Year in Review section provides a recap of the features, accessories, machinery, materials and tooling we have showcased this past year. To help you navigate the hundreds of products and dozens of features from 2007, we have included, by category, the headline and contact information for all of the features and new products we have showcased. To read the complete text, go to our website and type the headline into our Articles Search By Keyword or click on the Articles tab and search by issue. You can also find more information on many of the companies featured in the online version of our 2007 Buyers Guide, which is keyword searchable. When you find what you are looking for, dont forget to tell them you found it in Plastics Distributorฎ & Fabricator magazine!
Features
January/February 2007
Acrylic Spotlight multiple suppliers.
Adhesive Usage in Plastic Fabrication IPS Corporation, 455 W. Victoria Street, Compton, CA 90220, 800- 421-2677, Fax: 310-898-3390, E-mail: industrialinfo@ipscorp.com, Web: www.ipscorp.com.
Cutting Acrylic Phil Bryant, SCM Group USA, 2475 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096, 770-813-8818, Fax: 770-813-8819, E-mail: pbryant@scmgroup-usa.com, Web: www.scmgroup-usa.com.
Finishing What You Start Darrell Bishop, Edge Finisher Company, 16 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801, 800-625-5863/203-796-7923, Fax: 203-796-7924, E-mail: info@edgefinisher.com, Web: www.edgefinisher.com.
March/April 2007
Plastic Pipe Spotlight HDPE Pipe Expands In North America Ritmo America, LLC, 300 Acuff Road, Lake Wales, FL 33859, 863-679-8655, Fax: 863-679-8685, E-mail: info@ritmoamerica.com, Web: www.ritmoamerica.com.
Plastic Piping Systems & Solvent Cementing Fabio Castellani, IPS Corporation, 455 W. Victoria Street, Compton, CA 90220, 800-421-2677, Fax: 310-898- 3390, E-mail: fabio.castellani@ipscorp.com, Web: www.ipscorp.com.
Themoplastic Sheet Butt Fusion WEGENER Welding, LLC, 16W231 S. Frontage Road, Suite 12, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, 630-789-0990, Fax: 630-789-1380, E-mail: info@wegenerwelding.com, Web: www.wegnerwelding.com.
Welding Spotlight Colasit Constructs Three Bio-washer Silos LEISTER Process Technologies, Riedstrasse, CH-6060 Sarnen, Switzerland, 41 41 662 74 74, Fax: 41 41 662 74 16, E-mail: sales@leister.com, Web: www.leister.com.
Extrusion Welder Basics Larry Rowold, Plastic Welding School, 1010 Vermont Ave., The Villages, FL 32159, 352- 259-7103, E-mail: larryrowold@aol.com, Web: www. plasticweldingschool.org.
May/June 2007
Fabricating Nylon and Acetal Through Thick and Thin
Work Smarter, Not Harder Using Custom Cast Nylon Shapes
July/August 2007
Advances in Thermoforming Machinery MAAC Machinery Corp., 590 Tower Blvd., Carol Stream, IL 60188, 630-665-1700, Fax: 630-665-7799, E-mail: sales@maacmachinery.com, Web: www.maacmachinery.com.
College Students Gain Real-World Design Training Cindy Kahlstrom, Sheffield Plastics Inc., 119 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, MA 01257, 800-254-1707, Fax: 800- 457-3553, E-mail: cindy.kahlstrom@bayerbms.com, Web: www.sheffieldplastics.com.
September/October 2007
Integrating Optimization, Inventory and Scrap Management David E. Talbot, Eurosoft, Inc., 1628 Old Apex Road, Cary, NC 27513, 919-468-3003, Fax: 919-468-6374, E-mail: david@eurosoftinc.com, Web: www.eurosoftinc.com.
Thermoforming Spotlight multiple suppliers.
Top Ten Tips to Becoming More Efficient in Thermoforming MAAC Machinery Corp., 590 Tower Blvd., Carol Stream, IL 60188, 630-665-1700, Fax: 630-665-7799, E-mail: sales@maacmachinery.com, Web: www.maacmachinery.com
Series
January/February 2007
Routing: Achieving Premium Finishes When Routing Acrylic
Safety Solutions: Workplace Violence
March/April 2007
Routing: Real World Routing Solutions I
Safety Solutions: Workplace Violence
May/June 2007
Routing: Real World Routing Solutions
Safety Solutions: Machine Guarding
July/August 2007
Routing: Real World Routing Solutions II
Safety Solutions: Back Safety and Lifting
September/October 2007
Routing: Real World Routing Solutions III
Safety Solutions: Designing-In Safety NOT Retrofitting Safety
Novemer/December 2007
Routing: Routing See-Throughs
Safety Solutions: Flammables and Combustible Liquids
Accessories
January/February 2007
Tool Holders Greg Webb, Teckniks, Inc., 9930 East 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46236, 800-597-3921, Fax: 317-576-9997, E-mail: gwebb@techniksusa.com, Web: www.techniksusa.com.
March/April 2007
Dust & Fume Collection Jamison Scott, Air Handling Systems, 5 Lunar Drive, Woodbridge, CT 06525, 800-367-3828/203-387-6928, Fax: 800-438-7135/203-389-8340, E-mail: jscott@airhand.com, Web: www.airhand.com.
May/June 2007
Fasteners Website Justin Ferdinand, FASTENation, Inc., 245 Fourth Street, Bldg. 2, Passaic, NJ 07055, 800-876-9922/973-591-1277, Fax: 800-758-5424, E-mail: jferdinand@fastenation.com, Web: www.fastenation.com.
UHMW High Bond Tape Tiffany Dost, CS Hyde Company, 1351 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lake Villa, IL 60046, 800-461-4161/847-395-0325, Fax: 847-395-0535,E-mail: sales@cshyde.com, Web: www.cshyde.com.
Ultrasonic Leak Detector Gary Gunkel, EXAIR Corporation,11510 Goldcoast Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45249, 800-903-9247, Fax: 513-671-3363, E-mail: techelp@exair.com, Web: www.exair.com/uld.htm.
July/August 2007
Merchandising Systems Ethan Berger, Merchandising Inventives, Inc., 1665 South Waukegan Road, Waukegan, IL 60085, 800-367-5653, E-mail: ethan@merchinv.com, Web: www.merchinv.com.
CNC Router Tape Judy Rasmussen, INNOTEC of Wisconsin, Inc., P.O. Box 085546, 1760 State Street, Racine, WI 53404, 800-776-7194, Fax: 262-637-8205, E-mail judy@innotape.com, Web: www.innotape.com.
September/October 2007
Steel Reinforced Gasket Amy Askue, Plastomer Technologies, 6455 Clara Road, Suite 300, Houston, TX77041, 800-345-4901, E-mail: amy.askue@plastomertech.com, Web: www.plastomertech.com.
Red Double-Sided Tape Gina Barthel, CS Hyde Company, CS Hyde Company, 1351 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lake Villa, IL 60046, 800-461-4161/847-395-0325, Fax: 847-395-0535, E-mail: sales@cshyde.com, Web:www.cshyde.com.
Display Parts Stuart Wear, popco inc., 5405 Opportunity Court, Minnetonka, MN 55343, 800-557-6726/952-352-0887, Fax: 952-352-9474, E-mail: sales@popco-usa.com, Web: www. popco-usa.com.
Parts and Accessories Geno Norraik, ABC Plastics, Inc., 9132 DeSoto Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311, 877-Mr-Hinge (674-4643)/818-775-0065, Fax: 818-775-2975, E-mail: geno@abcplastics.com, Web: www.abcplastics.com.
Compressed Air Piping System Jeff Baker, Asahi/America, Inc., 35 Green Street, Malden, MA 02148, 877-24-ASAHI/781-321-5409, Fax: 800-426-7058, E-mail: asahi@asahi-america.com, Web:www.asahi-america.com.
Machinery
January/February 2007
New Panel Saw Stephen Bailey, Schelling America, Inc., P.O. Box 80367, Raleigh, NC 27623, 919-544-0430,Fax: 919-544-0920, E-mail: sbailey@schelling.com, Web:www.schelling.com.
Personal Robotic System Dave Minella, ShopBot Tools, Inc., 3333-B Industrial Drive, Durham, NC 27704, 888-680-4466/919-680-4800, Fax: 919-680-4900, E-mail: info@shopbottools.com, Web: www.shopbottools.com.
March/April 2007
Plastic Pipe Spotlight multiple suppliers.
May/June 2007
AWFSฎ Vegas Preview multiple suppliers.
July/August 2007
Retrofit Control System Cliff Crawford, Thermwood Corporation, P.O. Box 436, Dale, IN 47523, 800-533-6901/812-937-4476, Fax: 812-937-2956, E-mail: sales@thermwood.com, Web: www.thermwood.com.
Compact CNC System Dave Minella, ShopBot Tools, Inc., 3333-B Industrial Drive, Durham, NC 27704, 888-680-4466/919-680-4800, Fax: 919-680-4900, E-mail: info@shopbottools.com, Web: www.shopbottools.com.
September/October 2007
Thermoforming Spotlight multiple suppliers.
Polishing & Bending Darrell Bishop, Edge Finisher Company, 16 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801, 800-625-5863, Fax: 203-796-7924, E-mail: info@edgefinisher.com, Web: www.edgefinisher.com.
Material
January/February 2007
Ballistic Protection Alan Johnson, NORPLEX-MICARTA, 665 Lybrand Street, Postville, IA 52162, 563-864-4275; Fax: 563-864-4231, E-mail: ajohnson@norplexmicarta.com, Web: www.norplex-micarta.com.
Tooling Board Line Rachel Gottlieb, Curbell Plastics Inc., 7 Cobham Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127, 888-CURBELL, Fax: 716-667-3432, E-mail: rgottlieb@curbellplastics.com, Web: www.curbellplastics.com.
Low Flame and Smoke CPVC Products Patrick Foose, Harvel Plastics, Inc., P.O. Box 757, Easton, PA 18044,610-252-7355, Fax: 610-253-4436, E-mail: harvel@harvel.com, Web: www.harvel.com.
March/April 2007
Plastic Pipe Spotlight multiple suppliers.
Food Grade Stock Shapes Lisa Smith, ZL engineering plastics, 12 John Walsh Road, Peekskill NY 10566, 866-957-5278/914-736-6066, Fax: 914-736-2154, Web:www.zlplastics.com.
Co-extrusions & Extrusions Tony Madison, HPE Extrusion Solutions, Inc., 20 North Front Street, Suite #1, Bally, PA 19503, 610-845-9111, Fax: 610-845-9113, E-mail: tmadison@hpeplasticextrusions.com, Web: www.hpeplasticextrusions.com.
PEEK Sheet Products Christin Ruge, RTP Company, 580 East Front Street, Winona, MN 55987, 507-454-6900, Fax: 507-454-2089, Web: www.rtpcompany.com.sgppl.marketing@saintgobain.com, Web: www.rulonmeldin.com.
New Acrylic Mirror CYRO Industries, 379 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054, 207-490-4209, Fax: 973-541-8445, Web: www.cyro.com.
Polyethylene Caps and Plugs Charlie Cole, MOCAP Inc., 13100 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO 63131, 314-543-4000, Web: www.mocap.com.
Polyamide Materials Jeff Doninger, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, 150 Dey Road, Wayne, NJ 07470, 800-223-4966/401-253-2000, Fax: 973-696-4056, E-mail: sgppl.marketing@saintgobain.com, Web: www.rulon-meldin.com.
May/June 2007
Nylon & Acetal Shapes multiple suppliers.
Low Flammability Polycarbonate Sheet Cindy Kahlstrom, Sheffield Plastics, Inc., 119 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, MA 01257, 800-254-1707, Fax: 800-457-3553, E-mail: cindy.kahlstrom@bayerbms.com, Web:www.sheffieldplastics.com.
Bullet Resistant Glazing Cindy Kahlstrom, Sheffield Plastics Inc., 119 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, MA 01257, 800-254-1707, Fax: 800-457-3553, E-mail: cindy.kahlstrom@bayerbms.com, Web: www.sheffieldplastics.com.
Expanded Acetal Offerings Brian McGregor, Hi- Tech Profiles, Inc. 185 South Broad Street, Pawcatuck, CT06379, 800-342-5495, Fax: 860-599-0522, E-mail: info@hitechprofiles.com, Web: www.hitechprofiles.com.
Custom Profile Solutions Tony Madison, HPE Extrusion Solutions, Inc., 20 North Front Street, Suite #1, Bally, PA 19503, 610-845-9111, Fax: 610-845-9113, E-mail: tmadison@hpeplasticextrusions.com, Web: www.hpeplasticextrusions.com.
Prototyping Materials Curbell Plastics, 888-CURBELL, or visit Curbell on the Web at www.curbellplastics.com.
Polycarbonate Sheet Voice Over CD Cindy Kahlstrom, Sheffield Plastics Inc., 119 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, MA01257, 800-254-1707, Fax: 800-457-3553, E-mail: cindy.kahlstrom@bayerbms.com, Web: www.sheffieldplastics.com.
Color Mood Analyzer Display CYRO Industries, 379Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054, 207-490-4209, Fax: 973-541-8445, Web: www.cyro.com.
July/August 2007
Pearlescent Acrylic Sheets Dan Rustin, Acrilex, Inc.,230 Culver Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305, 800-222-4680, Fax: 201-333-1237, E-mail: info@acrilex.com, Web: www.acrilex.com.
Light-Diffusing Modified Acrylic Sheet Michelle Good, Spartech Corporation, 120 South Central, Clayton, MO63105, 888-721-4242/314-721- 4242, E-mail: michelle.good@spartech.com, Web: www.spartech.com.
New Roto Resins Michael Gehrig, Aardvark Polymers, 128 Jackson Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530, 617-803-8682, E-mail: info@aar dvarkpolymers.com, Web: www.aardvarkpolymers.com.
Patent Issued on Heat Shrinkable UHMW Polymers Michael Geary, Fluoron, Inc., 505 Blue Ball Road, Building #120, Elkton, MD 21921, 800-785-4491/410-392-0220, Fax: 410-392-4357, E-mail: sales@fluoron.com, Web: www.fluoron.com.
Enhanced Specular Reflector Film Tiffany Hoerld, CSHyde Company, CS Hyde Company, 1351 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lake Villa, IL 60046, 800-461-4161/847-395-0325, Fax: 847-395-0535, E-Mail: sales@cshyde.com, Web: www.cshyde.com/ESRFilm.htm.
Largest UHMW/PE Tube Connie Buick, The Spiratex Company, 1916 Frenchtown Center Drive, Monroe, MI48162, 734-289-5226, Fax: 734-289-4804, E-mail: cbuick@spiratex.com, Web: www.spiratex.com.
Pressure Sensitive Teflonฎ and UHMW-PE Sheet Michael Geary, Fluoron, Inc., 505 Blue Ball Road, Building #120, Elkton, MD 21921, 800-785-4491, Fax:410-392-4357, E-mail: sales@fluoron.com, Web: www.fluoron.com.
PETG Sheet Voice-Over CD Cindy Kahlstrom, Sheffield Plastics Inc., 119 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, MA 01257, 800-254-1707, Fax: 800-457-3553, E-mail: cindy.kahlstrom@bayerbms.com, Web: www.sheffieldplastics.com.
September/October 2007
Antimicrobial Acetals Robert Shaw, Ticona, 8040Dixie Highway Florence, KY 41042, 800-833-4882, E-mail: prodinfo@ticona.com, Web: www.ticona.com.
Fluoropolymers in Action Jaclyn Sekula, Arkema Inc.,2000 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215-419-7643, E-mail: jaclyn.sekula@arkema.com, Web: www.kynar.com.
Eastman Design Portal Peter Eschbach, Eastman Chemical Company, P.O. Box 431, Kingsport, TN 37662, 423-229-2045, E-mail: peschbach@eastman.com, Web: www.eastman.com.
Miscellaneous
March/April 2007
Etching Compound Glen Nagle, Porter Process, a division of Plastomer Technologies, 1600 Industry Road, Hatfield, PA, 800-618-4701/215-855-9916, Fax: 215-855-3570, E-mail: info@primeetch.com, Web: www.primeetch.com.
Dust Collectors CD Michael Gerardi, Scientific Dust Collectors, 4101 W. 126th Street, Alsip, IL 60803,708-597-7090, Fax: 708-597-0313, Web: www.scientificdustcollectors.com.
Re-usable Scrap Detection David Talbot, Eurosoft, Inc., 1628 Old Apex Road, Cary, NC 27513, 919-468-3003, Fax: 919-468-6374, E-mail: david@eurosoftinc.com, Web: www.eurosoftinc.com.
Lockout/Tagout Kits David Barricelli, Jr., North Safety Products, 2000 Plainfield Pike, Cranston, RI 02921, 401-943-4400, Fax: 401-946-7560, E-mail: david.barricelli@northsafety.com, Web: www.northsafety.com.
Rectangular Vacuum Cups Mark Laycox, Anver Corporation, 36 Parmenter Road, Hudson, MA 01749, 800-654-3500, Fax: 978-568-1570, E-mail: mlaycox@anver.com, Web: www.anver.com.
July/August 2007
Software Integration David Talbot, Eurosoft, Inc.,1628 Old Apex Road, Cary, NC 27513, 919-468-3003, Fax: 919-468-6374, E-mail: david@eurosoftinc.com, Web: www.eurosoftinc.com.
September/October 2007
Industry Impact Analysis Amy Brooks, Business Answers International, 4440 PGA Blvd., Suite 505,Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, 800-583-4726, E-mail: abrooks@baintl.com, Web: www.baintl.com.
Tooling
March/April 2007
New Thermocutter Accessory Bob Brunsman, AbbeonCal, Inc., 123 Gray Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93101,800-922-0977, Fax: 805-966-7659, E-mail: abbeoncal@abbeon.com, Web: www.abbeon.com.
May/June 2007
No-Melt Blade Jay Forrest, Forrest Manufacturing, 457 River Road, Clifton, NJ 07014, 800-755-8084, Fax:845-557-0637, E-mail: sales@forrestman.com, Web: www.stores.yahoo.com/forrestman.
July/August 2007
Cutting Tools Catalog John Ferrie, Ridge Carbide Tool, P.O. Box 497, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, 201-438-8778, Fax:201-438-8792, E-mail: rcttool@verizon.net, Web: www.ridgecarbidetool.com.
Insert Round-Over ` Linda Wyant, Safranek Enterprises, Inc., 4005 El Camino Real, Atascadero, CA93422, 805-466-1563, E-mail: sales@hersaf.com, Web:www.hersaf.com.
Expanded Tooling Catalog Chuck Hicks, Southeast Tool, Inc., P.O. Box 1597, Conover, NC 28613, 828-324-2019, Fax: 828-324-4039, E-mail: router@southeasttool.com, Web: www.southeasttool.com.
Drills Diane Sullivan, Onsrud Cutter LP, 800 Liberty Drive, Libertyville, IL 60048, 847-362-1560, Fax: 847-362-5028, E-mail: dsullivan@onsrud.com, Web: www.onsrud.com.
Fabrication Tools & Accessories David Geer, FTM,Inc., 6160 Cobblestone Road, Placerville, CA. 95667, 530-626-1986, Fax: 530-642-2602, E-mail: info@123ftm.com, Web: www.123ftm.com.
CNC Cutting Tools Roy Valentine, Techno, Inc., P.O. Box5416, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, 516-328-3970, Fax:516-358-2576, E-mail: cncinfo@technocnc.com, Web:www.technocnc.com.
Welding
January/February 2007
New Plastic Welding School The Plastic WeldingSchool, 1010 Vermont Ave., Lady Lake, FL 32159, 352-259-7103, Fax: 352-259-7284, E-mail: lrowold50@aol.com or larryrowold@aol.com.
March/April 2007
Welding Products multiple suppliers.
September/October 2007
Sheet Welding & Bending Products Larry Rowold, RRE, Inc., 1010 Vermont Ave, The Villages, FL 32159, 352-259-7103, Cell: 630-319-3480, E-mail: larryrwold@aol.com.
Manual Extruder U.S. Leister Sales and Service Center:800-694-1472 Western, 800-635-0384 North-Central, 800-289-7505 North-Eastern, 800-241-4628 South-Eastern.
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