You may have a product that is nearing the end of its life cycle, but you’re not ready to retire it from your product lineup. There’s always a question of what to do with it. Can you make it better? Can you change something to freshen it up without investing too much? The simple answer…
Staying eco-friendly in today’s market is a smart idea. It used to be that your new product didn’t need to worry about recycling and the end of lifecycle disposal. The current trend with consumers is to seek out products that are environmental friendly, both on the manufacturing side and at the end when it’s time…
Outsourcing has become a large part of reducing cost for manufactured goods. While it became a great way for consumers to buy lower priced products, the caveat to outsourcing is that foreign competitors don’t always follow the same work standards or use the same high quality materials to ensure high quality products. China has…
Having the next big idea is just the beginning of the development cycle. A napkin doodle, a 3D model rendering, or just some great sketches can get the juices flowing, but you have to have a plan to get from that excitement to the market. Cost is always a factor in development, whether that pertains…
There’s an ever growing population of plastics that are finding their way to landfills, while the growing threat of running out of fossil fuels always seems to be just around the corner. Researchers have been studying what can be done to curb the amount of plastics being thrown away, and a different set of scientists…
You have your next idea already in the works, and it’s time to finalize the design to create plastic injection molding tools. Have you thought of everything and identified the correct resin for your medical device? If you have a designer and expert that currently supports the medical industry handling the choice, they should be…
The term sustainability seems to be used in many places, and sometimes what others term is sustainable really isn’t. At SEA-LECT Plastics we classify our business practices as sustainable, and every day we act as a highly regarded green manufacturing company. Our daily goal is to reduce our impact on the environment as we manufacture…
Every year plastic injection molding becomes more complicated with designs that were not possible a decade ago. New resin formulations are developed every year to increase strength, decrease weight, and add a level of product durability that makes injection molding the new standard option for the latest products in several industries. With new resins and…
In every manufacturing process there is waste. That may be from scrap packaging, fluids used in specific processes, and in injection molding that means excess plastic from gates and sprues. The goal with any process is to reduce the amount of waste from the process. With many products made at SEA-LECT Plastics, the excess plastic…
It’s hard to watch television or search the internet without seeing someone or something mention the pandemic of COVID-19. It’s in at least one-third of all television commercials. It seems to be in about half of the posts on social media. You can’t escape it. The recurring theme is how much it has affected everyone…