Plastic Manufacturing

Plastic manufacturing is the fastest growing industry since plastics are used in mostly all products in the market. We at Rex Plastics provide injection molds plastic manufacturing services to our customers.

Industrial Plastics Suppliers

By Nancy -- Over the years Lehigh Valley Plastics has evolved into a market leader using lean plastics manufacturing techniques, precision forming and machining technology, and innovative designs. Known for unsurpassed quality in a broad range of product materials, personal service, and a fast, cost-effective response, Lehigh Valley Plastics has built its reputation one customer at a time. To achieve this vision, Lehigh Valley Plastics is focused on three objectives: to exceed its customers' expectations; to continue to... more


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Injection Molding-How Plastic is Molded

By Linda Moore -- Plastic has, quite literally, become the cornerstone of our society. We make so many things from plastic that it is hard to imagine what our lives would be like if it was never invented. With so many of our everyday products being made of plastic, it is easy to understand why plastic injection molding is such a huge industry. Approximately 30% of all plastic products are produced using an injection molding process. Of this 30%,... more


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Ordering Custom Injection Molding Parts

By Christine Harrell -- When you can't find the plastic part you need for your design idea or invention, you'll need to find a manufacturing engineer to build a custom injection molding part. You can either go about this by designing the part yourself and having a shop manufacture it, or contracting a shop of specialized manufacturing engineers to design and build the custom injection molding piece to your specifications. If you're area of expertise is in something other... more


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Custom Injection Moliding and the Lean Manufacturing Process

By Randy Hough -- Plastic injection molders are in the almost ideal business to benefit from the lean manufacturing process. If you embrace the entire concept and do not cherry pick the parts that are quick and easy, you will most certainly experience improvements in your operation. The lean manufacturing process is an integrated approach to reducing waste. It could be time or material or anything else; waste is waste and waste equals money in business. It requires a... more


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Molding our World: Plastics as Part of our Daily Lives

By Paul Link -- Plastics are relatively light and very durable. The hundreds of different plastic varieties are ultimately recyclable, although it's only in recent years that our UK society has begun to take advantage of plastic recycling, often in tandem with our weekly waste collections. Plastics have great thermal and insulating properties (clothes, carpets, bedding etc). Plastics are resistant to many chemicals and water, as well as being very strong. Most notably though, plastics have proven relatively inexpensive... more