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Small medical parts molding is a growing line of business.(Special Report)

Publication: Plastics News
Publication Date: 24-JAN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Byline: Roger Renstrom

Injection molding of small medical parts continues to grow, but the terms "micro'' and "nano'' raise hackles.

The development of technologies in the medical field makes "the future for micromolding look great,'' said Stu Kaplan, president of Makuta Technics of...

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...Inc. Columbus, Ind.

"New developments in medical applications lead to new developments in production technology [and] in turn new developments in medical applications,'' Kaplann said. Advances are being made in screw tips, feeders, robotics and materials, he noted.

Darrel Hill, national sales manager with Boy Machines Inc. of Exton, Pa., said that during 2004, there has been a sales increase of about 50 percent in the medical micromolding market, especially for vertical presses.

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