If you’re new to purchasing injection-molded plastics, you may be surprised when you read this post and discover all the hours required when making an injection mold.Recently a poultry processing company approached HTI Plastics about manufacturing a poultry shackle....

Before we begin production on a part or product, we need to select the right plastic for injection molding project to use. The resin is the base of the plastic product or component; the most essential element of the final product that will have impact on its cost,...

Every plastic injection mold design we make is different from top to bottom, and each choice we make in designing it affects its capability, cost, life cycle, and more. Here are some of the things we consider before designing the mold that will make a new product....

In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, it's important that HTI Plastics creates a high-quality product the first time, every time. That means controlling variation and capability analysis with manufacturing. Controlling variation is the key to producing...

HTI Plastics attended the 2012 Pharmapack North America conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference brought together the leading medical device and pharmaceutical companies with the leading suppliers to the industry to discuss and examine the latest...

At HTI Plastics, we work hard to integrate both the latest advanced technologies and the innovative automation at the manufacturing press of our experienced and educated employees into our products and processes. Through great ideas and better implementations, we're...

Where Do We Start? Prototyping is a cost effective start to building a great new product. Selecting a plastic product prototype is crucial to the entire process of the product. We build prototype products for customers in every stage of the development process....

At HTI, all of our raw materials come to us in a pelletized form, so - naturally, we love the stuff. But it's a bit of an odd relationship... we can't touch it. The integrity of a final plastic product depends in large part on the raw material being physically handled...

At HTI Plastics, we work with our customers to help them determine the type of mold that will suit their product best. Whether it's a new design or an existing design that we're helping make "moldable," we'll ask a series of questions to determine the best type of...