Upgrade the Old, Bring in the New!

Published: September 01, 2006, By By Nsenga Byrd Thompson Associate Editor

Noven Pharmaceuticals may not be a household name, but the patented creation of this 500-employee company helped revolutionize the way people receive

Taming Plastics

Published: February 28, 2005, By Greg Zimmer, Zimmer Industries

Plastics may be flexible, brittle, or stretchable; thin, medium, or thick; clear to opaque; really easy to tear, easy to tear, tough to tear, or impossible to tear; have excellent "memory" or have no "memory"; react readily to heat or don’t react to heat at all; allow air to pass through them or actually prevent bullets from passing through them. You get the picture. So how do you cut, crease, and perforate such incredibly diverse (and perverse) materials

New Materials Extend Wearability and Blade Life

Published: October 01, 2001, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor

Whatever your slitting method, blade life can be improved dramatically if you have the right knife in the right holder, properly angled, explains Keith