Happy Easter from Arlington Machinery!
All of us at Arlington Machinery would like to wish all our customers, family and friends a Happy Easter! Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!
Continue readingOcean Plastics Problems and Solution
Members of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste have already pledged $1 billion to work on the problem of ocean plastics. The alliance is also looking to increase that number to $1.5 billion. The global organization is looking to inject itself into the waste management process in hopes of finding...
Continue readingIndustry 4.0 Protocols for Plastics Machinery
Global manufacturers are making a press for standardization among plastics equipment and its connectivity. It will be a challenge and take some time to implement, but the end will hopefully be one that allows all machines to work together and have a "plug and play" option to connect to softwar...
Continue readingHappy New Year from Arlington Machinery!
All of us at Arlington Machinery wish all our customers, family and friends a Happy New Year. May the new year bring you good health, new opportunities and much success! We will close the office Friday December 28th at 2:00pm and reopen on Wednesday Jan 2nd, 2019!!
Continue readingMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
All of us at Arlington Machinery wish all our customers, family and friends a very Merry Christmas. We will close the office Friday December 21st at 3:30pm and reopen on Wednesday Dec 26th.
Continue reading3D Printing and Molding Bone Replacements
One company, FibreTuff is compounding a cellulose-based biomaterial for 3D rinting and molding of medical devices for spine, trauma and sports medicine. One major benefit to the material is that it can be seen on x-rays without the introduction of additives a term known in medical circles at r...
Continue readingThe Canadian Conundrum
As of right now, the US economy is doing well, but what about our second-largest export market? There is a believe that Canada's consumer spending is past its peak and will see a downward trend over the next two years. Compared to the US, Canadian households have much higher levels of de...
Continue readingHappy Memorial Day!
Thank you to those who courageously gave their lives and those that bravely fight today. May we never forget freedom isn't free. We will reopen at 8am on Tuesday May 29th. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Continue readingA science fiction take on plastics
Plastic Eating Microbes Have Potential for PET It sounds like a science-fiction movie, but scientists working in Japan working with a plastic-eating microbe created a mutant enzyme that breaks down PET. PET is widely used in millions of plastics bottles. By tweaking the enzyme while studying i...
Continue readingPlastics and Fashion
We don't usually realize that plastics touches all parts of our lives and fashion is an area that we typically forget about plastics' role. Spring and summer 2018 will have plastics on the runways. And while the runways themselves will be made with plastic products, so will the clothing...
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