Smart Molding International 1-2021

11 newsfeed www.smart-molding.com Plasman recently intro - duced Omniluxe™ to their list of product offerings, dedicating a new factory in Gothenburg, Sweden to its mass production for automakers. Omniluxe is a chrome alternative that meets the strictest envi - ronmental guidelines. Its flexibility gives designers the freedom to craft com - plex shapes, with endless gloss options and extensive color-matching possibilities, Omniluxe is durable and en - vironmentally friendly with - out compromising beauty. It can also reduce noise, vibration and harshness in a variety of applications. Environmentally friendly products like Omniluxe are a key part of Plasman’s commitment to sustain - ability. Through customer, supplier and team mem - ber partnerships, they’ve created a blueprint for col - lectively working toward a better, more sustainable future for all. “We care - fully evaluate how we work and see the future,” explained David Wiskel. “We embrace sustainabil - ity challenges as oppor - tunities to innovate and continuously improve our product design.” Plasman www.plasman.com StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer of multi-cavity, high-volume production molds, has now added stack mold applica - tions to its FastTrackTM program, a new approach to fast mold deliveries, us - ing automated design ca - pabilities that work with a pre-set, optimized set of mold design rules. Stack molds for round lids and containers are now available for molds of up to 2×16 cavities, making them es - pecially attractive to those compa - nies in need of increased pro - ductivity as a re - sponse to sudden market demands for food packag - ing applications. In recent weeks, StackTeck has achieved re - cord lead times for round container and lid molds, with deliveries in the range of 6-9 weeks. Consider - ing two examples from the FastTrackTM leadtime matrix, the lead time for a round container mold in a 2×2 configuration is 6 weeks from order until mold test and at the same time, a 2×16 round container mold lead time is now 11 weeks under the FastTrackTM program. Round lid molds also average 6-10 weeks on stack mold configurations starting with 2×2 and up to 2×16 cavities. Lou DiMaulo, Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing stated, “We understand that our customers need reliable high productivity molds fast to satisfy rising market de - mands for consumer prod - ucts, and we have taken all the necessary steps to provide them just that. Our team has found the right avenues to compress engi - neering and manufacturing stages for stack molds, us - ing automated design and product standardization, which in the end translates to huge advantages for our customers.” StackTeck www.stackteck.com StackTeck adds stack molds to its FastTrack™ program Plasman’s rebranded signage 2×8 Round container mold ready to test in 10 weeks