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The next time you plug in your cell phone, tablet or laptop, you can thank a plastics engineer. Realistically, the developments in the plastic extrusion industry have helped to make technology accessible and safe for so many people. Here are just a few reasons as to...

Clear polycarbonate extrusions are one of the best ways to create the parts necessary for LED lighting. Extrudex is a leader in offering these types of services. Here are just a few of the options that we offer: Extrudex produces UL-94 approved polycarbonate...

Needless to say, there are many regulations in the food processing industry that are designed to help keep consumers safe. Food manufacturers have discovered that using extrusions are not only an efficient and effective way to keep processes moving, but they have...

Innovations have proven that there are very few boundaries when creating products with plastic extrusions and profiles. The technology is extremely versatile and offers manufacturers flexibility as well as a cost-effective, efficient solution for those needing parts...

Nearly everyone wants their home to look great. If you are wondering how you can achieve a designer look in your home, you can get help from products made through the plastic extrusion process. Plastic extruded products are becoming more and more sophisticated and are...

The range of products that are created from plastic extrusions is ever expanding. Developments in technology, improvements in the way that plastic materials are created as well as compound materials have all contributed to the many ways that extrusions are now being...

Plain parts will no longer do. Are you like the many manufacturing companies that want to be able to customize your parts? Have you been thinking about how to apply paint to the extrusions themselves? If you have, then read carefully as plastics and paints don’t...

The manufacturing industry is one of the most technologically advanced businesses around the globe. Every single day, new challenges and problems are being solved that help to increase the flexibility of parts and how they are manufactured. The plastic extrusion...

One of the most commonly asked questions of our team is whether information can be added to specific batches of extruded parts to help with identification and location the correct parts. The answer is yes! New technologies available mean that you can add critical...

There are lots of technical terms when you are working with plastic extrusion processes especially with all of the technological improvements and options in materials.  One of the terms that tends to cause issues is the difference between polymer extrusion and plastic...