by Bing Carbone TECAPEI Ultem resin is part of Ensinger’s high-performance category of plastics. It is designed to stand up to the harshest and most severe environmental conditions. Because of its strength and lightweight nature (it is lighter than almost all metals),...
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Featured Partner: Westlake Plastics
by Bing Carbone Since 1951, Westlake Plastics has been operating out of the Pennsylvania valley area supplying high-quality products and services to companies throughout the U.S. They have since expanded their operations to encompass state-of-the-art extrusion and...
Ensinger Delrin: An Overview of Industries and Applications; Why Delrin?
You may remember Ensinger from a prior post, but, just in case you could use a refresher, they were founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger and have since become a massive, international powerhouse. One of this wonderful company’s most fantastic products has to be the...
Delrin for Food Grade Applications
by Bing Carbone One of the best uses of plastics is for food applications. Storage and mixing are two things in which plastics excel. With all the different types of food grade plastics on the market, choosing the right one might be a bit of a challenge. One of the...
Ensinger Delrin: Automotive Applications
by Bing Carbone Automotive technology is increasing at lighting speed, with new materials being applied every year that increase durability, longevity and wear. These materials allow cars to resist wear and damage, and to last longer than ever before. One of these...
What is industrial solutions custom plastic fabrication?
Updated February 2026 What is industrial solutions custom plastic fabrication? Industrial solutions custom plastic fabrication is the set of processes used to turn plastic stock shapes (sheet, rod, tube) into finished parts and assemblies. Depending on the...
Featured Partner: Evonik
by Bing Carbone Modern Plastics takes pride in our close relationships with some of the world’s leading chemical synthesis and research innovation leaders. One such company is Evonik, whose state-of-the-art polymers and chemicals create the raw materials for many of...
The Custom Plastic Fabrication Process: From Prototype to Production
by Bing Carbone Custom plastic fabrication is a very technical process that appears deceptively simple on the surface. For plastic products that are nearly ubiquitous in our lives such as soda bottles, truck bed liners, and lawn chairs, watching them turn from a...
Introduction to Modern Plastics Custom Fabrication
by Bing Carbone Businesses looking for custom plastic material solutions often have few places to turn. Modern Plastics caters to this need with a high-quality custom fabrication process that produces unique materials in nearly any plastic polymer on the market....
Feature Partner: Ensinger
by Bing Carbone Founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger, Ensinger Industries is an internationally-operated, family-owned thermoplastic giant and global supplier of high performance polymers headquartered in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Some few years after its founding,...
Feature Partner: Kydex Thermoplastics (Sekisui)
by Bing Carbone Since 1965, Sekisui has been a leader in the thermoplastics industry, though not under that name. That year, Kydex thermoplastics was first invented by Rohm and Haas, eventually used for aircraft interiors. This product sparked its own company under...
The Modern Plastics Story: from Glass to Plastic Distributor
by Bing Carbone When most people think of plastics, or ever consider the history of it, they may think that this is a new invention, around since maybe the 1970s or ’80s. But plastics go back further than that, and Modern Plastics has been on the cutting edge since...












