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Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson is the Global Business Unit Manager – Plastics, Rubber & Composites for Cold Jet. As a former plastics business owner he has over 30 years of experience in injection & compression molding, extrusion, blow molding, thermoforming and rotational molding. He began his career at Milacron’s plastics machinery division, serving in manufacturing, product line management and a variety of sales/marketing roles. Steve is a published author and a frequent speaker at plastics industry events. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Cedarville University and an MBA from Xavier University.

Recent Posts

The magic of dry ice cleaning in mold maintenance

Posted by Steve Wilson on Apr 27, 2020 10:05:00 AM
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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

The most effective deburring and deflashing method

Posted by Steve Wilson on Jan 15, 2020 11:42:22 AM

It is not uncommon for unwanted material to be left on a plastic part after machining or molding.

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Plastics, Deburring and deflashing

Injection molder decreases cleaning time by 50-75%

Posted by Steve Wilson on Oct 21, 2019 11:03:00 AM

Silgan is the largest supplier of metal containers for food products in North America and a leading supplier of plastic containers for personal care products. With more than 22 production plants, Silgan Plastics is one of the top blow molders in North America.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Automotive molder reduces cleaning time by 75%

Posted by Steve Wilson on Jun 24, 2019 9:17:32 AM

Miniature Precision Components was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost labor expenses, defective parts, and damaged equipment all because of inadequate cleaning methods.

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Automotive, Plastics

Dry ice helps automotive molder meet stringent productivity demands

Posted by Steve Wilson on May 13, 2019 9:44:17 PM

For Tyco Electronics, the world's largest supplier of automotive electronic components, conventional cleaning processes for its injection molding equipment were cutting into vital production time.

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Injection mold cleaning, Electronics, Automotive, Plastics

Injection molder increases uptime 25% with dry ice

Posted by Steve Wilson on Apr 9, 2019 9:29:56 PM

Cleaning injection molds can cause a lot of unnecessary downtime in automotive production. Dry ice blasting is the rare alternative that can both reduce downtime and provide a thorough cleaning.

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Injection mold cleaning, Automotive, Plastics

Plastic molder cuts 3 days of downtime with dry ice blasting

Posted by Steve Wilson on Apr 6, 2019 5:56:42 PM

Silgan Plastics devoted countless hours to maintaining product molds by hand, but the company was still unhappy with the quality of its cleaning methods.

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Packaging, Plastics

Stop cleaning medical devices with abrasive methods

Posted by Steve Wilson on Apr 6, 2019 5:00:14 PM

The tools and equipment used in the medical device manufacturing process require absolute precision.

Special attention to the intricacies of medical devices is critical as the end product must be pristine and uncompromised. Like the end product, the equipment used in the manufacturing process must be maintained to ensure that the products are delivered without flaws or excess material and ready for use.

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Medical, Plastics

How a plastic manufacturer improves part quality and decreases downtime

Posted by Steve Wilson on Dec 5, 2018 3:31:40 PM

Performance Plastics specializes in high performance injection molding. The company produces small, complex, high quality parts.

For 30 years, they’ve focused on the application of these highly engineered plastics for the performance advantages that they provide when producing intricate part geometries with extremely tight tolerances. They excel at helping companies in the medical device, energy, aerospace/defense, industrial, electronics and food and beverage industries solve current product problems or to create competitive next generation advantages. 

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics