Words from Ron Hollis

To have a great idea that you can turn in to product that solves a genuine problem is a great triumph. We call this the first stage of product development, or Ideation. To be able to transition that product to efficiently replicate it for the market is the second stage and is called Manufacturing. The [...]

Spent a few days in Chicago at NPE. It was billed as having 75,000 attendees, but reality was more like 40,000…still a lot of folks but pretty slow for the number of exhibitors.
Nothing overly exciting this year. There was some interesting technology on surface decorations, but the company seemed to be in start-up mode and [...]

This week is the BIG showcase for the plastics and manufacturing industry. This is NPE2009-International Plastics Showcase week (that a mouthful)…..This is a huge conference that combines many sub-industries of manufacturing, including SPI, Moldmaking, and Time Compression Expo into a single location…which is a great use of time and resources to cover a lot of [...]

This is the first blog for this new forum. Quickparts is always working toward innovating what we do and how the world works. This takes great effort and energy, but the only way we know how to grow everyday. These blogs, this one plus the ones on Rapid Prototyping and Injection Molding are the result [...]