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Kenson Plastics is a family-owned business that has been designing and manufacturing precision pressure-formed plastics since 1972.

Part Geometry: Forming to Assembly & Lead Time

Getting from the drawing board to the first article inspection (FAI) in the shortest turnaround time isn’t a smooth, one-time-through process. Optimizing the design for manufacturing requires multiple iterations between product teams, potential suppliers, and manufacturing partners. One of the critical factors to consider when designing products and developing production techniques is part geometry. This will determine the cycle times during manufacturing and affect other factors like cost, quality, and appearance. 

5 Questions to Ask When It’s Time For You to Outsource the Assembly of Your Product’s Operation

Choosing to outsource your assembly operation is one of the strategies that McKinsey and Gartner...

Outsource Thermoformed Product Assembly to Reduce Labor-Intensive Operations

A professor at MIT, Jonathan Byrnes, is famous for saying that most supply chains are great at...

What to Consider with Material Management & Organization of Your Aerospace Sub-Assembly

Air India just signed the largest commercial aircraft order in history with Boeing and Airbus!

How to Improve Lead Times for Thermoformed Parts

Improving lead times is how manufacturers maintain a competitive edge in today’s economic...

Assembling Your Thermoformed Product: Sourcing the Best Materials & Accessing the Right Suppliers

In this bullish economy, designers face more than just the usual challenges when developing a...

GUIDE: Flexible Thermoforming Practices eBook

Thermoforming is a manufacturing process that uses heat and pressure to form a part from a sheet of...

How Thermoforming and Plastics Have Transformed Healthcare

Modern medical devices often exhibit the latest and greatest of our cutting-edge technological...

How Medical Device Applications Have Paved the Way for Other Industries

Picasso once said that good artists will copy from others but great artists will steal. Picasso...

Lightweight Parts for Electric Vehicles and Mass Transport Interiors

The world is transitioning to more fuel-efficient and eco-friendly transport systems in our economy...