Classified directory: 5/specialized services.AUTOMATION/SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ACC See adaptive cruise control. Automation Co., OH Advanced Pressure Products, NY Airlock airlock Noun 1. a bubble of air blocking the flow of liquid in a pipe 2. an airtight chamber between places that do not have the same air pressure, such as in a spacecraft or submarine Noun 1. Manufacturing Co., AL Alvey, Inc., MO ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there Process Systems, CA ASG ASG Assign ASG Allen Systems Group (Naples, FL) ASG Abu Sayyaf Group (terrorist group) ASG Associated Student Government ASG Area Support Group ASG Adaptive Services Grid ASG Assistant Secretary General Automation Services Group Inc., ON Atlas-Vac Machine, Div. of Planet Products, OH Automated Industrial Systems, Inc., PA Autoroll Print Co., MA Autosplice Inc., CA Avalon Vision Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , GA Norman N. Axelrod Associates, Optical/Vision Sensing & Control Systems Div., NY Bielomatik Inc., MI Bodine Assembly & Test Systems, CT Brooks Automation, Inc., MA Bruckner Inc., SC ** Bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( Magnetics Co., KS C&D Robotics, TX California Packaging Systems, BE Design & Automation, Inc., CA Canamark Systems, ON Cassco Machines, ON CBW cbw - Crypt Breakers Workbench Automation, CO Climax Packaging Machinery, OH CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Inc., MI (D) Coil Technology, Inc., OH Colortronic Inc., NJ Conair, PA Custom Systems Integration Co., Inc., CA (D) DataNet Quality Systems, MI Davis-Standard Corp., CT Deco Technology Group, Inc., CA Deco Tools, Inc., OH Dell Marking Systems, Inc., MI EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. 2 Inc., MI Empire Technology, Inc., NY (D) Eurotherm Inc., VA Factory Intelligence Network LLC, NJ Facts, Inc., OH Flow Automation, Sub. of Flow International, ON FullMetrics Inc., MN Garold Automation Inc., ON Hampton-Tilley Associates Inc., MO Hastings Manufacturing, Inc., MO HiTech Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., WI Hoppmann Corp., VA Hosokawa Bepex, MN Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd was founded by Robert Schad, a German immigrant who came to Canada in 1951 with $25 borrowed from an uncle and a letter from a family friend by the name of Albert Einstein. ., ON Infinity Plastics LLC, CA InterTech Development Co., IL ITW ITW In The Wild (informatics, antivirus research) ITW Information Theory Workshop (IEEE) ITW Into Thy Word (religion) ITW Into the Woods Trans Tech, IL Jackson Machinery, Inc., WI ** JDV JDV Juridische Dienstverlening (Dutch) Products Inc., NJ Kensol-Franklin, MA Kice Industries, Inc., KS Kortec Inc., MA Laser Solutions & Systems, MA Lectro Engineering Co., MO Master Industries, Inc., OH Maximus Alliance, TX Meadoworks, Inc., IL Miniature Tool & Die Inc., MA Moldpro Inc., ON Motoman Inc., OH Multivac, Inc., MO New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Machinery, Inc., FL Nucon Wittmann Inc., ON Oakland Instrument Corp., MN Orbitform, MI Palace Packaging Machines, PA Park Air Corp., MA Pinette Emidecau, Inc., OH Plast-Control Inc., MA PPC-The Plastics & Packaging Corp., NJ (D) Proco Machinery Inc., ON Prodeva Inc., OH Qual-Tech, Inc., MA R&D Tool Inc., IL Redoe Mold Co. Ltd., ON Reimelt Corp., FL Reis Robotics USA, Inc., IL Remak of North America Inc., IL RMT RMT right mentotransverse (position of the fetus). RMT 1. Registered Massage Therapist 2. Renal mesenchymal tumor Robotics Ltd., ON Robotic Production Technology, MI (D) Robotics, Inc., NY Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. Its products include Allen-Bradley controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software factory management software. The company headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. , WI Ross Systems & Controls, GA Sadaplast Americas, Inc., SC SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Automation, Ltd., OH Screen-Tech, Inc., CT Seagull seagull a noisy, gregarious bird that frequents the seashore. Web-footed, hook-billed, white with gray wings. Member of the family Laridae and of the genus Larus. of Volusia County, Inc., FL Simulation Sciences Inc., TX Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States. Founded in 1947 by Thomas Slick, Jr. , TX Spirol International Corp., CT StackTeck, ON Stellar Products Inc., CA Sterling Detroit Co., MI Synchrostat Systems Corp., CO Techmire Ltd., PQ TTTINC Holding Group, AZ United Testing Systems, Inc., MI (D) Valiant Tool & Mold Inc., ON Vulcan Machinery Corp., OH Jervis B. Webb Co., MI ** Wittmann, Inc., CT Yokogawa Corp. of America, GA Yushin America, Inc., RI Zenith Products Div., Parker Hannifin Parker Hannifin Corporation (originally Parker Appliance Company) NYSE: PH, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a manufacturer of motion and control technologies. Founded in 1924, the company has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964. Corp., NC Zygo Corp., CT BUSINESS SERVICES FOR PLASTICS (FINANCE, INSURANCE, LEASING) Sentry Insurance Sentry Insurance, founded in 1904, is a mutual insurance company located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It was founded by members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association to provide insurance for its members and was originally called Hardware Mutual. , WI CONSULTANTS IN PLASTICS Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing Advanced Plastics Design, Inc., OH Akron Polymer Laboratory Div., Tritech Laboratories, OH Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc., Plastics Testing Div., OH American Extrusion Services Inc., OH American Hydrotherm Corp., NY Anderson American Precision Inc., DBA Feed Screw in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. - Knight. See also: Feed Designs.com, FL Anderson Technologies, MI Andrews Products, Inc., NC Applied Ultrasonics ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. , Inc., CT Armorcom Inc., Plastics & Composites Div., CA Glenn Beall Plastics Ltd., IL Beaumont Technologies, Inc., PA Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Bodycote Materials Testing Articles on Materials testing include:
Bodycote Polymer Broutman Laboratory, IL Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc., KS C.A.E. Services Corp., IL Canadian Feed Screws Mfg. Ltd., ON Caropreso Associates, MA Catalina Tool & Mold, Inc., AZ Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Associates, MA CINDAS CINDAS Center for Information and Numerical Data Synthesis and Analysis LLC, IN Clearplass Containers, NY Climax Packaging Machinery, OH Compuplast Canada Inc., ON Contract Design Inc., MN Corex Design Group Inc., NJ Creative Technology Systems Inc., DE Davis-Standard Corp., CT Del-Tool Co., Inc., WI Dual Spiral Systems Inc., ON Electric Injection Services, OH Electronic Development Labs, Inc., VA Engineered Plastics, Inc., NC ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. North America, MI Extruder Technologies Inc., NJ Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc., GA Extrusion Technical Services, PA Extrusioneering International, Inc., NJ Fluent Inc., NH FNC FNC - Federal Networking Council Associates Inc., NC (D) Fulcrum fulcrum: see lever. Composites Inc., MI FullMetrics Inc., MN Garold Automation Inc., ON Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA Gooch Engineering Associates, NH GR Technical Services, Inc., NJ Groupe G.L.P. Hi-Tech Inc., PQ Hastings Manufacturing, Inc., MO HiTech Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., WI Hosokawa Bepex, MN Hunkar Laboratories Inc., OH Impact Analytical, MI Imperial Tool & Plastics Corp., WI Injection Molding injection molding n. A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold. Industries, MI (D) Injection Molding Solutions, MI International Plastics Consultants Corp., NY Isorca, Inc., OH J&S Plastic Consulting, IN Jackson Machinery, Inc., WI D.E. Jones & Associates, FL J-Tech Hotrunner Inc., ON K Inc., IL (D) Kortec Inc., MA Kruse Analysis Inc., FL (D) KVP kVp kilovolts peak. kVp, n See kilovolt peak. kVp (kilovoltage peak) selector, n the control on a radiograph machine that selects the kilovoltage for a given radiographic film. Technologies, Inc., ME Laser Solutions & Systems, MA The Logic Corp., CT The Madison Group, Polymer Processing Research Corp., WI Main Plastics Div., Main Prototypes, Ltd., ON Matrix Tooling, Inc., IL MDTVision Inc., An IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Co., MI Melco Engraving Inc., MI Meredith-Springfield Associates Inc., MA Metis Metis (mē`tĭs), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. Metis goddess of caution and discretion. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 242] See : Prudence Design Corp., MA MGA (1) (Monochrome Graphics Adapter) A display adapter that employs Hercules Graphics, combining graphics and text on a monochrome monitor. (2) (Matrox Graphics Accelerator) A trade name used by Matrox Graphics Inc. Engineering Co., MA MGS MGS Mars Global Surveyor MGS Metal Gear Solid MGS Microsoft Game Studios MGS Ministry of Government Services (Ontario, Canada) MGS Maryland Geological Survey MGS Malaysian Government Securities MGS Minnesota Geological Survey Mfg. Group, WI Mold CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. Solutions, ON Moldflow Corp., MA Monarch Analytical Laboratories, Inc., OH Moulds International & Design Group, MO Multivac, Inc., MO NitroJection Corp., OH Optex Process Solutions, LLC, NY Optical Polymers Lab Corp., RI Pantone, Inc., NJ Paramco Inc., OH Plastic Services & Equipment, IN Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface ), OH Plastics & Computer Inc., TX Plastics Consulting, Inc., FL Plastics Institute of America, Inc., MA Polymer Diagnostics Inc., OH Precimold Inc., PQ Precise Massie, FL PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. Composites Inc., ON Queens University-Belfast, Polymer Processing Research Centre, AG R&D Tool Inc., IL Radius Engineering Inc., UT Repro Technology Ltd. Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, CA Raychem Corp., CA Resin Technology, Inc., TX Retlaw Industries Inc., Molding Div., WI RGL RGL Reading Grade Level RGL Regulatory and Guidance Library (FAA) RGL Regulatory Guidance Letter RGL Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina - Rio Gallegos-Internacional (Airport Code) Sales & Marketing Inc., IN RK Associates, ME Robotic Production Technology, MI (D) Rockwell Automation, WI S&L Plastics., Inc., PA Sabel Plastechs, Inc., OH Sadaplast Americas, Inc., SC Schulze Tool Co., MO Seagull of Volusia County, Inc., FL Sherwood Technologies, Inc., FL Shore Plastic Technologies, Inc., NJ ** SIG Ryka Inc., ON Southwest Research Institute, TX Spaltech International, ON Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT StackTeck, ON Stat-Ease, Inc., MN Sterigenics International, Inc, MD Strong Plastics Engineering Inc., CA Structural Composites, Inc., FL Superior-MPM Technologies, Inc., NJ Synchrostat Systems Corp., CO Tiax LLC, MA Toman to·man n. A gold coin formerly used in Persia worth 10,000 dinars. [Farsi t m Tool Corp., WI Tools & Troubleshooting, Inc., OK Tosko Plastics Machinery, OH Trexel Inc., MA TriEnda Corp., WI UFE UFE Uterine Fibroid Embolization UFE United for a Fair Economy UFE Ufficio Federale dell'Energia UFE Uniform Final Examination UFE Urban Challenge Final Event (DARPA) UFE Unidentified Flags and Ensigns UFE Unrestricted Free Agent Inc., MN United Precision, OH University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA Robert Van Doren Van Dor·en , Carl Clinton 1885-1950. American literary critic, editor, and writer whose biography of Benjamin Franklin (1938) won a Pulitzer Prize. Co., CA Wilson Composite Technologies, CA Wohlers Associates, CO The Young Industries, Inc., PA CUSTOM COMPOUNDING, FORMULATING Thermoplastics Aaron Industries Corp., MA Aclo Compounders, Inc., ON Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Polymer Compounding Co., Div. of Ferro Corp., IL AI Technology, Inc., NJ Akrochem Corp., OH Akron Polymer Laboratory Div., Tritech Laboratories, OH Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc., Plastics Testing Div., OH Alloy Polymers Inc., VA AlphaGary Corp., MA Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Westchester Plastics, PA Ampacet Corp., NY Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Asahi Thermofil, Inc., MI ** Ashland Distribution Chemical Co., Div. of Ashland Inc., OH B&F Plastics Inc., IN Basell North America Inc., Regional Office, MD ** BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Corp., Engineering Plastics, MI ** BASF Corp., Styrenic Plastics, NJ Berliner Plastics Inc., NY Brenntag Canada Inc., Plastics & Color Concentrates, ON CCG/Parma, ON Chem Polymer, FL Chemtrusion, Inc., TX Chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. Corp., IL Chromatics chro·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of color. chro ma·tist n. Inc., CT Clariant Additive Masterbatches, VA Clariant Specialty Compounding, MD Color & Composite Technologies, Inc., OH Color Technology, Inc., MA Colortech Inc., TN Compounding Engineering Solutions, Inc., NJ Conex, GA Consolidated Polymer Technologies, Inc., FL CSIPlastics Inc., MA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Michael Day Enterprises, OH Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Delta Polymers Co., MI Dennis Chemical Co., MO DH Compounding, TN Dodge-Regupol, Inc., PA Engineered Polymers industries, MA Federal Plastics Corp., NJ Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH ** Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., NJ Foster Corp., CT H.B. Fuller Co., MN GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gel Concepts LLC, NJ Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC, Compound Div., GA ** GLS GLS - Guy Lewis Steele, Jr. Corp., IL GVR GVR Grant, Vacate and Remand GVR Gas Volume Ratio Complast, Ltd. Co., TX HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Howard Industries Howard Industries is an electrical products manufacturer located in Laurel, Mississippi. Howard Industries was founded in 1968. Howard Industries is currently the world's largest manufacturer of distribution transformers, and is the largest employer in Laurel, as well as one of the , Inc., OH Howarth Plastics Inc., CA ICO ICO Icon (File Name Extension) ICO In Case Of ICO Information Commissioner's Office (UK) ICO Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Spain: Official Credit Institute) Polymers North America, TX Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX International Polymers Corp., PA International Wire, TX Isorca, Inc., OH J-Von, L.P., MA Keysor-Century Corp., CA Kraiburg TPE TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer TPE Terminal de Paiement Electronique (French) TPE Total Power Exchange TPE Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Tampines Expressway (Singapore) TPE Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Corp., GA Laminations, Inc., PA Lancer Dispersions, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., SC Lavergne Group, PO Loes Enterprises, Inc., MN Lynn Plastics Corp., MA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA MarChem Corp., Sub. of Dash Multi-Corp., MO Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ Marval Industries, Inc., NY McGean Inc., OH J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL Miltec Inc., WI Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Multibase, Inc., OH National Plastics Color, Inc., KS New England Urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. , Inc., CT North Wood Plastics, Inc., WI Novatec Plastics Corp., A PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. Container Co., NJ Noveon, Inc., Thermedics Polymer Products, MA Noveon, Inc., OH Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH Nylon Molding Corp., CA Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Color Corp., NC Plastics Group of America, RI Polifil, RI PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC Polychem Products Ltd., PQ Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymeric polymeric /poly·mer·ic/ (pol?i-mer´ik) exhibiting the characteristics of a polymer. pol·y·mer·ic adj. 1. Having the properties of a polymer. 2. Resources Corp., NJ PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, IL PolyOne Corp., Engineered Materials, OH PolyOne Corp., Vinyl Compounds, OH PolyOne Corp., Color & Additive Masterbatches, OH PolyReps Inc., NC Polyvel Inc., NJ polyVisions, Inc., PA Precision Valve Corp., Tiros Plastics Products Div., NY Prime Alliance Inc., IA PVC Compounders Inc., IN K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., NH Randcastle Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ RCV RCV Receive RCV Ranked Choice Voting RCV Replacement Cost Value RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle RCV Revolve RCV Roll Call Vote RCV Red Cell Volume RCV Reference Change Value RCV Remotely Controlled Vehicle RCV Robotic Combat Vehicle RCV Recent Change and Verify Industries, CA Roger A. Reed Inc., MA Rhetech Colors, OH Rhe-Tech, Inc., MI E.S. Robbins Corp., AL Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rynel Ltd., ME Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, RI A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY Solvay Engineered Polymers, TX Southwest Research Institute, TX Spartech Color, ON Spartech Corp., MO Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT Sterigenics International, Inc., Advanced Applications, CA Sylvin Technologies Inc., PA Techmer PM, LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Teknor Specialty Compounding, Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Thermo Cote Inc., NJ Ticona Celstran Inc., MN Tim Plastics, Inc., MD Total Specialty Chemicals, Inc., CT Toter, Inc., NC TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Uniform Color Co., MI The Union Group, MA University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA Vi-Chem Corp., MI Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA Wedco, TX YFS YFS York Federation of Students (Canada) YFS Yellow Freight System YFS Youth-Friendly Service (UNICEF) YFS Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada - Fort Simpson Airport Thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. Powder Coatings, TX CUSTOM COMPOUNDING, FORMULATING Thermosets thermosets, materials that can not be softened on heating. In thermosetting polymers, the polymer chains are joined (or cross-linked) by intermolecular bonding. Thermosets are usually supplied as partially polymerized or as monomer-polymer mixtures. Adtech Plastic Systems Corp., MI Advance Coatings Co., MA AI Technology, Inc., NJ American Colors, Inc., OH Anderson Development Co., MI Arnco, CA Randolph Austin Co., TX Axson North America, Inc., MI Bacon Industries, Inc., MA Berliner Plastics Inc., NY Burtin Corp., CA Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the Corp., Tooling Systems Group, MI Composites One, WA Cuyahoga Plastics, OH Cytec Industries Cytec Industries is a specialty chemicals and materials technology company with pro-forma sales in 2004, including the Surface Specialties acquisition, of approximately $3.0 billion. Cytec is a result of its spin-off from American Cyanamid Company. , NY Dexter Electronic Materials, NY DIAB Group Inc., Klegecell Div., TX Dow Chemical Co., Polyurethane Systems, GA Durez Corp., TX Elementis Specialties Inc., NJ Epic Resins, Div. of General Fiberglass Supply, Inc., WI Epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing Technology, Inc., MA Esschem Co., PA ** Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., NJ Foam Enterprises, Inc., MN H.B. Fuller Co., MN Furane Products, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., CA Hastings Plastics Co., CA Haysite Reinforced Plastics, An Alco Industries Co., PA HK Research Corp., NC ICO Polymers North America, TX Industrial Dielectrics, Inc., IN Innovative Polymers, Inc., MI Interplastic Corp., Molding Products Div., IN Isorca, Inc., OH Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN Lockport Thermosets, Inc., Div. of Valentine Sugars, LA Loes Enterprises, Inc., MN Lord Inc., MA MarChem Corp., Sub. of Dash Multi-Corp., MO Master Bond Inc., NJ Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Miltec Inc., WI Nylon Molding Corp., CA Plasco Corp., MI Pleiger Plastics Co., PA Polyply Composites Inc., MI Premix premix a finite mixture of nutritional supplements such as minerals and vitamins, usually combined with a carrier and ready for mixing with a total ration. , Inc., Molding Compound Div., OH PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA Quantum Composites, Inc., MI Resin Services, Inc., MI Resinoid resinoid (reˑ·z n Engineering Corp., Materials Div., IL Rodgers Engineering Corp., IL Southwest Research Institute, TX Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT Synair Corp., TN Thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. , Lord Chemical Products, IN Total Specialty Chemicals, Inc., CT Toter, Inc., NC Tra-Con Inc., MA Transene Co., Inc., MA University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA Wedco, TX Zehrco Plastics, Inc., OH CUSTOM DECORATING/FINISHING SERVICES Acrilex, Inc., NJ Acromark Industries, NJ Air Hydraulics hydraulics, branch of engineering concerned mainly with moving liquids. The term is applied commonly to the study of the mechanical properties of water, other liquids, and even gases when the effects of compressibility are small. Co., Inc., MO Albea Technologies LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , WI Allen Technologies, CT Altira, Inc., FL Autoform Inc., MI Automated Industrial Systems, Inc., PA Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., NY Brookpark Plastics, Inc., Kenro, Inc., WI Canamark Systems, ON Captive Plastics, Inc., NJ Cassco Machines, ON Coarc, NY Coatings Resource Corp., CA (D) Collins & Aikman, St. Joseph Div., MI Comdec Inc., MA Courtesy Corp., IL Cybershield, Inc., TX Deco Tools, Inc., OH Decorating Supplies Inc., IN Decorative Surfaces International, IL Dependable Machine Co., Inc., NJ Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH Dimensional Printing Inc., NC Dunmore Corp., PA Duralam, Inc., WI Durr Industries, Inc., MI Electrostatic Technology Inc., Sub. of Nordson Corp., CT Emerald Graphics Corp., WI Engineered Plastics, Inc., NC Exxene Corp., TX Ferriot Inc., OH H.B. Fuller Co., MN General Super Plating Co., NY Groups G.L.P. Hi-Tech Inc., PQ Hastings Manufacturing, Inc., MO Intertech Corp., NC ITW Foilmark, MA ITW Trans Tech, IL Kaumagraph Flint Corp., MI LaBelle Industrial Sales, Inc., TX (D) Lear Corp., MI Leathertone, Inc., RI Lectro Engineering Co., MO The Malish Corp., Plastics Div., OH Mark-It Co., IL Melco Engraving Inc., MI Metro-Line Industries Inc., CA Modern Plastic Technics tech·nic n. 1. technics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The theory, principles, or study of an art or a process. 2. technics (used with a pl. verb) Technical details, rules, or methods. 3. , Inc., NJ MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. Plastics, Inc., OH Norstar Aluminum Molds, WI Novus Inc., MN Nutmeg Chrome Corp., CT Oliver Products Co., MI Pantone, Inc., NJ Permanent Label Corp., NJ Pneumatic Systems Inc., FL Precimold Inc., PQ Precision Industries, Inc., GA Printex, Div. of Pemco Industries, Inc., CA Product Decorating Systems, Inc., IL Retlaw Industries Inc., Molding Div., WI Schwerdtle Inc., CT Screen-Tech, Inc., CT Serigraph ser·i·graph n. A print made by the silk-screen process. [Latin s Inc., WI Silicone Products & Technology Inc., NY TAFA TAFA Tonga Australian Football Association TAFA Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association TAFA The Arcade Flyer Archive (archive of advertising flyers for coin-op video, pinball and arcade games) TAFA Thermal Acoustic Fatigue Apparatus , Inc., NH TallyHo tal·ly·ho interj. Used to urge hounds on during a fox hunt. v. tal·ly·hoed, tal·ly·ho·ing, tal·ly·hos v.tr. To urge (hounds) on during a fox hunt by shouting "tallyho" when the fox is sighted. Plastics, Inc., TX Technomould Inc., NY Telic telic (tel´ik), adj (teleologic), assigning purpose to functions as if they were provided by a creative planner. Co., CA Thierica Equipment Co., MI Tiodize Co. Inc., CA Transfer Print Foils, Inc., NJ Vacuum Metallizing Metallizing is the general name for the technique of coating metal on the surface of non-metallic objects. Because a non-metallic object tends to be a poor electrical conductor, the object's surface must be made conductive before plating can be performed. Ltd., ON Vacuum Platers, Inc., WI Ventra Group Inc., Chatham Plastic Div., ON Vitek Research Corp., Vitek Coating Div., CT Vulcan Catalytic Systems, RI Webtech, Inc., NJ Zehrco Plastics, Inc., OH CUSTOM MACHINE BUILDERS Aaron Equipment Co., Div. of Areco, Inc., IL Advance Equipment Co., Div. of Hoverter Engineering, Inc., WA Advanced Pressure Products, NY Advanced Process Technology, Inc., NJ ** AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission , Inc., IL AeroGo, Inc., WA Airfloat HSI (Hue Saturation Intensity) A color space similar to HSB. See HSB. Systems, Inc., IL Airlock Manufacturing Co., AL Ajax LBW LBW Low birth weight, see there Tooling, ON Alloyd Co., IL American Extrusion Services Inc., OH American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL American Technology, Inc., CT Amplas Inc., WI Anderson American Precision Inc., DBA Feed Screw Designs.com, FL Apex Machine Co., FL Arc Machine Co., Inc., NJ The Arjay-Levine Group, Inc., NY (D) ASG Automation Services Group Inc., ON Ashland-Tech Inc., ON Atlas-Vac Machine, Div. of Planet Products, OH Autojectors, Inc., Div. of Milacron, Inc., OH Automated Industrial Systems, Inc., PA Automation Dynamics, CA Automation Systems Inc., NH Autosplice Inc., CA Richard J. Bagan, Inc., IN Beg-Mark Corp., NJ Bennett Industries, Inc., WA Berg Chilling Systems Inc., ON Berg Chilling Systems Inc., IL (D) Bielomatik Inc., MI Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., NY Blowmoulding Technologies Inc., ON BOG Coating Technology, CA Bolton Industries Inc., ON Brenner International, OH Brown Machine LLC, MI California Amforge Corp., CA California Packaging Systems, BE Design & Automation, Inc., CA Canamark Systems, ON Carver, Inc., IN Cassco Machines, ON CBW Automation, CO CEI/Gerbco Inc., CA Century Design, Inc., CA Century Machinery Inc., MI Cincinnati Milacron Extrusion Business Systems, Div. of Milacron, Inc., OH The Cleveland Vibrator vibrator /vi·bra·tor/ (vi´bra-tor) an instrument for producing vibrations. vibrator an apparatus used in vibratory treatment. Co., OH Clifton Fluid Power Machinery Inc., NJ Climax Packaging Machinery, OH Cloeren Inc., TX CMD CMD cerebromacular degeneration. Corp., WI CMS North America, Inc., MI (D) Conforming Matrix Corp., OH Con-Tek Machine, Inc., MN Convergent Energy, MA Corma Inc., ON Count-O-Matic, Div. of Alpha Machine & Equipment, SC Craftsmen Machinery Co. Inc., MA Creative Technology Systems Inc., DE CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. International Corp., PA Curtin-Hebert Co., Inc., NY Custom Engineering Co., PA Custom Systems integration Co., Inc., CA (D) Darly Custom Technology, Inc., CT Davis-Standard Killion Systems, CT Davis-Standard Blow Molding Systems, NJ Davis-Standard Corp., CT Deco Tools, Inc. OH Dependable Machine Co., Inc., NJ Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH Dimensional Printing Inc., NC Doerfer Engineering, IA Dri-Tec, Inc., WI Duplex Mill & Mfg. Co., OH Eagle Manufacturing Corp., MI Electrostatic Technology Inc., Sub. of Nordson Corp., CT Elsner Engineering Works, Inc., PA Emtek Corp., NJ Engel Canada Inc., ON Engineered Plastics, Inc., NC Entec Composite Machines, Inc., UT Entela, Inc., Engineering & Testing, MI The Entwistle Co., MA Epco Machinery LLC, Div. of Brown Plastics Machinery, OH Erie Mill & Press Co., Inc., PA Erie Press Systems, PA ESI-Extrusion Services, Inc., OH Famco Machine Div., Belco Industries Inc., WI Faustel Inc., WI Feco/Moco, OH The Fitzpatrick Co., IL Flow Automation, Sub. of Flow International, ON Foam Enterprises, Inc., MN Forward Technology, MN French Oil Mill Machinery Co., Hydraulic Machinery Hydraulic machinery are machines and tools which use fluid power to do work. Heavy equipment is a common example. In this type of machine, high pressure hydraulic fluid is transmitted throughout the machine to various hydraulic motors and hydraulic cylinders. Group, OH Future Design Inc., ON Garold Automation Inc., ON Gauder Group, Inc., NC (D) Gebo Corp, USA, FL Gemco, General Machine Co. of N.J., NJ Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA Glebar Co., Inc., NJ Gluco Inc., MI GN Packaging Equipment, Div. of ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex Equipment Industries, Ltd., ON ** G.F. Goodman & Son, Inc., PA Greenerd Press & Machine Co., NH GS Manufacturing, CA Handy Machines Div., Tyler Machinery Co., IN Hastings Manufacturing, Inc., MO HBS HBS Harvard Business School HBs Hepatitis B Surface HBS Heinrich Boell Stiftung (German Political Foundation) HBS Household Budget Survey HBS Hogere Burgerschool HBS Hawaii Biological Survey (Bishop Museum) Equipment Corp., CA H.F. Henderson Industries, NJ Hendrick-RWH Industries, Inc., MA Hennecke Machinery, Bayer MaterialScience Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is an independent subgroup within Bayer AG. It was created as part of the restructuring of Bayer AG from the former business group Bayer Polymers, with certain of its activities being spun off to Lanxess AG. LLC, PA Hill Machinery Co., MI Hi-Tech Engineering, Inc., MI HiTech Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., WI Hockmeyer Equipment Corp., NC Hoppmann Corp., VA Horsburgh & Scott, OH Hosokawa Bepex, MN HPM HPM High Power Microwave HPM Health and Productivity Management HPM Hyper Page Mode HPM Human Performance Modeling HPM High Pressure Mercury HPM Hazardous Production Material (1997 Uniform Fire Code) HPM Human Potential Movement Div., Taylor's Industrial Services LLC, OH Huestis Industrial, RI Ideal Tool & Manufacturing Co., PA Independent Machine Co., NJ Industrial Marking Equipment, FL Inta-Roto, Inc., VA International Material Control Systems, Inc., MI ITW Foilmark, MA ITW Trans Tech, IL Ivek Corp., VT JMG JMG Journal of Medical Genetics JMG Junior Master Gardener JMG Journal of Metamorphic Geology JMG Junior Maine Guide JMG Joint Meteorological Group JMG Jam Master Geordie Associates Ltd., Injectech Div., CT Kass Automation Systems, TX Kensol-Franklin, MA Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., OH Komo Machine, Inc., MN Kornylak Corp., Plastics Equipment Div., OH Kroenert Corp. USA, WI K-Ter Imagineering, Inc., MO LaRos Equipment Co., Inc., MI Laser Machining Inc., WI Laser Solutions & Systems, MA C.A. Lawton Co., WI Lectro Engineering Co., MO Lembo Corp., NJ Lewis Tool & Die Ltd., ON Littleford Day Inc., KY L-R L-R Left to Right L-R Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, North Carolina) Systems, IL Lyle Industries, Inc., MI Maac Machinery Corp., IL ** Macro Engineering & Technology Inc., ON Magnum Venus Products, FL Marshall & Williams Plastics, RI David Mazzalupo & Associates, Inc., CT (D) McClean Anderson, Div. of ISAMI, WI Mech-Electro Industries Inc., GA Mereen-Johnson Machine Co., MN MG Industries, Gas Products, PA Modern Machine-TN, TN Modern Machinery of Beaverton, Inc., MI Modern Plastic Technics, Inc., NJ Mold Consultants of America, Inc., OH (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) Multivac, Inc., MO Munson Machinery Co., Inc., NY Myers Engineering Inc., CA Nemeth Engineering Associates, KY New England Machinery, Inc., FL New Era Converting Machinery, Inc., NJ NewCastle Industries Inc., PA NFM/Welding Engineers, OH Nu-Tech Plastic Systems, Inc., MA (D) Nutter Machine Co., Inc., OH E.T. Oakes Corp., NY OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , Inc., TX Oliver Products Co., MI Olson Manufacturing Co., Inc., MI Olympia Tool & Machine Co., NJ OnLine Energy, Inc., CA Optimer, Inc., DE Orbitform, MI Pacific Press Technologies LP, IL Palace Packaging Machines, PA Paper Converting Machine Co., WI Park Air Corp., MA Perma-Flex Engineering, MA Permanent Label Corp., NJ PH Hydraulics, Div. of The PH Group, OH PHI Corp., CA Pilot Tool & Die, Pilot Industries, MI Pinette Emidecau, Inc., OH Plastics Extrusion Plastics extrusion is a high volume manufacturing process in which raw plastic material is melted and formed into a continuous profile. Extrusion produces items such as pipe/tubing, weather stripping, window frames, plastic sheeting, adhesive tape and wire insulation. Machinery Inc., KS Plastisonics Equipment Ltd., ON PMP See point-to-multipoint and portable media player. PMP - Portable Media Player Composites Corp., NJ Pneumatic Systems Inc., FL Polymer Machinery Co., OH Polytype Pol´y`type n. 1. (Print.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.; as, a polytype in relief s> America Corp., NJ Powermatic Div., WMH WMH Waukesha Memorial Hospital (Wisconsin) WMH Western Maine Health WMH White Matter Hyperintensities WMH WMH Walter Meier Holding AG (Switzerland) WMH Wayne Memorial Hospital Tool Group, TN PPC-The Plastics & Packaging Corp., NJ Printex, Div. of Pemco Industries, Inc., CA Pro-Gram Plastics Inc., OH Process Thermal Dynamics, Inc., MN Proco Machinery Inc., ON Prodeva Inc., OH Product Decorating Systems, Inc., IL ** PTi/Processing Technologies, Inc., IL Puritan Industries, Inc., MI R&D Tool Inc., IL Randcastle Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ Reis Robotics USA, Inc., IL Reko Tool & Mould Inc., ON Reliable Rubber & Plastic Machinery, NJ Resource Recovery Systems, Inc., Div. of American MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. Corp., CA Robotron Corp., MI Robots Dot Com dot com - com , Inc., WI Rommelag USA Inc., NJ Royle Systems Group, NJ RP/C RP/C Reinforced Plastic/Composite Alliance Corp., MI Rynel Ltd., ME Sabel Plastechs, Inc., OH Sadaplast Americas, Inc., SC Schuler Inc., OH Screen-Tech, Inc., CT ** Seajay Manufacturing, NJ Edward D. Segen & Co., LLC, CT Sencorp Inc., MA Service Tectonics tectonics Scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such deformation. It deals with the folding and faulting associated with mountain building; the large-scale, gradual, upward and downward movements of the Inc., MI Siempelkamp LP, GA Sonic Corp., CT Spadone Inc., CT Spaltech International, ON Stamprite Machine Co. Inc., CT Standard Router LLC, TX Stellar Products Inc., CA Sterling Detroit Co., MI Sterling-Fleischman, Inc., PA Straub Design Co., MN Strong Plastics Engineering Inc., CA Strongwell, VA Stuart Industries Inc., IL Systematic Automation, Inc., CT T.A. Systems, MI Techline Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ Techmire Ltd., PG Technomould Inc., NY Technoplast International Inc., NJ Thermal Press International, CA Thermoforming Systems LLC, WA Thermoplastics Engineering Corp., MA Thierica Equipment Co., MI Toman Tool Corp., WI Tools & Troubleshooting, Inc., OK Tooltex Inc., OH Trekk Equipment Group, MO Tridyne Process Systems, Div. of DBI (DeciBel Isotropic) The measurement of gain in a directional antenna compared with a theoretical "isotropic antenna," which radiates the exact same energy in all directions. See isotropic and deciBel. Industries Inc., VT Trueblood, Div. of The PH Group, OH Tyler Machinery Co., Inc., IN Uniloy Milacron, MI Uniplast International, Inc., PA United Precision, OH United Testing Systems, Inc., MI Valiant Tool & Mold Inc., ON Robert Van Doren Co., CA Venjakob North America Inc., NJ Vulcan Machinery Corp., OH Wabash MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface , IN Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ Webex, Inc., WI Werner Mathis USA, Inc., NC R.J. West (1966) Ltd., ON Wheelift Systems Div., Ederer Inc., WA Williams, White & Co., IL Wilmington Machinery, Inc., NC YCI YCI Youth Challenge International Inc., CA (D) Yushin America, Inc., RI Zed Industries, Inc., OH Zenith Products Div., Parker Hannifin Corp., NC CUSTOM SIZE-REDUCTION (GRINDING) SERVICES Allgrind Plastics, Inc., NJ Blades Machinery Co., Inc., IL (D) Century Machinery Inc., MI (D) Chemiplas, Inc., TX Cleveland Pigment & Color Co., OH (D) Color Formulators Div., Prime Colorants, Inc., TN Conex, GA CTSP CTSP Computer Technical Specialist CTSP Called To See Patient CTSP Cape Town Stereotactic Pointer CTSP Contractor Technical Services Personnel CTSP Consider The Source Productions (website) Corp., Custom Grinding Div., NJ Engineered Polymers Industries, MA Harwick Chemical Mfg. Corp., OH Henion Dicing Products LLC, GA Hosokawa Bepex, MN Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, NJ Howard Industries, Inc., OH ICO Polymers North America, TX Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX International Process Equipment Co., NJ L-R Systems, IL MacNeil Polymers, Inc., NY Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Materials Reclaim Industries, Inc., NJ Michigan Polymer Reclaim, Inc., MI Middlesex Chemicals Inc., NJ Midwest Elastomers, Inc., OH Milwhite, Inc., TX NanoMaterials, Inc., RI O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN ** Pallmann Pulverizers Co., Inc., NJ Plastics Service Inc., CT (D) Polymer Machinery Co., OH Precision Industries, Inc., KS Precision Industries, Inc., GA RBW RBW Resolution Bandwidth RBW Reverse Band Working RBW Range Bin Width RBW Right Brain Works RBW Ruby Web File Technologies, Inc., PA Reade Advanced Materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, , RI Royce Thermoplastics Div., NJ Rynel Ltd., ME H. Settler Plastics Co., Inc., IL (D) Edward D. Segen & Co., LLC, CT Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, SC SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. Shredding Systems, Inc., OR Teknor Specialty Compounding, Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI ThyssenKrupp Specialty Steels N.A., ON Total Specialty Chemicals, Inc., CT Vesco Processing Systems, NY (D) Wedco, TX Zenith Cutter Co., IL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ANALYSIS CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) Instruments, Inc., NJ Coatings Resource Corp., CA Durr Industries, Inc., MI Electro-Tech Systems, Inc., PA Envirite Analytical Services, CT Factory Intelligence Network LLC, NJ Fore Testing Laboratory, OH General Eastern Instruments, MA Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Niagara Scientific, Inc., NY Ohmic Instruments Co., MD Raeco Inc., IL (D) Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Assn. Int'l., VA SGS SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SGS Symantec Gateway Security (appliance) SGS School of Graduate Studies SGS Subgrid Scale SGS Singapore Government Securities SGS Shell Global Solutions U.S. Testing Co., Inc., NJ SICK Inc., MN Southwest Research Institute, TX Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT Spectro Analytical Instruments, Inc., Texas Div., TX Structure Probe, Inc., PA (D) Sunshine Instruments Inc., PA (D) Teledyne Tekmar, OH Testo Inc., NJ Thermo Environmental Instruments, MA (D) Thermo NuTech, Inc., CA Trace Laboratories-East, MD TTTINC Holding Group, AZ VTEC VTEC verocytotoxin producing Escherichia coli. Laboratories, Inc., NY Yokogawa Corp. of America, GA Zellweger Analytics, Inc., IL EQUIPMENT CLEANING SERVICES AIMM (AGP Inline Memory Module) A memory card that plugs into the AGP port. It augments the display memory on motherboards that already have AGP circuits built in. See AGP. Technologies Inc., TX Cold Jet, LLC, OH Flow Automation, Sub. of Flow International, ON Guspro Inc., ON MHR MHR (US, Australia) n abbr (= Member of the House of Representatives) → Abgeordnete(r) f(m) des Repräsentantenhauses Inc./Mix Head Repair & Sales, MI NLB (Network Load Balancing) A clustering technology developed by Microsoft for Windows 2000 Advanced Server. This software-scaling technology spreads client requests among a group of servers linked together to support a particular application. Corp., MI ** Polymer Cleaning Technology, Inc., NJ Polymer Machinery Co., OH Recmediation, Inc., NJ Seghers Keppel Technology, Inc., GA United Testing Systems, Inc., MI Zenith Products Div., Parker Hannifin Corp., NC HARD FACING, SURFACE TREATING OF TOOLING, EQUIPMENT Anderson American Precision Inc., DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Feed Screw Designs.com, FL The Armoloy Corp., IL ASB ASB Asbestos ASB Arbeiter Samariter Bund (German medical help organisation) ASB Anti-Social Behaviour ASB Accounting Standards Board (UK FRC) ASB Aarhus School of Business Industries, Inc., OH Atlantic Grinding & Welding, Inc., NH Bales Mold Service, Inc., IL Balzers, Inc., NY Bernex, OH Blow Mold Tooling Inc., ON BryCoat Inc., FL Canadian Feed Screws Mfg. Ltd., ON Dicronite of Chicago, Div. of Surface Sciences, Inc., IL Electrolizing Inc., RI Everlube Products, GA Exline Plastic Technology Div., KS Flite Technology, Inc., FL Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA General Plastex, Inc., OH ** Glycon Corp., MI Hayden Corp., MA Implant Sciences Corp., MA Iosso Metal Processes, IL Jerpbak Bayless Co., OH Materials Development Corp., MA Melco Engraving Inc., MI Mexicali Hard Chrome Corp., IL Migrandy Corp., FL Modern Hard Chrome Service, MI Mold-Tech, Standex Engraving Group, IL Multi-Arc Inc., NJ National Metal Finishings Corp., NJ NewCastle Industries Inc., PA NiCoForm Inc., NY Nutmeg Chrome Corp., CT Patt Ionics, Div. of PHM Inc., PQ ** Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH Plastic Services & Equipment, IN (D) Plastics Extrusion Machinery Inc., KS Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., IN Precision Industries, Inc., KS Precision Industries, Inc., GA Procedyne Corp., NJ Processall Inc., OH Reliable Rubber & Plastic Machinery, NJ Richter Precision Inc., PA Rocklin Manufacturing Co., IA Stellite Coatings, IN Sulzer Metco, Div. of Sulzer, Ltd., NY Sun Steel Treating, Inc., MI Surface Engineering & Alley Co., Extreme Coatings, FL ThyssenKrupp Specialty Steels N.A., ON Tiodize Co. Inc., CA Tooltex Inc., OH Tunco Manufacturing, Inc., GA Tyrolit North America Inc., MA Wall Colmonoy Corp., MI Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ ZYP ZYP Zefkrome Yarn Program (Dow Chemical) ZYP Zip Your Pants Coatings, TN HYDRAULIC OIL FILTERING/RECLAIM SERVICE Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Chemical Solvents Inc., OH Como Filtration Systems, WI ** Conoco, TX EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Plastics Equipment, OH Hydac Technology Corp., PA Midwest Fluid Power Co., OH (D) Northern Supply Co., Div. of Milacron, Inc., MN (D) OHS, Div. of OHS-Quebec, PQ ** Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH United Air Specialists, Inc., Kleentek Div., OH MACHINERY REBUILDING A-1 Machinery Sales, Inc., NY (D) Acromark Industries, NJ Advanced Extruder Technologies, IL Airline Hydraulics Corp., PA Ajax LBW Tooling, ON Allied Dies, Inc., WI American Extrusion Services Inc., OH Anderson American Precision Inc., DNA Feed Screw Designs.com, FL Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as International, MI A.R. Engineering Machine & Tools, Inc., ON Arc Machine Co., Inc., NJ The Arjay-Levine Group, Inc., NY (D) ASB Industries, Inc., OH ASC Process Systems, CA Ashland-Tech Inc., ON Attica Hydraulic Exchange, MI B&G Products LLC, MI Richard J. Bagan, Inc., IN Bekum America Corp., MI Bell-Mark Corp., NJ Bennett Industries, Inc., WA Berg Chilling Systems Inc., ON Berg Chilling Systems Inc., IL (D) Berlyn Extruders Inc., MA Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., NY Blades Machinery Co., Inc., IL (D) Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Blowmoulding Technologies Inc., ON Bolton Industries Inc., ON Brenner International, OH Brown Machine LLC, MI Brown Plastics Engineering Co., Inc., MA Canton Gear Mfg. & Designing Co., OH CEI/Gerbco Inc., CA Century Machinery Inc., MI Climax Packaging Machinery, OH (D) CMS North America, Inc., MI (D) Con-Tek Machine, Inc., MN Coperion Corp., NJ Corma Inc., ON Creative Technology Systems Inc., DE ** Cumberland Engineering Corp., MA Davis-Standard Corp., CT Davis-Standard Killion Systems, CT Davis-Standard Blow Molding Systems, NJ ** Diamond America Corp., Akron Quality Screws, OH Dieffenbacher North America Inc., ON Doerfer Engineering, IA Dri-Tec, Inc., WI Empire Technology, Inc., NY (D) Emtek Corp., NJ En-Plas, Inc., ON (D) Entec Composite Machines, Inc., UT Epco Machinery LLC, Div. of Brown Plastics Machinery, OH Erie Mill & Press Co., Inc., PA Erie Press Systems, PA Farrel Corp., CT Fib-Chem Industries Inc., PA (D) Flite Technology, Inc., FL Freeman Co., OH French Oil Mill Machinery Co., Hydraulic Machinery Group, OH Future Design Inc., ON Garold Automation Inc., ON Gator Plastics, FL Gauder Group, Inc., NC (D) Gebo Corp. USA, FL General Plastex, Inc., OH Gilbert Plastic Machinery Sales Inc., GPM GPM - General Purpose Macro-generator Sales, Inc., NJ Glacier Machinery Sales Corp., MN (D) Gluco Inc., MI ** G.F. Goodman & Son, Inc., PA Graphics International Group, ON GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Hayden Corp., MA Heins PCM (1) See phase change memory. (2) (Plug Compatible Manufacturer) An organization that makes a computer or electronic device that is compatible with an existing machine. Machinery Ltd., ON Henion Dicing Products LLC, GA Hennecke Machinery, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, PA Hi-Tech Engineering, Inc., MI HiTech Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., WI Horsburgh & Scott, OH HPM Div., Taylor's Industrial Services LLC, OH Hutcheon Equipment Corp., NY Ideal Tool & Manufacturing Co., PA ITW Foilmark, MA Judelshon Industries Div., John Dusenbery Co. Inc., NJ King Machine Works, NJ Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., OH Kornylak Corp., Plastics Equipment Div., OH C.A. Lawton Co., WI Lewis Tool & Die Ltd., ON Littleford Day Inc., KY Lyle Industries, Inc., MI Maac Machinery Corp., IL Machinery Depot Corp., PA Magic North America Inc., ON Magnum, LLC, CA Marshall & Williams Plastics, RI David Mazzalupo & Associates, Inc., CT (D) MHR Inc./Mix Head Repair & Sales, MI Milacron, Inc., Plastics Technologies Group, OH Modern Machinery of Beaverton, Inc., MI Multivac, Inc., MO New Era Converting Machinery, Inc., NJ NewCastle Industries Inc., PA Olsen Manufacturing Co., Inc., MI Olympia Tool & Machine Co., NJ Paramco Inc., OH B.F. Perkins, Standex International, NY PH Hydraulics, Div. of The PH Group, OH PHI Corp., CA Plastic Machinery Systems, Inc., PA (D) Plastics Equipment Marketing Services Inc., NY (D) Plastics Extrusion Machinery Inc., KS Plasti-Mach Corp., NY Polymer Machinery Co., OH Polytype America Corp., NJ Power Miser Div., Digital Technologies, OH PPC-The Plastics & Packaging Corp., NJ Pro-Gram Plastics Inc., OH ** PTi/Processing Technologies, Inc., IL Puritan Industries, Inc., MI Qual-Tech, Inc., MA (D) Rao Design International Inc., American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL Reed-Prentice Ltd., Package Machinery Co., MA Regency Sales, Inc., CA (D) Reliable Rubber & Plastic Machinery, NJ Reliance Electric Co., A Rockwell Automation Business, OH Rockwell Automation, WI Ross Systems & Controls, GA Scheer Bay Co., MI Schuler Inc., OH Seagull of Volusia County, Inc., FL Sencorp Inc., MA Servo Kinetics kinetics: see dynamics. Kinetics (classical mechanics) That part of classical mechanics which deals with the relation between the motions of material bodies and the forces acting upon them. , Inc., MI Skinner Engine Co. Southern Plastic Systems, GA Spaltech International, ON Standard Paper Box Machine Co., NY Stirnemann Tool & Machine Co., Inc., MI Superior-MPM Technologies, Inc., NJ T.A. Systems, MI Texas Extrusion Service, Inc., TX Thermwood Corp., Machining Products Div., IN Tooltex Inc., OH Trueblood, Div. of The PH Group, OH United Precision, OH United Testing Systems, Inc., MI Watson Machinery International Inc., NJ Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ R.J. West (1966) Ltd., ON Williams, White & Co., IL XtruTec Engineering, NJ (D) Zed Industries, Inc., OH Zenith Products Div., Parker Hannifin Corp., NC MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES Adtech Plastic Systems Corp., MI Advanced Plastic & Material Testing, Inc., NY Advanced Pressure Products, NY Advanced R&D, Inc., IL Akron Polymer Laboratory Div., Tritech Laboratories, OH Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc., Plastics Testing Div., OH Anter Corp., PA ** Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, IL ATS RheoSystems, NJ Bodycote Materials Testing Inc., IL Bodycote Polymer Broutman Laboratory, IL Century Die Co., OH Chemtrusion, Inc., TX CINDAS LLC, IN Coorstek, Tetrafluor Advanced Seals & Polymers, CA CTSP Corp., Custom Grinding Div., NJ Cyclonaire Corp., NE Davis-Standard Killion Systems, CT Delsen Testing Laboratories, CA Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH DSET DSET Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing Inc. Laboratories, AZ Electronics Consulting Laboratory, PA Electro-Tech Systems, Inc., PA Enercon Industries Corp., WI Engineered Polymers Industries, MA Entela, Inc., Engineering & Testing, MI Evans Analytical Group, CA Falex Corp., IL Farrel Corp., CT Fiber Materials, Inc., ME Forsbergs, Inc., MN Gebo Corp. USA, FL Gemco, General Machine Co. of N.J., NJ GRC GRC Greece (ISO Country code) GRC Glenn Research Center (NASA) GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance GRC Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (RCMP - Canada) GRC John H. Instruments, GRC International Inc., CA Harrop Industries, Inc., Materials Evaluation Laboratory Services, OH Holometrix-Micromet, MA Hosokawa Bepex, MN Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, NJ Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., ON Impact Analytical, MI International Plastics Consultants Corp., NY Jordi FLP FLP Family Limited Partnership FLP Follow Up FLP Fiji Labor Party FLP Flashpoint FLP Fast Link Pulse FLP Flameproof FLP Flippase (genetics) FLP Front de Libération de la Palestine FLP Fasting Lipid Profile , MA Lanier Color Co., GA (D) Laser Solutions & Systems, MA M.A. Industries, Ins., Polymers Div., GA Marathon Equipment Co., AL Measurement Technology Corp., Measuretech, MN Measurements Technology, Inc., GA Meredith-Springfield Associates Inc., MA Merrick Industries, Inc., FL Metis Design Corp., MA Micromeritics Instrument Corp., GA Mocon, Inc., MN Moldflow Corp., MA Monarch Analytical Laboratories, Inc., OH MPM MPM Multi-Processing Module (Apache) MPM Manufacturing Process Management MPM Milwaukee Public Museum MPM MMW (Millimeter Wave) Power Module MPM Master of Project Management (degree) Polymer Systems Inc., NJ Nemeth Engineering Associates, KY Nylon Molding Corp., CA OnLine Energy, Inc., CA Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT Pillar Technologies, WI Plasmatech, Inc., KY Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), OH Plastics Technology Laboratories, Inc., MA Polymer Diagnostics Inc., OH Porous Materials, Inc., NY Princeton Polymer Laboratories, NJ Q-Panel Lab Products, OH Randcastle Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ Rapra Technology Ltd. Rhe-Tech, Inc., MI Ricerca, LLC, OH (D) Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Assn. Int'l., VA Sealed Air Sealed Air Corporation(NYSE: SEE) is a company that makes a variety of packaging materials, systems and equipment. Its brands include Bubble Wrap, Cryovac, Instapak, Shanklin and Jiffy Mailer. They have recently moved headquarters to Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Corp., Protective Packaging Div., NJ SGS U.S. Testing Co., Inc., NJ Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY ** SIG Ryka Inc., ON Southwest Research Institute, TX Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT SSI Shredding Systems, Inc., OR Sterigenics International, Inc., Advanced Applications, CA Strainoptics, Inc., PA Structural Composites, Inc., FL Structure Probe, Inc., PA (D) Theller Engineering, CA ThyssenKrupp Specialty Steels N.A., ON Tiax LLC, MA Trace Laboratories-East, MD University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA Veeco Instruments, AZ Vibra Screw Inc., NJ VTEC Laboratories, Inc., NY Walton/Stout, Inc., GA (D) Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ MOLD TEXTURING, TOOL ENGRAVING Akron Metal Etching Co., OH Allied Plastic Mold, Inc., NJ Alloy Tool & Mold Mfg. Corp., NJ Amtex/Advanced Mold Texturing, Inc., WI Baumbach Engineering Co., Inc., CA Beverly Pattern, Inc., MA Blow Mold Tooling Inc., ON Century Die Co., OH Chromium Industries, Inc., IL Clarich Mold Corp., IL Comet Die & Engraving Co., IL Creative Blow Mold Tooling, Inc., MO Etch-Tech-Inc, IL Fremont Plastic Molds, OH (D) Future Mold Corp., MI Innovative Tool & Die Inc., BC Melco Engraving Inc., MI Moldcraft Technologies Inc., ON Mold-Tech, Standex Engraving Group, IL Norstar Aluminum Molds, WI Pathon Co., OH (D) Plasti-Cast Mold & Products Co., OH Precimold Inc., PQ Rao Design International Inc., American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL Rocklin Manufacturing Co., IA Royal Precision Tooling Ltd., ON Schwerdtle Inc., CT Sossner Sales Corp., TN Stamp-Rite, MI Technomould Inc., NY Trebor Plastics Engineering, NC Unicast Development Corp., NY Universal Gravo-Plast Inc., ON V.I.F. Mould & Plastics Industries Ltd., PQ Wheeler Boyce Co., OH Wisconsin Engraving Co./Unitex, WI MOLD/TOOL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SERVICES R.J. Abramo Associates, Inc., MA Advanced Plastics Design, Inc., OH Alloy Tool & Mold Mfg. Corp., NJ W. Amsler Equipment Inc., ON Apex Machine Tool Co., Inc., CT Atco Plastics, Inc., MA Aztec Tool Co. Inc., NY B A Die Mold, Inc., IL B&B Mold & Engineering, Inc., MI B&B Tool & Die Co., Inc., IN Ballek Die Mold, Inc., IL (D) Blow Mold Tooling Inc., ON Boyne Valley Engraving, Inc., MI Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc., KS C.A.E. Services Corp., IL Cavaform International, LLC, FL Century Die Co., OH Cinpres Gas Injection Inc., MI Climax Packaging Machinery, OH Cole Industries, Inc., TX Colonial Machine Co., OH Comet Tool Co., Inc., NJ Compuplast Canada Inc., ON Contract Design Inc., MN Corex Design Group Inc., NJ Creative Blow Mold Tooling, Inc., MO Creative Technology Systems Inc., DE Crisci Tool & Die, Inc., MA Custom Mold & Tool, FL Del-Tool Co., Inc., WI Deluxe Plastics Inc., Clintonville Div., WI Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH Dietooling Div., NY Dynamic Engineering, Inc., MN Electronic Development Labs, Inc., VA Engineered Plastics, Inc., NC ESI North America, MI Flextronics International, CO FullMetrics Inc., MN Gain Technologies, MI GR Technical Services, Inc., NJ Groups G.L.P. Hi-Tech Inc., PQ GSM VCI VCI Verband Der Chemischen Industrie (German: federation of chemical Industries) VCI Virtual Channel Identifier (used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode) VCI Veterinary Council of India VCI Virtual-Circuit Identifier Design Composites, PQ Ideal Molds & Tooling, IL Imperial Tool & Plastics Corp., WI Injection Molding Industries, MI (D) Innotech Precision Inc., ON Innovative Tool & Die Inc., BC Irwin Research & Development, Inc., WA J-Tech Hotrunner Inc., ON K&K Tool Ltd., PQ Kruse Analysis Inc., FL KVP Technologies, Inc., ME Leidel Corp., NY The Logic Corp., CT Lowry Mfg. Inc., OH The Madison Group, Polymer Processing Research Corp., WI Matrix Tooling, Inc., IL Metis Design Corp., MA MGS Mfg. Group, WI Minco Tool & Mold, Inc., OH Mold CAE Solutions, ON Moldcraft Technologies Inc., ON Moldflow Corp., MA Moulds International & Design Group, MO Norstar Aluminum Molds, WI ** Plastic Engineering & Technical Services, Inc, MI Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), OH Plastics & Computer Inc., TX Polydynamics Inc., ON Portola Allied Tool, MI Precise Massie, FL Producto, Tooling Components & Systems Div., CT ProfilePipe Machinery Inc., ON (D) Radius Engineering Inc., UT Royal Precision Tooling Ltd., ON Schulze Tool Co., MO Seagull of Volusia County, Inc., FL Edward D. Segen & Co., LLC, CT Shore Plastic Technologies, Inc., NJ ** SIG Ryka Inc., ON Sinitron, OH Southwest Mold, Inc., AZ Southwest Research Institute, TX StackTeck, ON Starbase Technologies, MA Stellar Products Inc., CA Structural Composites, Inc., FL Techne North America Inc., ON Toman Tool Corp., WI Tomken Tool & Engineering, Inc., IN Tools & Troubleshooting, Inc., OK TriEnda Corp., WI TTTINC Holding Group, AZ UFE Inc., MN Unicor GmbH, Rahn Plastmaschinen University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA Van Der Zwagg Moulds & Die Inc., ON Robert Van Doren Co., CA V.I.F. Mould & Plastics Industries Ltd., PQ PLASTICS E-BUSINESS WEBSITES Advanced Technologies Worldwide, Inc., FL ** Advantage Engineering, Inc., IN American Plastics Council The American Plastics Council (APC) is a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry. Through a variety of outreach efforts, APC works to promote the benefits of plastics and the plastics industry. , VA American Plastics Exchange Inc., MN Apex Machine Co., FL Ashley Polymers Inc., NY Banner Engineering Corp., MN ** BASF Corp., Engineering Plastics, MI ** BASF Corp., Styrenic Plastics, NJ Bayer MaterialScience LLC, PA Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., NY Blasdel Enterprises, Inc., IN ** Branson Ultrasonics Corp., CT Bry-Air Systems, Div. of Bry-Air, Inc., OH Cadillac Products, Inc., Div. of M.A. Hanna, MI Carolina Color Corp., NC ChemConnect, TX Covisint, MI Demag Plastics Group Corp., OH ** D-M-E Co., MI Dow Chemical Co., MI ** DTR (Data Terminal Ready) An RS-232 signal sent from the computer or terminal to the modem indicating that it is able to accept data. Contrast with DSR. DTR - Data Terminal Ready Software International, FL Eastman Chemical Co., TN E-Composites.com, MI ElastomerSolutions, PA Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Eriez Magnetics, PA Exair Corp., OH GE Advanced Materials, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC Glenro Inc., NJ Harrel, Inc., CT Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., ON ** IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Co., OH ** Incoe Corp., MI Instron Corp., MA Jergens Inc., OH Kamweld Technologies, Inc., MA MachineTools.com Inc., MI ** ManufacturingQuote, GA Martor USA, WI Mascon, IL Meadoworks, Inc., IL Menges Roller Co., Inc. IL Millennium Chemicals Millennium Chemicals Inc is a U.S. based chemical company. The business was established in 1985. It was a subsidiary of British conglomerate Hanson plc at one time, but was demerged on 1 October 1996, when it became an independent listed company. , MD Molders Choice, Inc., OH Mold-Masters Limited, ON ** National Tool & Manufacturing Co., NJ Novachem, CT Omnexus, GA Omnimark Instrument Corp., AZ Omya Inc., GA Performance Alloys & Services, Inc., WI PerkinElmer Inc., MA Plastic Services & Equipment, IN Plastics Equipment Marketing Services Inc., NY The Plastics Exchange, IL Plasti-Mach Corp., NY PolymerAdditives.com LLC, N Polysort Inc., OH Radco Industries, Inc., IL Rapra Technology Ltd. Raytek Corp., CA Reichhold, Inc., Global Composites, NC Rhodia Engineering Plastics, MI Edward D. Segen & Co., LLC, CT Sidel Inc., GA Slide Products, Inc., IL ** Ticona, NJ Toshiba Machine Co., America, IL Transducers Direct, OH Waste Management Materials Marketing, NY Wheeler Boyce Co., OH WJ Inc., OH PLASTICS INFORMATION WEBSITES Eurotherm Inc., VA Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc., GA ICIS-LOR, TX Knovel Corp., NY The Plastics Exchange, IL Rapra Technology Ltd. SpecialChem PROTOTYPING SERVICES ABA-PGT Inc., ABA Moldmaking Div., CT R.J. Abramo Associates, Inc., MA Advanced Plastics Design, Inc., OH Ajax Patterns, Ltd., ON American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA American Precision Prototyping LLC, OK Anderson Technologies/Mold Works, MI Atlas Fibre Co., IL Autoform Inc., MI Norman N. Axelrod Associates, Optical/Vision Sensing & Control Systems Div., NY Aztec Tool Co. Inc., NY B&B Mold & Engineering, Inc., MI B&B Tool & Die Co., Inc., IN Bekum America Corp., MI Beverly Pattern, Inc., MA Bielomatik Inc., MI Blow Mold Tooling Inc., ON Harry L. Braun Co., IL Broadway Mold Inc., OH Brookpark Plastics, Inc., Kenro, Inc., WI J. Brown LMC LMC Large Magellanic Cloud (also see SMC) LMC Library Media Center LMC Lees-McRae College (Banner Elk, NC) LMC Lutheran Medical Center LMC League of Minnesota Cities LMC Local Medical Committee Group, Manufacturing Systems Group, CT Build-A-Mold Ltd., ON Burtin Corp., CA Caco Pacific Corp., CA Cavaform International, LLC, FL CEI/Gerbco Inc., CA Century Die Co., OH Century Machinery Inc., MI Consolidated Polymer Technologies, Inc., FL Con-Tek Machine, Inc., MN Contract Design Inc., MN Courtesy Corp., IL Creative Technology Systems Inc., DE Custom Mold & Tool, FL Del-Tool Co., Inc., WI Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH Dietooling Div., NY Doerfer Engineering, IA DRS DRS Drives (street suffix) DRS Dispute Resolution Service DRS Doctorandus DRS Department of Rehabilitative Services DRS Direct Registration System (securities) DRS Department of Rehabilitation Services Industries, OH Dynamic Engineering, Inc., MN Engineered Plastics, Inc., NC Exotic Automation & Supply, MI (D) Express Pattern, IL Ferriot Inc., OH Forward Technology, MN G.A.I.M. Engineering, Inc., IL Gebo Corp. USA, FL GR Technical Services, Inc., NJ Greeneville Tool & Die Co., Inc., TN Grimm Brothers Plastics Corp., IA Groupe G.L.P. Hi-Tech Inc., PQ GSI GSI - Gensym Standard Interface Lumonics Corp., MA GSM VCI Design Composites, PQ HiTech Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., WI Imperial Tool & Plastics Corp., WI Innotech Precision Inc., ON Innovative Tool & Die Inc., BC The Intec Group, Inc., IL International Plastics Consultants Corp., NY Interplastic Corp., Molding Products Div., IN Isorca, Inc., OH Jowa Enterprises Inc., ON Kortec Inc., MA KVP Technologies, Inc., ME Laser Machining Inc., WI Laser Solutions & Systems, MA Main Plastics Div., Main Prototypes, Ltd., ON Master Industries, Inc., OH Matrix Tooling, Inc., IL Meredith-Springfield Associates Inc., MA MGA Engineering Co., MA Modern Machine-TN, TN Moldcraft Technologies Inc., ON Moulds International & Design Group, MO Multivac, Inc., MO Northwestern Tool & Die Mfg. Corp., Inc., IL Omega Plastics Inc., MI PD 60 Distributors, GA (D) Phillips Scientific, Inc., SC Plastic Engineered Components, IL Plastic Engineered Components Inc., PEC Peć (pĕch), Albanian Peja, town (1991 pop. 68,163), S Serbia, in the Kosovo region. A trade center, it has industries that produce leather goods, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. Midwest Technical Ctr., MI Plasti-Mach Corp., NY (D) PMP Composites Corp., NJ Polymer Diagnostics Inc., OH Precimold Inc., PQ Producto, Tooling Components & Systems Div., CT Protoplast protoplast /pro·to·plast/ (-plast) a bacterial or plant cell deprived of its rigid wall but with its plasma membrane intact; the cell is dependent for its integrity on an isotonic or hypertonic medium. , Inc., ON Prototech Engineering, Inc., IL Puritan Industries, Inc., MI Quantum Composites, Inc., MI R&D Tool & Engineering Inc., MO Radius Engineering Inc., UT Randcastle Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ Rao Design International Inc., American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL RCO RCO Remote Communications Outlet RCO Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO Recycling Council of Ontario (Canada) RCO Royal College of Organists (UK) RCO Rear Commodore RCO Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer Engineering Inc., MI Reko Tool & Mould Inc., ON Rommelag USA Inc., NJ Royal Precision Tooling Ltd., ON Sabel Plastechs, Inc., OH Sadaplast Americas, Inc., SC Schain Mold Engineering, MI Scicon Technologies Corp., CA Scientific Molding Corp., WI Edward D. Segen & Co., LLC, CT Shore Plastic Technologies, Inc., NJ (D) ** SIG Ryka Inc., ON Sino Mould Co., Ltd., AG Sourceone, Inc., MI Southwest Mold, Inc., AZ Southwest Research Institute, TX Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., CT Specialty Blades Inc., VA Stellar Products Inc., CA Strong Plastics Engineering Inc., CA Structural Composites, Inc., FL 3D Systems Corp., CA (D) Tech Mold Inc., AZ Techni-Met Inc., CT Technomould Inc., NY Tiax LLC, MA Toledo Metal Spinning Metal Spinning is a process by which circles of metal are shaped over mandrels (also called forms) while mounted on a spinning lathe by the application of levered force with various tools. Co., OH Toman Tool Corp., WI Tomken Tool & Engineering, Inc., IN Tri-Star Plastics Corp., MA Unicast Development Corp., NY Universal Gravo-Plast Inc., ON Urgent Plastic Services, MI Van Der Zwagg Moulds & Die Inc., ON Ventra Group Inc., Chatham Plastic Div., ON Wielgus Product Models, Inc., IL W.M. Tool Inc., ON Zehrco Plastics, Inc., OH PUBLISHERS OF PLASTICS INFORMATION (BOOKS, REPORTS, CDS) Hanser Gardner Publications, OH ICIS-LOR, TX Rapra Technology Ltd. Society of Plastics Engineers, CT Society of the Plastics Industry Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. SPI's members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment , Inc., DC Wohlers Associates, CO R&D, TRAINING INSTITUTES Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc., Plastics Testing Div., OH Bruckner Inc., SC CINDAS LLC, IN Compuplast Canada Inc., ON (D) Corex Design Group Inc., NJ ** Datacolor, NJ Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH ESI North America, MI Genca, FL IKV-Institute for Plastics Processing Plastics processing Those methods used to convert plastics materials in the form of pellets, granules, powders, sheets, fluids, or preforms into formed shapes or parts. Impact Analytical, MI Isorca, Inc., OH Jowa Enterprises Inc., ON Kortec Inc., MA Metis Design Corp., MA Multivac, Inc., MO Nemeth Engineering Associates, KY Optical Polymers Lab Corp., RI Princeton Polymer Laboratories, NJ Queens University-Belfast, Polymer Processing Research Centre, AG Rapra Technology Ltd. Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Assn. Int'l., VA Seagull of Volusia County, Inc., FL Southwest Research Institute, TX Structural Composites, Inc., FL Tiax LLC, MA RADIATION PROCESSING SERVICES E-BEAM See electron beam. Services, Inc., NJ Electron Beam Technologies In electron beam technology, an electron beam is applied to do some useful work. Given the wide range of energies and intensities of electron beams that can be generated, the range of applications is equally large:
Energy Sciences Inc., MA IST America, IN NHV NHV New Hungarian Voice (Vancouver Hungarian paper) NHV Norddeutscher Handball Verband NHV Normal Healthy Volunteer (clinical trials) America, Inc., MA OnLine Energy, Inc., CA Sterigenics International, Inc, MD Sterigenics International, Inc., Advanced Applications, CA Steris Isomedix Services, IL University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA UV Process Supply, Inc., IL (D) Vulcan Catalytic Systems, RI REBUILT MOTORS AND DRIVES American Extrusion Services Inc., OH Attica Hydraulic Exchange, MI Avtron Manufacturing, Inc., Industrial Automation Div., OH Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) CMS North America, Inc., MI (D) Coperion Corp., NJ Davis-Standard Corp., CT Horsburgh & Scott, OH Industrial Servo Hydraulics, Inc., MI Midwest Fluid Power Co., OH Power Miser Div., Digital Technologies, OH Reliable Rubber & Plastic Machinery, NJ Reliance Electric Co., A Rockwell Automation Business, OH Servo Kinetics, Inc., MI REBUILT SCREWS OR BARRELS A-1 Machinery Sales, Inc., NY (D) Advanced Extruder Technologies, IL Advanced Technologies Worldwide, Inc., FL Al-Be Industries, Inc., CA Alloy Technology International, Inc., NY American Extrusion Services Inc., OH American Kuhne Corp., CT American Maplan Corp., KS Anderson American Precision Inc., DBA Feed Screw Designs.com, FL A.R. Engineering Machine & Tools, Inc., ON Ashland-Tech Inc., ON Atlantic Grinding & Welding, Inc., NH Berlyn Extruders Inc., MA Bimex Industries, Sub. of NewCastle Industries, WI Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Canadian Feed Screws Mfg. Ltd., ON Cincinnati Milacron Extrusion Business Systems, Div. of Milacron, Inc., OH Composite Technologies, Inc., WI Coperion Corp., NJ Davis-Standard Corp., CT Davis-Standard Blow Molding Systems, NJ ** Diamond America Corp., Akron Quality Screws, OH R. Dray Mfg. Inc., TX Dual Spiral Systems Inc., ON Farrel Corp., CT Feedscrews of Indiana Service Center, Inc., IN Elite Technology, Inc., FL General Plastex, Inc., OH German Technology Imports Inc., NJ (D) Gilbert Plastic Machinery Sales Inc., GPM Sales, Inc., NJ ** Glycon Corp., MI Illinois Barrel & Screw, IL ** IMS Co., OH Jerpbak Bayless Co., OH LaBelle Industrial Sales, Inc., TX Marion Mold & Tool, Inc., VA Migrandy Corp., FL Milacron, Inc., Plastics Technologies Group, OH Molders Choice, Inc., OH NewCastle Industries Inc., PA NFM/Welding Engineers, OH Northern Supply Co., Div. of Milacron, Inc., MN (D) OHS, Div. of OHS-Quebec, PQ Olympia Tool & Machine Co., NJ Paramco Inc., OH (D) Performance Feed Screws Inc., ON Plastic Machinery Systems, Inc., PA (D) ** Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH Plastic Services & Equipment, IN Plastics Equipment Marketing Services Inc., NY (D) Precision Feedscrews, Inc., PA Rag Design International Inc., American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL Regency Sales, Inc., CA (D) Royle Systems Group, NJ Scientific Process & Research, Inc., NJ ServTek, OH (D) Spirex Corp., OH Stellite Coatings, IN Stirnemann Tool & Machine Co., Inc., MI Surface Engineering & Alloy Co., Extreme Coatings, FL Texas Extrusion Service, Inc., TX Tosko Plastics Machinery, OH (D) United Precision, OH Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ Wear Technology, KS Westland Corp., KS Wexco Corp., VA Windsor Feedscrews, Inc., ON Wisconsin Bimetallic bi·me·tal·lic adj. 1. Consisting of two metals, often bonded together and having different rates of thermal expansion. 2. Of, based on, or using the principles of bimetallism. Corp., WI WJ Inc., OH Xaloy Inc., VA XtruTec Engineering, NJ (D) RECYCLING Purchasing Scrap or Waste Plastics AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Polymer, Inc., NY Aaron Industries Corp., MA Able Plastics, GA Akrotex, Inc., TX Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Plastics Exchange Inc., MN (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Aronson Recycling Co., WI ** Ashland Distribution Chemical Co., Div. of Ashland Inc., OH (D) Atlantic Poly, Inc., MA Avangard Industries Ltd., TX Bay Polymer Corp., CA Benton Corp., IL BK Plastic Bag, MI Blades Machinery Co., Inc., IL (D) Century Plastics, MN Certified Polymer Processors, MA Chemical Solvents Inc., OH Chemiplas, Inc., TX Coast-To-Coast Polymers, Inc., CA Community Action Recycling Enterprise, IN Conex, GA Conigliaro Industries Inc., MA Coon coon: see raccoon. Manufacturing, MO CSIPlastics Inc., MA (D) Custom-Pak, Inc., Midwest Poly, IA Cycle Systems, Inc., VA Dave's Recycling, TN Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Deltco of Wisconsin, WI Denton Plastics, Inc., OR Dyna-Pak Corp., TN East Coast Recycling Associates, NJ Ensley Corp., OH Entropex, Div. of Unitec, ON Environmental Recycling Co., Inc., IA Envpco, VA Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA Flying W Plastics, WV Forge Recycling & Resource Recovery Center, Penn Forge Complex, PA Free-Flow Packaging Corp., GA Great Western Recycling Industries, Inc., MN Hafner Industries, Inc., CT Hess Co., Inc., IN Highland Supply Corp., IL Howarth Plastics Inc., CA Hudson Baylor, NY International Polymers Corp., PA Interstate Plastics, WA JLM JLM Jesus Loves Me JLM Just Like Me JLM Junior League of Memphis JLM Junior League of Minneapolis JLM Junior League of Mobile JLM Junior League of Madison JLM Junior League of Montgomery JLM Junior League of Miami, Inc. JLM Junior League of McAllen, Inc. Plastics Corp., IL KW Plastics, AL Lake Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). Disposal, WI Laminations, Inc., PA Lastique International Corp., KY Layman Plastics Corp., NC MacNeil Polymers, Inc., NY Maine Plastics Inc., IL Mandish Research, FL Ronald Mark Associates, NJ Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC Materials Reclaim Industries, Inc., NJ Michigan Polymer Reclaim, Inc., MI Midwest Plastic Materials, Inc., WI MRC See Maximum return criterion. Polymers, Inc., IL H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) National Polymers, Inc., MN Nu-Tech Polymers Co., Inc., OH Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Orion Pacific Inc., TX Packer Plastics Inc., KS PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. Packaging Inc., CO Plastic Central, MI Plastic Innovations Inc., IN Plastic Recycling Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. South East Inc., AL Plastic Services of America, AL Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group of America, RI Plastics Recovery, Inc., AZ Plastics Recycling Inc., IN Plastics Service Inc., CT (D) Poly-America, LP, TX Polychem Products Ltd., PQ Polychem USA, Inc., MA (D) Polymer Marketing, Inc., GA (D) Polymont Plastics Corp., AB PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, IL PolyOne Corp., Engineered Materials, OH Polysource, OH Pro Pel Plastech, MA Pro-Poly Enterprises, Inc., NC Rapid Industrial Plastics Co., Inc., NJ RBW Technologies, Inc., PA Recmediation, Inc., NJ Recycle, Inc., NJ Rehrig Pacific, CA Repete Plastics, Inc., IL Resource Plastics, MN RJM RJM Resistojet Module RJM Religious of Jesus and Mary (France) (religious order) International, Inc., CA Royce Thermoplastics Div., NJ St. Jude Polymer, PA Schoeller Wavin, FL Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY Sims Brothers, Inc., OH Talco Plastics, Inc., CA Toter, Inc., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Tuscarora, CO Unicorn Enterprises, NY Vermont Republic The Vermont Republic was a North American independent republic founded in 1777 and continuing until 1791, when it became the State of Vermont—the fourteenth state of the United States of America. Industries, VT Waste Management of LaCrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. , WI Waste Management Materials Marketing, NY Edward C. Whitney & Son, Inc., MA WTE WTE Waste To Energy WTE Whole Time Equivalent WTE WebSphere Test Environment WTE Wassertechnik GmbH (Germany Water Company) WTE Web Telephony Engine WTE Wind Tunnel Enterprise (NASA) Recycling Corp., NY TECHNICAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, MD American Fire Safety Council, DC American Mold Builders Association, IL American Plastics Council, VA ARM ASM (1) (Association for Systems Management) An international membership organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1996, it sponsored conferences in all phases of administrative systems and management. International, OH Association of Rotational Molders Int'l, IL Association of Postconsumer post·con·sum·er adj. Of or relating to products that have been used and recycled by consumers: paper made from postconsumer waste. Plastic Recyclers, VA ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials , PA California Film Extruders & Converters Assn., CA Canadian Association of Mouldmakers Inc., St. Clair College St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a College in the southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Canada. In addition, other campuses are located in Chatham and Wallaceburg. In 2007, St. (FCEM FCEM Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales FCEM Fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine ), ON The Engineering Society, MI EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. Molders Association, MD Flexible Packaging Association, MD Flexographic Technical Association, NY International Assn. of Plastics Distributors, KS (D) Meese Dusseldorf North America, IL National Assn. for PET Container Resources, NC Plastics Institute of America, Inc., MA Plastics Pipe Institute, DC Polyurea Development Association, MO Polyurethane Foam Noun 1. polyurethane foam - a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics polyfoam polyurethan, polyurethane - any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or Association, TN Polyurethane Manufacturers Association, IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA Rapra Technology Ltd. SAMPE SAMPE Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering , CA Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Assn. Int'l., VA Society of Manufacturing Engineers The Society of Manufacturing Engineers [1] (SME) is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. SME is internationally recognized by manufacturing practitioners, companies and other organizations as a source for information, , MI Society of Plastics Engineers, CT Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., DC U.S. Composting Council, OH The Vinyl Institute, Inc., VA TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PLASTICS R.J. Abramo Associates, Inc., MA Airline Hydraulics Corp., PA Akron Polymer Laboratory Div., Tritech Laboratories, OH Alloyd Co., IL Atco Plastics, Inc., MA Balzers, Inc., NY Glenn Beall Plastics Ltd., IL Beaumont Technologies, Inc., PA Bekum America Corp., MI Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., NY Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Century Machinery Inc., MI Cloeren Inc., TX Conair, PA Davis-Standard Killion Systems, CT Davis-Standard Corp., CT Design Evolution 4, Inc., OH Dukane Corp., Ultrasonics Div., IL Engel Canada Inc., ON Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc., GA Extrusion Technical Services, PA FNC Associates Inc., NC (D) GE Advanced Materials, MA Genca, FL Gusmer Corp., Sub. of Gusmer Machinery Group, Inc., NJ Hanser Gardner Publications, OH Harrel, Inc., CT Help For Composites, ON Injection Molding Solutions, MI International Plastics Consultants Corp., NY Perry Johnson Inc., MI Laser Machining Inc., WI Maac Machinery Corp., IL Meredith-Springfield Associates Inc., MA Milacron, Inc., Plastics Technologies Group, OH Nor-Cote International, Inc., IN Nylon Molding Corp., CA ** Paulson Training Programs, Inc., CT Plastic Services & Equipment, IN Plastics Consulting, Inc., FL (D) Plastics Institute of America, Inc., MA Polymer Training Resources, IA Prime Alliance Inc., IA Primedia Workplace Learning, TX (D) QCI QCI Queen Charlotte Islands QCI Quality Control Inspection QCI Quadratic Configuration Interaction QCI Quality Council of India QCI Quality Control Information QCI Quality Control Index QCI Quality Conformance Inspections International, CA Queens University-Belfast, Polymer Processing Research Centre, AG Randcastle Extrusion Systems, Inc., NJ Rapra Technology Ltd. Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, CA RJG RJG Arctic Skate (FAO fish species code) , Inc., MI A. Routsis Associates, Inc., MA Sabel Plastechs, Inc., OH Scientific Process & Research, Inc., NJ Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Assn. Int'l., VA Society of Plastics Engineers, CT Stat-Ease, Inc., MN Structural Composites, Inc., FL Tri-Star Plastics Corp., MA Uniform Color Co., MI Uniloy Milacron, MI University of Mass.-Lowell, Plastics Engineering Dept., MA VTEC Laboratories, Inc., NY Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ USED MACHINERY A-1 Machinery Sales, Inc., NY (D) Aaron Equipment Co., Div. of Areco, Inc., IL Acromark Industries, NJ Advanced Extruder Technologies, IL American Extrusion Services Inc., OH Anderson American Precision Inc., DBA Feed Screw Designs.com, FL A.R. Engineering Machine & Tools, Inc., ON The Arjay-Levine Group, Inc., NY Ashland-Tech Inc., ON Associated Pacific Machine Corp., CA (D) Atlas-Vac Machine, Div. of Planet Products, OH Attica Hydraulic Exchange, MI Berg Chilling Systems Inc., ON Berg Chilling Systems Inc., IL (D) Berlyn Extruders Inc., MA Best Used Machinery Co., IL Blades Machinery Co., Inc., IL Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Blowmoulding Technologies Inc., ON (D) Brenner International, OH Brown Plastics Engineering Co., Inc., MA Century Machinery Inc., MI Charmilles Technologies Corp., IL Classic Plastic Sales, OH CMS North America, Inc., MI (D) Composite Technologies, Inc., WI Coperion Corp., NJ Cosmos Electronic Machine Corp., NY (D) Craftsmen Machinery Co. Inc., MA CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center Composite Technologies, OH Davis-Standard Corp., CT DeMarco MAX VAC (Volts Alternating Current) See volt and AC. Corp., IL Empire Technology, Inc., NY (D) En-Plas, Inc., ON Entec Composite Machines, Inc., UT Erie Mill & Press Co., Inc., PA Euro-tec, CA (D) Farrel Corp., CT Federal Equipment Co., OH Flite Technology, Inc., FL Freeman Co., OH Garold Automation Inc., ON Gator Plastics, FL Gauder Group, Inc., NC (D) Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA German Technology Imports Inc., NJ Gilbert Plastic Machinery Sales Inc., GPM Sales, Inc., NJ Glacier Machinery Sales Corp., MN Global Equipment & Machinery Sales, Inc., PA GM Machinery Associates Inc., NJ (D) Granutech Saturn Systems, TX Graphics International Group, ON Hi-Tech Engineering, Inc., MI Hockmeyer Equipment Corp., NC Hutcheon Equipment Corp., NY ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management International Corp., FL Intercontinental Equipment Co., Inc., NM (D) International Reserve Equipment Corp., IL ITW Foilmark, MA Kabar Manufacturing Corp., NY (D) Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., OH Laser Machining Inc., WI Loeb Equipment Supply Co., IL Louisiana Chemical Equipment Co., TX Lutek Plastic Equipment Inc., PQ (D) Lyle Industries, Inc., MI Machinery Depot Corp., PA Macon Machinery Sales Corp., CT (D) Magic North America Inc., ON (D) Martin Pultrusion Pultrusion is a continuous process of manufacturing of composite materials with constant cross-section whereby reinforcing fibers are pulled through a resin, possibly followed by a separate preforming system, and into a heated die, where the resin undergoes polymerization. Group Inc., OH (D) David Mazzalupo & Associates, Inc., CT (D) MCI/Machinery Center, FL Meadoworks, Inc., IL Mid-Atlantic Plastic Systems, Inc., NJ (D) H.L. Newman Equipment Co., Inc., IL (D) Nu-Tech Plastic Systems, Inc., MA (D) OEM, Inc., TX Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY (D) Paramco Inc., OH Pearl Equipment Co., Inc., TN Perry Videx LLC, NJ PHI Corp., CA Plastic Machinery Systems, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Machinery Exchange, CA Plastics Equipment Marketing Services Inc., NY (D) Plastics Service Inc., CT (D) Plasti-Mach Corp., NY Polymer Machinery Co., OH Polytech Machinery Sales, ON (D) PPC-The Plastics & Packaging Corp., NJ Presses for Industry, MI ** PTi/Processing Technologies, Inc., IL Quality Plastic Systems Co., KS (D) Qual-Tech, Inc., MA (D) Rao Design International Inc., American Plastics Technologies, Inc., IL Regency Bales, Inc., CA (D) Reliable Rubber & Plastic Machinery, NJ Sencorp Inc., MA Service Tectonics Inc., MI Southern Plastic Systems, GA (D) SSI Shredding Systems, Inc., OR Standard Paper Box Machine Co., NY Stirnemann Tool & Machine Co., Inc., MI Stopol Inc., OH Tech Plastics Machinery Co., NJ Temptek, Inc., IN Texas Extrusion Service, Inc., TX Toman Tool Corp., WI (D) Tosko Plastics Machinery, OH Uniloy Milacron, MI Universal Process Equipment, NJ (D) USF USF University of South Florida USF Universal Service Fund (often part of phone bill in US) USF University of San Francisco USF University of Sioux Falls USF University of St. Machine Systems, Inc., GA Vander-Kemp Div., IL Vesco Processing Systems, NY (D) Wayne Machine & Die Co., NJ Zed Industries, Inc., OH USED MOLDS Alloy Tool & Mold Mfg. Corp., NJ Best Used Machinery Co., IL Blow Moulding Parts & Systems Inc., ON (D) Century Die Co., OH Gator Plastics, FL Glacier Machinery Sales Corp., MN Norstar Aluminum Molds, WI Schulze Tool Co., MO Tropics Machinery, FL Zed Industries, Inc., OH Boldface See boldface font. denotes display advertisers; 'D' denotes distributor. Note: Display advertisers is indicated with **. |
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