EPISODE · Dec 8, 2025 · 4 MIN
Robot orders fall for plastics and rubber; Asano enters thermoforming market: Machinery Minutes
from PMM Insight: A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing Podcast · host Endeavor Business Media
On this episode of Machinery Minutes, our weekly roundup of top stories with Editor Ron Shinn: A good sign for U.S. manufacturing: Industrial robot orders were up in the third quarter. A bad sign for plastics and rubber manufacturing: Robot orders dropped. There is a new player in the North American thermoforming processing machinery market, and its name is Asano Laboratories. A small tool maker and injection molder in Florida brought those skills together to develop a new product — a dog grooming tool with steel teeth and an ABS handle.
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On this episode of Machinery Minutes, our weekly roundup of top stories with Editor Ron Shinn: - A good sign for U.S. manufacturing: Industrial robot orders were up in the third quarter. A bad sign for plastics and rubber manufacturing: Robot orders dropped. - There is a new player in the North American thermoforming processing machinery market, and its name is Asano Laboratories. - A small tool maker and injection molder in Florida brought those skills together to develop a new product — a dog grooming tool with steel teeth and an ABS handle.
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