When Is A Custom UHMW Extrusion Feasible?
Redwood Plastics regularly receives inquiries regarding custom UHMW polyethylene extrusions. In some cases, an extrusion is the most feasible choice, but in many cases an extrusion may not fit the budgetary requirements, especially for smaller runs. One often...
Recent Developments With Plastic Technology
We’ve written a lot about various plastics and applications but there is also exciting news on the horizon with new plastics and plastic technologies being developed. We try to share these on our social media whenever possible but we understand not everyone...
Food Bank Fundraiser – Pie Throw 2016!
After such a successful food bank fundraiser last year, this year all of the employees from The Redco Group (Redwood Plastics, Nylatech, and Epic Polymer) came together to collect donations for local food banks and shelters. We managed to convince four new faces to...
Product Spotlight: Second Skin Hose Wrap
Hoses on your equipment being worn or abraded? Are you having issues with kinks, weathering, or chaffing which results in premature hose wear? Redco Second Skin may be an affordable solution. Redco Second Skin Hose Wrap is a polyurethane product that stretches around...
Performance Plastics Conquers Friction to Reduce Maintenance
Metal-to-metal wear from friction is a maintenance nightmare for many industries. Constant lubrication, prematurely wearing parts and seizing lead to an increase in wage expenses, safety issues, productivity losses, and equipment damage that could be avoided....
Flying High With Plastics
We stumbled on a really neat article recently about a new patent by Windspeed, an aerospace company. The patent is for a bubble-type viewing area on the top of an airliner, where a couple of seats would move up into the bubble giving the passengers an unobstructed 360...
Food Bank Fundraiser Success! Here’s to Pie in Your Face!
Redco Group employees from Redwood Plastics, Nylatech and Epic Polymer came together this year to collect donations for local food banks and shelters. This year we met our goal again, raising over 5,641 donations! With donations from employees, suppliers, and...
Seven Questions To Ask When Selecting Performance Plastics
Recently the organization Redwood Plastics is part of, the International Association of Plastics Distributors IAPD (www.Iapd.org) came out with the 12th edition of the “Introduction To Plastics” training manual. The book is a rich source of plastic...