USDA, FDA, 3-A Dairy and Food, NSF & CFIA – Understanding the Difference
Many plastic materials are approved for use in commercial kitchens and bakeries, packaging facilities, slaughter houses, and bottling facilities. Here is a list of all the agencies and approvals you may need to consider when selecting a material in the USA or Canada....
Plastic Bushing Solutions
Industrial plastics serve as an excellent bushing/bearing material in everything from needle bearings to large marine bushing applications. Since many industrial plastics are suitable for different bushing applications its best to know the advantages, and potential...
When To Choose Tuffkast
Redco Tuffkast has been designed for use in “extreme” applications. But what exactly does this mean? In order to answer that question you need to first consider the properties of regular nylon 6. Nylon 6 can take a lot of load (4,000PSI in operation) and...
The Top 3.5 Questions You’re Not Asking About Your Plastic
Upfront, we would like to say “you’re” is obviously referring to the public and some of our customers – not all! Many customers for our industrial plastic have educated themselves in detail on the plastics they need to work with. However, some...
Greenhouses and Awnings: Twin-Wall Polycarbonate
Spring has sprung across North America (finally) and people have started to turn their attention to outdoor projects. We commonly get asked about plastic sheeting for greenhouses and awnings, which ends up being the same product: twin-wall polycarbonate. This...
Economical Anti-Slip Outrigger Pads
Redco™ outrigger pads are a premium plastic product which has proven their value over many years of service in tough environments. But over time products become refined and improved, often due to further meet our customer’s requirements. In the past we had...
Redco Pile Driving Cushions
Redco™ Pile Driving Cushions are a cost-effective, quality product too few customers know we have. Builders involved in pile driving know that part of the hammer apparatus are cushioning pads which are often made of “blue plastic” (cast nylon) or...
Industrial Plastic: Keeping You Safe
Plastics have an increasingly popular reputation as being a quality material for solving a variety of maintenance issues, while helping companies become more profitable. But industrial plastics do more than decreasing downtime and improving efficiency: they help keep...
Architectural Ingenuity with Plastics
(Angela Rodenburgh | December 2014/January 2015 | The IAPD Magazine) Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most universal materials in construction and are being increasingly embraced by architects and engineers because of the extensive varieties available...