Important Announcement Regarding the Covid-19 Situation
To our Valued Customers and Partners, There have been many uncertainties regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, including questions regarding our operations and if we will remain open during this unprecedented time. Please be assured that Redwood...
Health, Safety and Supply Chain Solutions
We live in very uncertain times with the COVID-19 pandemic and how that has affected our daily lives and our businesses. Many business have sadly closed; however, many of our customers are considered “essential services” and this means not only are they...
Anti-bacterial PVC (Strip Door)
Redco™ STOP-BAC vinyl has been specially designed to bring antibacterial properties to flexible vinyl in addition to all the existing flexible vinyl qualities (clarity, brightness, durability, flexibility, and strong resistance to impact). Redco™ STOP-BAC complies...
Plastics For The Medical Industry
When you think of medical-grade devices what comes to mind? Probably a bunch of odd looking metal instruments gleaming under surgical lights. In fact, plastics have a huge role to play in the medical industry with countless applications where they offer benefits....
Save Your Hands with SwitchSafe (Sawmill Safety Solution)
Replacing knives on a chip n’ saw shaft or chipping canter can be a difficult and time consuming job. Rotating the shaft to replace the extremely sharp blades that cut through gloves and hands can make it a dangerous job as well. The Redco™ CNS Knife Tool,...
When To Choose A High Performance Plastic
There are so many choices for performance plastics it can be overwhelming to choose what you require for your application. What complicates things further is that often several grades of plastic may be able to “do the job” but plastics also vary widely in...
Flexible PVC Strip Door – More Versatile Than You Think
It goes by many names: “strip door”, “strip curtain”, “freezer door”, etc. But most people know what a plastic (PVC) strip door is under one name or another. It’s just a door made from clear pieces of plastic that hangs from an open doorway, correct? Actually no – the...
Talking About Tolerances
A major consideration on most parts we work on is tolerances, IE. how far can our fabrication work deviate from the dimensions on the drawing. Several issues keep coming up with tolerances and it’s something you need to actively think about for your application. The...
UHMW vs. PTFE
There are few questions we dread more than the customer asking about a PTFE truck liner. While the error is understandable – in natural form both UHMW polyethylene and PTFE are white colored plastic, if PTFE were ever used as a truck liner the cost would be many 10s...