Application Spotlight: Redco HDPE “Play” As Outdoor Tabletops
Recently Terrapin Brewing Co (www.terrapinbeer.com) approached us with an interesting application. They wanted to create a plastic table surface for use at their brewery but this offered some unique challenges. For one, the tables were outside which meant that a...
Greenhouse Season Calls For Twin-Wall Polycarbonate
After this unusually brutal winter in many parts of North America, people are finally starting to “pick up the pieces” and are getting hopeful with the first signs of spring. With that, many gardening enthusiasts start to think of the work that needs to be...
Specifying Outrigger Pads
When customers consider a switch to plastic outrigger pads they sometimes don’t know where to start in how to get their quotation. Often we’ll be told that the customer has a certain piece of equipment and to spec a pad size and thickness for them but this...
Product Spotlight: Redco VHMW
While we’ve been able to supply VHMW for a few months now, only recently have we updated our website with a separate Redco VHMW section that can be found by clicking here. VHMW holds a new “middle ground” in the polyethylene family between HDPE and...
Product Spotlight: Redco Acetal
In the world of thermoplastics acetal (polyoxymethylene or POM) sometimes gets overlooked in applications as customers consider more well-known plastics such as UHMW, nylon, or PTFE. However, acetal offers excellent versatility, overall properties – all while...
Plastics in Construction
Recently, plastic building materials have become increasingly popular in the construction industry. Plastic building materials have many benefits and applications. For example, because of...
Plastic Plow Blades & Cutting Edges – Saving The Paving!
One of our employees recently took a couple photos after parking at an area we won’t disclose in Metro Vancouver a day after a recent snowfall. Upon pulling into his parking spot he noticed that every single stall had a large pothole where the snow had been...
It was a Plastastic Year! Happy Holidays!
Every year our industry evolves further. Discoveries are made that help us become more advanced and more knowledgable. This year, researchers, students, and engineers among others have found ways to innovate not only the application of plastics in the world...
5 Tips To Ensure The Success Of Your New Plastic Application
When selecting a plastic for an application its very important that you do not get “tunnel vision” with your selection. For example, focusing on the properties of UHMW in cold temperatures (which are excellent) while ignoring the fact that your application...