What caused these trends? One factor has been a proliferation of molding shops over the past 25 years. "Every time I turn around, I find another competitor - another small molding shop has popped up," said the custom molding executive. According to [Bill Wood] of Mountaintop Economics & Research in Greenfield, Mass., another factor is the long-term trend for plastics machinery productivity to outstrip growth in plastics markets.
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