Imagine that the bottom drops out of the major market a custom molder had served for years, one that involved running materials like olefins or styrene. Luckily, our imaginary molder wins a new job in a more stable market, one offering growth potential . . . you guessed it—medical. So the molder purchases a modular, soft-wall Class 100,000 (ISO 8) cleanroom, or perhaps refits a small hard-walled area right off the production floor, shells out for the cleanroom, and moves an existing 150-ton all-electric press into it.
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