Where would we be without rotational molding? There would be no pink plastic flamingos on front lawns to celebrate milestone birthdays and new babies, for one thing. But it goes beyond that. Storage tanks, playground equipment, furniture, toys, garbage cans, airplane parts, helmets, road cones, canoes and kayaks — they're all made by rotomolding, as are almost all other hollow parts. But despite its ubiquitousness on the consumer goods market, rotomolding is still considered the simplest of the primary plastics processing methods, in large part because, as a casting process, it uses low pressure compared to injection or blow molding. In fact, the whole industry can seem a little bit low pressure — remarkably free, in particular, of cutthroat competition, both domestic and foreign. Welcome to the unique, relatively placid world of rotational molding in Canada.
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