Since our October update we've been featured in a number of magazine articles with case studies about our Rapid Injection Molding process. The complete list of articles can be found on the News page of our web site, but the major articles appeared in Time Compression Technology, Machine Design, Job Shop Technology, Desktop Engineering and Appliance Manufacturer. Additional case studies written by Protomold's customers will continue to be published in the coming months and we really appreciate their support.

Last October we announced our plans to expand our capacity by 50% by year end.... and we did it. The addition of several new high-speed CNC mills, injection molding presses and key manufacturing staff has increased our capacity by at least this amount.

And we won't stop there. We're continuously working on the "rapid" in Rapid Injection Molding through internal software development and the streamlining of our manufacturing processes. Combined with additional facilities investments over the coming months, the expansion of our capacity will continue. We plan to be ready when you need us.

One specific thing we'd like to let you know is that our largest press is now 300 tons, which means we can now mold parts with up to 75 square inches of projected mold area - a 50% increase over our prior limit.

SolidWorks users: Check out the new Print3D feature of SolidWorks 2004. Print3D provides you with the ability to request a ProtoQuote for your design without leaving SolidWorks.

If you're planning to attend National Manufacturing Week at the McCormick Place in Chicago later this month, here's your chance to get FREE ADMISSION to the show. Then remember to drop by Protomold booth #2418 within the SolidWorks Pavilion to say hello. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you are new to Protomold, we are bringing together information-age technologies and an advanced mold-making process to radically reduce the time it takes to create injection molding tooling for smaller volumes of injection molded parts.

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