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Our blogs are a mix of tips, fun, announcements, and education on topics that range from rapid manufacturing to the challenges of doing business in China to the hard realities of product development. There is something for everyone so check them out and send us an email if you have any topics you would like to see covered.

Happy Women’s Day – HLH

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Over the past 30 years, I have personally learned one undeniable truth. When women are part of the process, any process, change for the better is...

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Just Pick A Colour Already :)

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Colour, I love it, but some days I swear it will be the death of me. I deal with colour every single day, in graphic design,...

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Turn Single-Use packaging into Multi-Use.

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There is a shift on the horizon in the packaging world, we can no longer turn a blind eye to single-use packaging/containers and feel that we...

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Start Your Engines – Student Racing Is Here @ HLH

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HLH is involved with a pretty cool project at the moment as a sponsor/supplier. We are making some parts for the Technion Formula Student Racing Team at...

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Rapid Sheet Metal At HLH

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As the saying goes, a photo speaks a thousand word. So here are a little more than 10,000 words on some of HLH's rapid manufacturing sheet...

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Team HLH Are Back!

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With everyone well rested and batteries fully charged, team HLH are back at it, working on rapid manufacturing solutions for our customers from around the world....

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Speed To Revenue Is A Better Phrase

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Speed to market is a term that is thrown around a lot, I use it a lot, it has staying power because it is a very relevant...

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IoT – What? Now? Future? Problems?

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IoT (Internet of Things), what is it? Where is it going? Is it the future or now? Over the past few years, we have seen through...

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Get Your Idea Off Of Paper Fast – Rapid Prototype

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My friend said to me before Christmas, "hey you know about new product development and rapid prototype development, can I buy you a coffee?" That normally...

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Hurry, HLH’s urethane casting event ends today!

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As the old saying goes, "time flies by fast when you are making prototypes or low-volume production parts via urethane casting". Ok, so that is not...

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2018 – Year Of The Dog – HLH Schedule

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Chinese New Year is right around the corner. A time in China for family and friends and a bit of a break from business. 2018 is...

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Medical Devices – Old Meet New

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The medical device industry is exploding, right now, today, but to be honest, I don't think we have seen anything yet. Healthcare is an industry that...

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Urethane Casting Event – 3 Days Left!

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Our Urethane Casting Event (Vacuum Casting) has been very popular this month with our customers. Industries we have worked with this month via urethane casting include, Automotive,...

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Can I take a urethane casted part to a sales meeting? Yes!

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You might be a new product developer who needs to take first-rate samples into a sales meeting. You might be a project leader at a fortune...

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January. Urethane Casting. HLH. 15% Off. Boom!

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Vacuum casting moulds, not terribly exciting, not sexy, pretty boring actually...but very effective at delivering high-quality rapid prototypes and low-volume production parts. January is the perfect...

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Urethane/Vacuum Casting FAQs – 15% Off During January 2018

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At HLH, we do a lot of urethane/vacuum casting projects for a variety of industries. Many of our long-term customers make parts via urethane/vacuum casting all the...

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Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) Event – Oprah Style

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HLH has gone full Oprah with our Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) event. You get 15% off, you get 15% off, everyone gets 15% off. If you...

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Flying into Shenzhen Airport is a delight.

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Ok, I know, I have written about travel to Shenzhen before, but I just had a great experience so I thought I would take 5 minutes...

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Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) – 15% Off – Cool :)

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All this month (January 2018) HLH is running a promotion on Urethane (Vacuum) Casting projects. Confirm your order by January 31, 2018, and receive 15% off...

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Urethane casted parts before injection parts? Yes!

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In a world gone 3D crazy many of the old guard prototype and low-volume rapid manufacturing processes have been forgotten. Well, maybe not forgotten for those...

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Everything You Need to Know About Anodizing Aluminum Parts

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Anodizing aluminum parts is an essential finishing technique that plays a pivotal role across numerous industries, significantly enhancing the surface properties of aluminum. Through an electrochemical...

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Part 2 – Turning a No into a Yes!

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I love turning a No into a Yes. That feeling you get when you know that your team was right and that you were not all...

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Turning a NO into a YES! Part 1

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From my former life (before HLH), I have two examples for you of how to turn a NO into a YES! One example involves biting my...

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The 12th day of HLH Christmas is finally here.

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♪ On the 12th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Twelve smiling HLHers, Eleven hundred holes, Ten working fingers, Nine precision metal parts, at least...

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10 fingers working! HLH 12 days of Christmas

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♪ On the 10th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Ten working fingers, Nine precision metal parts, at least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans...

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The 9th day of Christmas brings Precision.

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♪ On the 9th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Nine precision metal parts, at least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans a swimming, Six...

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Win all day long with Rapid Tooling.

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I want to get my product from paper to realization fast, what can I do? The world has gone 3D Printing crazy so it is understandable...

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It’s the 8th day of the 12 days of HLH Christmas.

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♪ On the 8th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: At least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans a swimming, Six holes in this rapid...

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The 7th day of Christmas stays classic.

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The 12 days of Christmas continues with a classic on Day 7. Why? Because I couldn't think of anything better than Swans:) ♪ On the 7th day...

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Day 4, of the 12 days of HLH Christmas – Rapid Manufacturing

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The 12 days of Christmas continues with Day 4, rapid CNC Machining day...♪ On the 4th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Four (of our...

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