Frank Johnson once described his background as half-yuppie/half-hillbilly. Sadly, the engineering genius behind Mold Craft Fishing Products and the Unibutt died this ...

Springfield, Mo.-based fishing and hunting gear supplier Lew's Holdings Corp. reeled in a big one — the manufacturer of at least 70 percent of all soft plastic bait made in the U.S. — with its ...

Frank Johnson revolutionized big game fishing with his Mold Craft Soft Head lures. A gifted innovator, he built a pneumatic injection molding machine that made soft plastic trolling lures that marlin ...

Rapala VMC is one of the largest fishing tackle manufacturers in the world. The company eclipsed $300 million in sales in 2022 and has a staff of about 1,500 across locations in 40 countries. However, ...

Keeping up with the latest production best practices is a smart — and crucial — decision, regardless of whether it pertains to CNC machining, 3D printing, or, as in this case, injection molding.

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...