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Parkinson Technologies Inc operates three state-of-the-art technology labs at its corporate headquarters in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.  Customers utilize these facilities to evaluate equipment, conduct product/process development trials, produce samples for test marketing, and provide training on a broad variety of materials, including plastics, nonwovens, paper and others. In the near future Parkinson Technologies Inc will also make available a Winder Lab that will incorporate three winder technologies.

• Parkinson Winder Lab
• Marshall and Williams Plastics Orientation Lab
• Key Filters’ Melt Filtration Lab
• Lab pdf file

 

A Special Thanks To All Our Lab Partners

Parkinson Technologies Inc would like to recognize the many partners whose generous contributions compliment our own technological capabilities and help to make the Marshall and Williams Plastics Extrusion and Orientation Pilot Lab the world class facility that it is. Their products have proven to be especially important in helping our customers consistently achieve high degrees of success when conducting trials, leading to truly innovative solutions. 

To further explore these companies click on the links below. To learn more about the lab brought to you by Parkinson Technologies Inc, please visit the Marshall and Williams Plastics Extrusion and Orientation Pilot Lab webpage link above.  

We Would Also Like to Thank:

• ABB
• Burner Parts Inc.
• C.A. Litzler Company
• Charles C. Lewis Co
• Cone Drive Operations Inc., A Division of Textron
• Deublin Company
• Double E Company
• Duff-Norton
• Eagle Electric Supply Co., A Division of Sonepar
• Eastern Bearings
• EDI
• Festo
• Fife Corporation
• George H. Dean Inc.
• Hamilton Caster
• HP Products Inc.
• Igus Corp.
• Kaman Industrial Technologies, A Division of Kaman Corporation
• Machine Service Inc.  Email for information: machineservicenh@comcast.net
• McGill Hose & Coupling
• Michaelson Fluid Power
• National Metal Finishing Corp.
• Nim-Cor
• Ohlheiser Corporation
• Quickdraft
• Ramsey Products Corporation
• Safeway Electric Co.
• SEW-Eurodrive
• Sterling
• The Hope Group
• The Lanly Company
• Tidland Corporation
• Watlow

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The Department of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell has a long history as a leader in Plastics Engineering education and is known around the world for its plastics research and curriculum. Established in 1954, UMass Lowell's Department of Plastics Engineering houses the United States' first accredited undergraduate program in Plastics Engineering. 

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering Program, the only one of its kind in the United States, is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, produced and processed." 
            - The Boston Globe 

To learn more about what programs UML Plastics Engineering offers click the link below.