{"id":1646,"date":"2011-06-09T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T23:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:25:42","slug":"husky-elimination-waste-better-color-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1646\/husky-elimination-waste-better-color-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elimination of Waste Through Better Color Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.ulprospector.com\/images\/webinars\/2011\/husky-color-change.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"164\" \/>Recorded June\u00a09th,\u00a02011<br \/>\n<\/em>Presented by\u00a0Husky<\/p>\n<p>As molders strive to become more competitive, the systematic elimination of waste has become more critical and all aspects of the injection molding process must be examined for cost containment opportunities. 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