Trends and developments in plastic machining: What will 2025 bring?
The world of plastics machining is constantly changing. Every year brings new technologies, insights and challenges that continue to shape our industry. Also in 2025, we expect another wave of innovations that not only improve production processes, but also respond to key trends, in which we as BKB Precision will obviously not be left behind.
1. Development in bonding
The market is making increasingly high demands for high-quality and durable bonding of plastics, particularly in sectors such as medical technology. At BKB Precision, we are investing heavily in the optimization of our bonding processes in 2025. With the purchase of a plasma treatment device, a dispensing device and an XYZ robot (planned for Q1 2025), we are taking our precision and efficiency to a new level.
These innovations will enable us to meet our customers' increasingly stringent expectations and maintain a competitive edge. Once these new techniques are fully integrated into our processes, we will elaborate on their operation and the benefits they offer to our customers and markets in a future blog.
2. Sustainability
Sustainability will remain a spearhead for BKB Precision in 2025. As we did in 2024, we are again committed to various sustainability initiatives this year to further minimize our impact on the environment and achieve our stated goals. We are currently busy preparing our 2024 sustainability report and working on further specifying our climate awareness to meet the strictest regulations within the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
At BKB Precision, we are convinced that sustainability is not just a trend, but a necessary basis for long-term success and a better world. This is why we like to be at the forefront of this field within the plastics processing industry! Check out our sustainability activities now via the button below.
3. Further development from metal to plastic
We notice that customers are increasingly developing their products from metal to plastic, and we expect this trend to continue in 2025. This shift is not without reason: plastic offers numerous advantages over metal, such as lower weight, corrosion resistance and greater design freedom. Moreover, plastic machining processes often enable more efficient and cost-effective production without sacrificing precision and durability.
Thanks to continuous technological advances, more and more high-performance plastics are being developed that can match or even exceed the properties of metal. A good example of this is PEEK, an extremely strong and wear-resistant plastic. The product you see here shows how one of our customers successfully made the transition from metal to plastic. Read how this transition led to a better and more sustainable end product via the button below.
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4. Digitization
As in 2024, digitization will remain a key theme within the manufacturing industry in 2025. Partly due to the rise of AI, this theme also continues to develop at a rapid pace. The more efficient, faster and more reliable exchange of data between companies contributes to higher productivity and shorter lead times. In an industry where pressure is high and delivery times are under stress, digital optimization is becoming increasingly crucial to remain competitive.
At BKB Precision, we therefore continue to invest in digitalization. Whereas in 2024 we already took steps in this area, in 2025 we will take further steps to optimize our processes. The integration of AI and advanced digital systems will help us cooperate even more efficiently with customers and partners, reduce error margins and shorten production times. Digitalization is no longer an option, but a necessity for companies that want to remain future-proof.