WTFFF 026: Good 3D Print Filament Makes Good Prints Successful 3D printing results are owed in a large part to good input – good design, solid code, and especially, good materials. High quality filament can alleviate the most common problems of failed prints. Hazz Design’s Tracy and Tom Hazzard spoke with our Chief Operating Officer Jack […]

The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) tells the story of Toner Plastics and its Wonder Loom success in its 2014 Annual Report of Impact on Massachusetts Manufacturing. Toner Plastics CEO Steve Graham (second from left), his wife Jean (second from right) and Peter Russo (far right) from the MassMEP are in the photo above with the Massachusetts Speaker […]

  HOPE VALLEY — On Dec. 6, a giant art installation consisting of 400,000 beads will open in Houston, and every one of those beads was made in Hope Valley. The project, called “360 Degrees Vanishing,” is a collection of huge beaded tapestries created by visiting artists from South Africa that will be attached to […]

What do The Beadery™ and South Africa have in common? The hope of Artist Selven O’keefe Jarmon and The Art League of Houston to reinvigorate interest in the traditional craft of beading. The 360 Degrees Vanishing Project started when Houston based artist Selven O’Keefe Jarmon visited South Africa and observed local artisans making and selling beaded […]

Toner Plastics attended the Wal-Mart Open Call Event on July 8, 2014, and discussed new products and opportunities with the “Investing in American Manufacturing Initiative” with Duncan Mac Naughton, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, Wal-Mart US.  

The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership named Toner Plastics the Manufacturer of the Week.

Toner Plastics was awarded the 2014 Supplier of the 1st Quarter by Walmart’s Fabrics and Crafts Department due to its exemplary performance in launching the new Wonder Loom brand product line. The company was asked in late August of 2013 to develop and manufacture the new rubber band bracelet making kit and ship 400,000 units ahead of Black Friday. By year end, more […]

The Rubber Band Loom. A year ago few people had heard of it. Today there are more than a dozen different companies each selling their own version. Over 20,000 looms were sold per day in the month of October 2013 alone. The Rubber Band Loom actually started in 2005 as the Twitz Band Loom, invented […]

Two years after going into business, Rainbow Loom inventor Cheong Choon Ng was nearing the millionth sale of his plastic-pronged device for weaving colorful rubber band bracelets. The $16.99 kits were flying off the shelves of Learning Express toy stores and the former crash safety engineer for Nissan had an exclusive deal with Michaels, a […]

Steven L. Graham ’78 makes “CraftLace” and “Noooodles” for kiddie crafts Caption: Graham donated two houses in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Save Our Kids. Like the colorful strands kids transform into key chains from the plastic lacing he sells, Steven L. Graham ’78 has woven several career turns and personal interests into a useful whole. And […]