Apple Job Listing for Plastics Design Engineer Hints at Innovative Designs for Future ProductsApple today posted a new job listing for Manufacturing Design Engineer with a focus in Advanced Plastic Tooling and Process. According to the job description, Apple is looking to expand and improve its current plastics division. Identify, develop and launch new tooling and process capabilities in support of new Apple product developments. Areas of focus will be "non-traditional" Apple plastic processing such as thermoforming, foam molding, blow molding, etc., and their application to new Apple products. The successful candidate will have demonstrated history of bringing new process and tooling technologies through a full development cycle and launch into high volume production.Though Apple has focused heavily on aluminum for the iPad, the iPhone, and the MacBook line for the past few years, the Cupertino-based company has continued used plastics for the Apple TV, the Airport Extreme, keyboards, and other accessories. Recent rumors have suggested that Apple is working on a low cost iPhone that will be constructed primarily of plastic. The iPhone is said to be a hybrid of the iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch, with a plastic enclosure. A new hire specializing in plastics is unlikely to be involved in the design of the low cost iPhone, given that it is rumored to be released later this year, but the open position does support reports that Apple is focusing on novel uses of plastics for upcoming products. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Siri 'Eyes Free' Coming to 2013 Honda Accord, Acura RDX and ILX • iOS 6.1 Tidbits: Music Controls on Lock Screen, Maps 'Report a Problem' Button, Diagonal Swiping Bug • 128 GB iPad Launch Suggestive of Fall iPad 5 Release • Apple Plans First Berlin Store and Fourth San Francisco Store • Judge Koh Rules That Samsung Did Not Willfully Infringe Apple Patents • Best Buy Offering Refurbished Airport Extreme Base Station for $89.99 • THX Releases iPhone App to Calibrate Televisions and Surround Sound Systems • 500px Photo Sharing Application Returns to App Store After Nude Photo Concerns
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