MMT Blog
Bottom Line: Personal Goodwill Indicates the Value of a Mold Shop for Sale
Carefully evaluating corporate and personal assets uncovers opportunities for significant tax savings when selling a mold business.
Read MoreWhat a Great Way to Meet... Yetis?
Stranger things can happen at industry events, you know. Aside from meeting some new, furry friends, the IMTS Exhibitor Workshop was a great experience and filled with a wealth of good tips and advice for exhibitors.
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Tradeshow Tuesday: Strategies for Taking High-Quality Videos
Get the five things you need to know to take quality videos while you are on the tradeshow floor.
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Get Connected!
The annual AMBA Conference holds a special place in my heart. It has been a critical event for my career at MMT because of the relationships it has helped me build and the challenges and solutions it has revealed to me through its educational and networking opportunities. “Connect” with me at this year’s event next month.
WatchNorth American Plastics Industry: Modernized NAFTA Would 'Set Stage for Growth'
Trade associations state ‘good-faith negotiation is the only way to make sure that a long-standing agreement is working the way it should.’
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MMT Memories: Giving Back to the Trade
1998 marked more than one proud moment for this journalist and moldmaker’s daughter.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: How to Prevent Hot Runner Leaks
One of the more common concerns still expressed by molders today about hot runner molds is the threat of a leak of molten plastic causing the manifold pocket to fill. Here is a throwback to an article on leak prevention focused on externally heated hot runner systems.
Read MoreAutomated Polishing: Commonly Asked Questions about Peening
Peening itself is not a new treatment, but that doesn’t mean it is fully understood. Peening is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, using mechanical means, such as hammering, blasting with shots (shot peening) or blasting of light beams (laser peening). Here are some commonly asked questions regarding the process.
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Tradeshow Tuesday: Products and Popsicle Stick Action Figures
This week, I use a hypothetical scenario in which a maker of wood-based products sells sticks to be used as tongue depressors, popsicle sticks and craft sticks to demonstrate targeted product writing.
Read MoreWebinar Thursday: The Key to Optimal Machining Productivity
Join us this Thursday at 1 p.m. CT for an informative webinar about strategies for optimizing CNC machining using PowerMill 2018, presented by Autodesk Inc.
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MoldMaking Technology Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
MoldMaking Technology (MMT) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2018. Founded in 1998, MMT remains committed to everything moldmaking, from design to first shot. This industry, which is utterly dependent on accurate, repeatable and efficient technologies throughout the design and build stages, was so worthy of a publication of its own. We are honored to celebrate this milestone with the industry and look forward to many more years to come.
Read MoreGardner Business Index: Moldmaking, Index Completes One of Its Best Years
Employment and New Orders Lift Index, at 55.4 in December
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