MMT Blog
Experiment Your Way to New Applications
Currier Plastics added a 3D printer a few years ago as a tool in its design department for part engineering development, and has printed about 425 bottles, jars, canisters, closures and lids. But the real story is that they are still finding new uses for the technology.
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Sharing and Solving Pain Points of Mold Builders and Buyers
With a surge in automotive and reshoring shining a light on the current pain points of mold builders and buyers, amerimold’s technical program couldn’t have come at a better time.
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Driving Innovation from the Bottom Up
Those closest to a process are best-equipped to improve it.
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2014 Leadtime Leader Award Winners Recognized at amerimold
Before we kicked off our annual casino-themed networking party, we took a few minutes to recognize and honor the hard work and dedication of those who make up the moldmaking industry we serve by presenting the winners of MoldMaking Technology’s 12th Annual Leadtime Leader Awards.
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Attracting the Younger Generation by Convincing the Older
According to some of those on the front lines of the battle to spread the word about manufacturing career opportunities, support from parents is critical to any outreach effort.
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SPE Announces its 2014 Mold Designer of the Year at amerimold
For his dedication to the moldmaking industry and for being a great leader and role model, Steve Johnson was selected and recognized as the 2014 Mold Designer of the Year for the Mold Making and Mold Design Division of SPE at amerimold 2014.
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Leading By Example
This mold manufacturer’s employees don’t have to be told what’s important.
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amerimold 2014: Record Crowds and Resounding Themes
“amerimold 2014 exceeded all of our expectations. More importantly, the record setting turn-out reaffirmed the value of the amerimold format and the strength of the mold manufacturing industry especially in Detroit, MI and Windsor, Ontario” says Executive Director, Allison Miller.
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Critical Equipment at Aalbers Tool & Mold
EDMs that have slashed burn time by a third and two five-axis machining centers are among the latest equipment implemented at the winner of this year’s Lead Time Leader—Honorable Mention award.
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Brainstorming Board
They say you should surround yourself with good people and that's exactly what I've done with MoldMaking Technology's Editorial Advisory Board members. This year, in addition to the annual appreciation dinner we hold for our advisors at amerimold, we sat down and discussed industry trends, challenges, and ways to communicate better with each other and the industry as a whole.
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MoldMaking Business Index: May 2014 Fastest Growth since March 2012
With a reading of 56.0, the MoldMaking Business Index showed that the moldmaking industry expanded for the fifth straight month and the seventh time in eight months. The rate of growth in May was the industry’s fastest since March 2012. The industry has been on an upward trend since August 2013. The month-over-month rate of change was 11.3% in May, which is the fastest rate of month-over-month growth since November 2013. The annual rate of change has grown at an accelerating rate each of the last three months.
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Catch ‘Em Being Good
This moldmaker eschews scheduled performance reviews in favor of a spontaneous approach that ensures not just good work, but consistently good work.
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