MMT Blog
Capacity Utilization Rates for Plastics Processors Rising
Every month, the Federal Reserve Board compiles and reports data that measures the activity levels of U.S. plastics processors. One of the data series is the industrial production index for plastics products and the other is the capacity utilization rate for U.S. plastics and rubber processors. Both are crucial for moldmakers because they are good indicators of how fast the industry is growing (or contracting), and when new capacity needs to be added in order to keep up with rising demand.
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Don’t fall into bad habits—put your customers first.
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Marketing Moxie—Don’t Put Your Customers Last!
Two entrepreneurs share 10 ways you may be selling your customers short—and how to change that.
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How Do You Stack Up Against Your Competition?
To find out you have to participate! Plante Moran has just launched the 2013 edition of its North American Plastics Industry Survey, which examines the best practices and characteristics that shape the success of North American plastics processors. Participate and then see how you compare.
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Back in the Game!
After taking a break from the business he founded in 1991, Eric Marlow repurchased his company and just moved into a new facility.
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Hygienic Ice Cream Cones, Thanks to CAM Software
CAM software ensures that ice cream vendors have an added degree of hygiene by allowing for the manufacture of a product that ensures the ice cream vendor doesn’t have to touch the waffle cone.
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How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy?
Lately, I have been having a lot of discussions about the future of manufacturing. Where is the next generation of workers coming from? How do we attract them? And then I got an email from a Karin Lindner--speaker, author, corporate coach, facilitator and sibling of a Husky employee--who wanted to chat with me about her new book: "How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy?"
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Hyundai WIA: Shooting for Top Five!
The opening of the West Coast Solutions Center brings the company one step closer to its goal of being one of five top selling brands in the Americas.
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Busting the Myths of Conformal Cooling
Guest blogger Bob Beard discusses how conformal cooling is opening up new ways of doing things with new tools to solve problems, but there are several myths that need to be examined to fully understand its potential. Here he examines one such myth.
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An iWarriors Update: 83 iPads donated so far in 2013!
While many of us have had the opportunity to relax and vacation this summer, let’s not forget that the iWarriors organization continues to put iPads in the hands of our wounded veterans.
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Bet You Can't Guess What Goes On in this Facility
Would you believe your dirty work? Despite this beautifully furnished lobby and tailored front offices, behind the shop door a few feet away sits some serious hot runner repair and refurbishment work.
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