MMT Blog
Automation Alley: Recovering Together
Automation Alley’s mission is to grow the innovation cluster of Southeast Michigan. It creates business development opportunities and results for its members and stakeholders who share its values. By helping its members achieve success, Automation Alley aims to increase the quality of life in Michigan.
Read MorePlanned Workholding Increases Mold Shop Productivity
Planned workholding using a modular clamping system is a part of the lean approach to world-class mold manufacturing.
Read MoreReaping the Rewards of Reshoring
Bringing offshore work back in-house results in streamlined processes, clearer communications and quicker delivery times.
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Comparing Roughing Techniques
Side-by-side comparison of traditional roughing and our new OptiRough technique.
WatchAdvances in Video Collaboration
How manufacturers can take video collaboration outside of the office and onto the shop floor.
Read MoreAdvances in Mold Cooling Simulation
A review of rapid heating and cooling technology as part of the injection molding process and the role of injection simulation software.
Read MoreAutomation Advancements Streamline Mold Manufacturing
Implementing new technologies across the entire shop floor improves overall accuracy, productivity and profitability.
Read MoreAutomotive/Transportation & Electronics/Computer
Light Vehicle Sales: Steady, Not Great; Computer Production Hits a Lull
Read MoreEquipment Investment Allows Moldmaker to Zero in Medical/Packaging Niches
Tech Mold Inc. (Tempe, AZ)—a manufacturer of high-volume, multi-cavity molds for the medical disposable, packaging (caps and closures) and consumer markets—has invested just under $1,000,000 on new equipment over the past six months. These new capabilities have allowed the company to refocus its efforts in the medical and packaging markets.
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What's to Blame?
We all know that the skills gap is a huge problem, but who or what is to blame? Some look to college as the source of the problem, but have we forgotten the fact that until a year ago this industry (and virtually all of manufacturing) was in a state of long-term and rapid decline? Shops were closing, business was rushing to China, schools were dropping classes due to lack of funding, and all of America was demanding "every day low prices." College was a choice that was (falsely in many cases) offered as an alternative to the seemingly dead-end choice of learning a trade. This situation was created by the free market, and it will only be solved by the free market. Let me explain.
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Lending a Hand--Literally!
Meet Daniel, an Indiana boy whose life was changed by a prosthetic arm, and see how what you do for a living really can make a difference.
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