MMT Blog
Tooling Transfer: Chaos or Calculated Opportunity?
Today there is significant pressure on OEMs and Tiered suppliers to transfer existing tooling to safer ground. This has presented prepared moldmakers with great opportunity.
Read MoreIf You’re Not Meaningfully Unique, You’d Better Be Cheap
These are the words of Doug Hall (www.doughall.com), founder of Eureka! Ranch and P&G brand-building wunderkind. It is also the mantra for the U.S. government’s latest initiative to lead manufacturing in this country into the new century. The goal of the new administration’s plan is to help transition discrete manufacturing companies—small and midsized manufacturers (SMMs)—from the “old” economic model (based on commodity and price) to a “new” economic model based on innovation, technology and “green.”
Read MoreGiving Back
These are tough times in our country and in the industry; however, as I look back, it’s clearly evident that the industry has been very good to many of us.
Read MoreChangeable Mold Base Offers Flexibility, Productivity While Reducing Tooling Costs
A mold base has been designed that provides faster production changeovers.
Read MoreThe Many Dimensions of Feature-Based Machining
Simple does not mean minimal. FBM is a powerful tool that can save many different types of users’ time and money. Here’s why.
Read MoreElite Mold & Engineering: Team Elite
Being both a moldmaker and a molder allows Elite Mold to be a one-stop team for its customers and the MoldMaking Technology 2009 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention Award: Small Shop.
Read MoreCan Moldmakers Use Robotics Automation?
The pressures in today’s economic climate leave many companies struggling to find ways to contain manufacturing costs. One overlooked strategy applies to robotics automation.
Read MoreThe Value of Lean
Last month, I wrote of the value of manufacturing and business communities taking active roles in supporting the shops and plants that make up their local eco-systems. I gave examples of how some communities and groups have been very successful at helping their communities thrive through those efforts. Ironically, I recently heard some interesting news about our largest community—our country—that got me to thinking of how important it is for us to help ourselves as individual companies.
Read MoreBe Proactive, Not Reactive
News from the auto industry today is full of doom and gloom. However, there are steps mold manufacturers can take to remain profitable during this time.
Read MoreFive Tips for Capital Equipment Purchases
Cash flow is the foundation of any business, but it plays an especially important role when it comes to capital equipment purchases. By financing such purchases, businesses can realize several benefits, such as more consistent cash flow, preservation of working capital, better management of the company’s bottom line, tax advantages, streamlining of the purchasing process, and preservation of bank lines of credit.
Read MoreThe Right PC CNC Brings Speed to Moldmakers
What to look for in a control to get the speed, accuracy, surface finish, flexibility, convenience and value a moldmaker needs.
Read MoreReaching Out to a Different Market to Survive Tough Times
This mold manufacturer has reassessed its market base and began dabbling in the energy industry based on its experience with CNC machining—making it a natural transition.
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