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Moldmakers Working for Funding to Support Mfg Training
2014 Leadtime Leader Winner Westminster Tool shares its process for successfully obtaining funds for manufacturing training. It takes a lot of work and collaboration.
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Industrial Size Investing
Our 2012 Leadtime Leader Winner has made some big investments in new machinery and facility renovations to match its current business level and continued growth, as well as to attack its production bottlenecks.
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3-in-1: Print, Mill and Mold
Four guys from a small manufacturing company kickstarted their own project when they took it upon themselves to develop a machine they've always wanted. A machine that can perform 3D printing, CNC milling and injection molding all in one multi-machining tool.
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Building an Integrated Mfg Center to Fill the Skills Gap
“We receive overwhelming requests from employers who want to hire our students. Our students know there are immediate jobs waiting for them that come with good starting salaries,” says Bob Novak, Waukesha County Technical College, Associate Dean of Manufacturing. That is why WCTC is working to create a new Integrated Manufacturing Center (IMC) to provide innovative solutions to the skills gap crisis.
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Digital Ed of MMT's Oct Mold Maintenance and Repair Supplement Ready
The digital edition of MMT's October Mold Maintenance and Repair Supplement is available.
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"If You Can Do It with Toys, You Can Do It with Anything"
Those are the words of Michael Araten, President and CEO of The Rodon Group and K'NEX Brands, during the Manufacturing Day event I attended last Friday at their Hatfield, Pennsylvania facility. He was referring to the "patriotic capitalism" the company embraces, which has resulted in the reshoring of most of the work they outsourced to China.
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Happy Manufacturing Day!
Today is Manufacturing Day and there are 1,433 events planned! I will be part of a facility tour and presentations at The Rodon Group in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a plastic injection molder of K'Nex toys about 20 minutes from my office. Where will you be today?
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Made in America Hub
To really push Made in America you need to arm yourself with the right research, data, news and stories, and the redesigned Alliance for American Manufacturing site now gives you even more tools to use and share.
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If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words …
then a video—moving pictures—is worth so much more, and manufacturing can reap its benefits.
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The Everyday Mold Experience
Maintenance and repair are critical to meeting manufacturing goals.
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Partnering up to Push the Limits of Technology and Innovation
Franchino Mold & Engineering specializes in ultra large molds enabling customers to produce products that challenge the limits of injection molding and keep them ahead of the competition. This made them perfect for a project for a 420,000-pound mold to make a 15-foot long, 245 pound polypropylene tank half.
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Hot Energy Savings
Although energy is a word thrown around a lot these days, taking charge of energy management is serious business when it comes to your molds. It can help you reduce your molds energy requirements and increase savings. Moldmakers need to consider the overall package of each mold program to uncover when its possible to optimize your savings.
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