Christina Fuges

Christina Fuges Editorial Director

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MMT Chats: “If I Knew Then What I Know Now”

MoldMaking Technology editorial director Christina Fuges brings Ben Lampron of Metro Mold & Design to this MMT Chat to discuss a book to help our next generation jumpstart their futures while helping our seasoned pros attract and retain young talent by focusing on the whole person. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Step 1 of Your Maintenance 4.0 Documentation Strategy

This free on-demand workshop reviews 1 of the 5 critical components to continuous improvement—mold maintenance documentation—and shares a “test” to score your toolroom on its mold maintenance documentation strategy.

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Have You Heard of Printing Mold Inserts with Metal Paste?

A lower-cost 3D printing approach extrudes a metal paste to produce a mold insert with the required surface finish and tolerances.

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MMT Chats: Making Moves and Making Progress

MMT Editorial Director Christina Fuges brings M.R. Mold & Engineering of Brea, California, to this MMT Chat to discuss moving to a new facility, investing in new machines to tackle large molds, diversifying into aerospace and defense, hiring new young employees, working on certifications, and integrating additive manufacturing into their operations. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Going Beyond Moldmaking and Molding

With roots that are in moldmaking, Metro Mold & Design (MMD) is a contract manufacturing partner who focuses on helping its customers design and execute programs that support key business goals.

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MMT Chats: Whatever It Takes … Press On

MMT Chats welcomes Rich Martin with Convenio Technologies in Easley, South Carolina, to explain how a new group of manufacturing partners has come together to offer flexibility of services to the marketplace to get the job done. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Free Webinar Today: Is Your Mold Maintenance Documentation Reactive, Basic, Average, Best Practice or World Class?

Find out in this free webinar that will not only review the changing mold maintenance landscape, explain the importance of a 4.0 culture, break down the 8 factors of mold performance, provide examples of “futile” work order systems, instruct how to create standard terms, it will also score your toolroom’s mold maintenance documentation strategies.  

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Acquiring, Adjusting Growth in Moldmaking

Taking advantage of new business opportunities may require you to think about things differently.

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Investment Activity Presents Industry Growth Opportunity

Mergers and acquisitions within the mold manufacturing industry have revealed some positive outcomes. Here, two mold builders share their recent experiences and insights.

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MMT Chats: The Connection Between Additive Manufacturing Education and ROI

This MMT Chat continues the conversation with Action Mold and Machining, as two members of the Additive Manufacturing team dig a little deeper into AM education, AM’s return on investment and the facility and equipment requirements to implement AM properly. 

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Bond Building and Blitz Programs

It’s relationship and experience and not shop size that allows the Enterprise Mold team to tackle some nontraditional mold projects—at least they are nontraditional for the shop’s Windsor location.

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Do You Know Your Toolroom's Mold Maintenance Documentation Score?

Does your toolroom have a Reactive, Basic, Average, Best Practice or World Class culture when it comes to collecting and using Industry 4.0-type mold maintenance documentation? Steve Johnson and Glenn Keith of MoldTrax will help you answer that question during this FREE webinar on March 30 at 2PM EST.

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