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Major Drivers of Reshoring Successes
According to Reshoring Initiative’s 2015 Reshoring Report, rapid job loss has been stemmed, but there are still huge challenges to bringing back the 3-4 million manufacturing jobs previously lost to offshore.
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Eliminate Software Clutter
An all-in-one mold design strategy can streamline the mold building process and increase accuracy.
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Manufacturing Film Festival
High schools partnered with manufacturers in a video challenge to educate students about career opportunities in manufacturing, and you can be a part of selecting the winner to be honored during a film festival next week.
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Moldmakers Do Better Setups than Bartenders
If you can't tell from that headline, it's that time of year again. Time for you to send us your top 10 reasons to be a moldmaker, so we can create our annual free t-shirt giveaway that shows off the industry's humor! Here is a taste of some of our past winning entries to help get you thinking in the right direction.
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Time to Socialize
The use of social media to market services, products and expertise is growing.
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Cooling Is a Hot Topic
Mold cooling is one of the most important elements to mold productivity because it can greatly impact cycle time and part quality, which of course affect the bottom line ... your profitability. Check out these two upcoming webinars that tackle a variety of mold cooling challenges and solutions.
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Standardizing Inspection
Standardizing inspection on a single software has allowed this automotive toolmaker to lower training expenses, offer greater staff flexibility and improve CAD compatibility.
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Looking for Ways to Reduce Energy Costs?
Then consider areas in the machining processes that unnecessarily consume energy. For example, machining center idling, unnecessary pump rotation and continuous running of peripheral equipment. Managing these areas can save a shop a lot of money. This is the subject of a white paper I came across recently that reveals how shops can achieve significant energy savings using the right CNC control to reduce power consumption during machine operating and waiting times.
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How Much Are Those Free Estimates Costing You?
Everyone says that time is money, yet many mold builders throw it away at an alarming rate by quoting for free. Check out what one cost estimator and automotive lighting specialist has to say about this industry challenge. If companies were to start looking at their costs to provide these ‘free’ quotes, they’d be surprised at just how much this is costing them.
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Getting Busy
We have been following Cardinal Manufacturing for a few years now. We've featured them in print, online, at trade events and in videos. This innovative high school vocational manufacturing program is still growing! I recently caught up with founder Craig Cegielski and one of his students Lauren Jaskowski to get an update on what they are working on now, and boy, are they busy! Busy building with a virtual architect, among many other things.
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Observations on Overseas Tooling
Darcy King of Windsor, Ontario-based Unique Tool and Gauge shares his thoughts on the challenges and compromises of Chinese tooling.
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Making the Rounds and Making a Difference
Robert (Bob) Novak, Associate Dean for the School of Applied Technologies of Waukesha County Technical College has been keeping MMT informed on his moldmaking program for years. Despite it continuing to grow each year, he never stops promoting.
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