Sherry Baranek Contributing Writer
Richmond Tooling, Inc.: Tooling, Inc.: Success with Small Mold Building Niche
A group of 11 dedicated employees—several with more than 10 years with the company—are able to keep overhead costs down and pass those savings onto its customers.
Read MoreSteve Rotman: Championing for Apprenticeship Training
There is no question that Steve Rotman, President of Mooresville, NC-based Ameritech Die & Mold, Inc. is passionate about the industry.
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JMMS: A Family’s Legacy
Over the past 23 years, JM Mold South (Easley, SC) has reinvented itself a number of times—beginning with a focus on consumer molds, a diversification into automotive molds, and a name change to JMMS as the torch passes from one generation to the next.
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Customized Software Speeds Design of Complicated Tool
When Woodland, WA-based injection mold manufacturing facility AIMMco needed a software program to create an extremely complicated tool, they looked no further than manufacturer Delcam (local Pasadena, CA office) to provide a CAD/CAM solution to best fit the company’s needs.
Read MoreMoldmakers Can Benefit from Energy Service Companies
An energy service company (ESCO) is a professional business that provides a wide array of comprehensive energy solutions—which can encompass the design and implementation of energy savings projects, energy infrastructure outsourcing, energy conservation, energy supply and power generation.
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South Coast Mold: Energy, Efficiency Add up to Success
South Coast Mold, Inc. (Irvine, CA) is not your typical mold shop, but a small sub-set (niche) of the broad injection mold business since its specialty is castings.
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Capitalizing on a Packaging Niche
Top Grade Molds Ltd. (TGM; Mississauga, ON) has always been known for its thin-wall, open top molds for the industrial packaging market.
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Machine Verification Software Slashes Leadtimes, Builds Confidence
When Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp. (Bristol, RI)—a manufacturer of high-performance components for critical applications primarily for the aerospace industry—was looking for the least expensive way to cut leadtimes, verify cutter paths, and virtually inspect their cut parts, all without sacrificing quality, the company turned to CGTech/Vericut software (Irvine, CA) to accomplish these goals.
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Invent a Product—Not Just Its Mold
When Wayne Sikorcin, owner of Craftsman Tool & Mold Co. (Aurora, IL)—a moldmaker turned mold base builder—got frustrated tying water balloons at a family picnic several years ago, he decided to turn that frustration into innovation by using his moldmaking background, experience and connections to develop, design, prototype and mold a device that would tie a knot on a water balloon.
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Michigan Tooling Group: A Total Solutions Provider
Established in 2005, the Michigan Tooling Group (MTG) was formed to be a Best in Class, total solutions provider for tooling and related services.
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Polishing: Trends and Opportunities
Polishing industry trends “mirror” those in the moldmaking industry: shorter leadtimes, new growth opportunities/diversification and process improvement via technology advances.
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