Sherry Baranek Contributing Writer
Triangle Tool: Product-to-Tool Service
This Large Shop Leadtime Leader Winner penetrates new markets with complete product-to-tool service while investing in technology.
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2010 Leadtime Leader Award Small Shop Winner Mold Craft, Inc.: Innovation with Automation
With an average leadtime of eight weeks, Mold Craft, Inc. (Willernie, MN)—this year’s Small Shop Leadtime Leader Award Winner—builds tight-tolerance, high-volume, multi-cavity and multi-mold projects that produce small, intricate, precision plastic parts.
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Moldmaker Maximizes Its Large Machining Niche with the Right CAD/CAM Software
This year’s Leadtime Leader Large Shop, Triangle Tool Corp. (Milwaukee, WI), has strategically positioned itself as a leader in building injection, SMC (sheet molded compound) and BMC (bulk molded compound) compression, structural foam and blow molds for large plastic parts—and has always used Delcam’s (Windsor, ON) software exclusively.
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Molder Only Runs One Mold with Fast Servo Motor— Instead of Two
About this series: For those charged with raising the sales of a mold building company, differentiating one’s company from the competition is fundamental. This quarterly series features actual examples of the front-line representative of a mold building company presenting new approaches to improve the customer’s profitability.
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Adding Molding Capabilities Strengthens Moldmaking
In a highly competitive market, offering your customers molding services in addition to mold manufacturing is a wise business decision to differentiate your company from the competition.
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Small Shop HM CS Tool Engineering: The Business Of Customer Service
Despite its location in Cedar Springs, MI—a state that has been hard hit by the economic downturn—CS Tool Engineering, Inc. has landed the 2010 Leadtime Leader Award Small Shop Honorable Mention by constantly investing in technology and offering its customers complete customer service with leadtimes between 10 and 12 weeks.
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Mold Quoting Software Gives Moldmaker an Edge in Winning Jobs
During its 39 years in business, Quashnick Tool Corp. (QTC; Lodi, CA) has made a name for itself in Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay area by building complex injection molds to very high tolerances for a variety of industries—including medical and electronics.
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Uniloy North America: Total Systems Outlook
Uniloy North America has specialized in blow mold machine and mold manufacturing for more than five decades.
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Strategic Capital Purchases Help Tap into New Markets
How LS Mold, Inc.became an expert in rapid tooling..
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Laser Welding Improves Surface Finish and Yields Less Rework
With laser welding, the tool steel doesn't harden, soften or crack the area. It keeps distortion and weld sink down.
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Le Bac Plastic Mold: Old-World Craftsmanship and Modern Technology
Le Bac’s culture is one of creativity and teamwork that blends modern technology and Old World craftsmanship.
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