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Mold-Masters Adopts Corporate Vision for 2012

Sets 2012 corporate vision, puts executive team in place and launches new website.

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CMI for January Maintains Gains, Signaling Potential for Staying Power

The gains from the end of last year have carried forward according to the January Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), which rose from 54.4 to 54.8.

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Mold Builders Enter 2012 with Strong Optimism

Everything heard on the street about what a good year 2011 was for mold manufacturers seems to be rolling over in 2012 according to the latest results from the American Mold Builders Association in their Winter 2012 Business Forecast Survey. Excellent current business conditions jumped 10 percentage points to 25% for survey respondents, from 15% for the same period a year ago. Current business conditions are good for 60% of the survey respondents, up 4 percentage points from a year ago, and fair for 15% -- down 5% from the Winter 2011 survey. Even better news is that no respondents said business is “poor” or “bad.”

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Siemens PLM Used By Nearly All Companies Unveiling New Vehicles at North American International Auto Show

Major Competitive Displacements at Daimler and Chrysler over Past Two Years Significantly Expand PLM Leader’s Footprint in Global Automotive Industry and Create “Strong Tailwind of Success”.

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Milacron Launches Greater Cincinnati-Region Talent Acquisition Program

Scholarships and other initiatives offered to support technical education / skills.

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Reshoring Initiative Encourages Manufacturers to Bring Jobs Back to US at White House’s Insourcing American Jobs Forum

Founder Harry Moser discusses Total Cost of Ownership as key to understanding real costs of offshoring during expert panel.

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Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2012

Growth, Uncertainty and End-user Benefits Are Key Underlying Themes

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Year 2011 Manufacturing Technology Demand Strong Amid Other Economic Weakness

2012 Forecast Calls for Continued but Slower Growth

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December CMI a Mixed Bag of Gifts

Index rises to seven-month high on holiday retail sales.

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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Holds Steady in December

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the December 2011 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today.

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