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Let Go! Leverage Your Mindset, Elevate Yourself as a Leader, Drive Organizational Purpose

AMBA Conference 2023 motivates me (and moldmakers) to let go of traditional mindsets to move (the industry) forward.

AMBA Announces 2023 Mold Award Recipients

Justin McPhee from Mold Craft and TK Mold and Engineering were awarded the 2023 Mold Builder and Tooling Trailblazer of the Year awards, respectively, at this year’s AMBA Conference in Detroit, Michigan.

They May Not Be Making Headlines These Days, But They Are VERY Important!

With COVID, unrest and an upcoming election, nobody is talking about our wounded veterans in need … except iWarriors. What is iWarriors, you ask?

2020 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Service Providers

MoldMaking Technology’s annual Technology Review and Sourcing Guide is a comprehensive guide for researching today’s technology, equipment, products and services. Introducing a brand new section this year: Service Providers.

PODCAST: Exposing the Secrets to Success

Three American Mold Builders Association executive board members talk about the advantages of building relationships and sharing what you know.

Moldmaking Community Keeps iWarriors Going Strong

Since 2011 iWarriors has provided fully-loaded tablets to more than 900 combat wounded service members for their rehab and recovery, and although founders Kim and Tim Bartz are retiring, the program will continue on under STAR Charities.

Westfall Technik Acquires Mold Craft

Westfall Technik expands micro molding expertise with the acquisition of world-class tool maker Mold Craft.

Past LLA Winners Celebrate 15 Years of Moldmaking Excellence

Winning MoldMaking Technology’s Leadtime Leader Award helped these shops realize their strengths and recognize their weaknesses.

This Just In ... Three Leadtime Leaders Form a Joint Venture

Mold Craft, Westminster Tool and Extreme Tool and Engineering formed a joint venture to maximize resources and offer the plastics industry a one-stop solution for engineering, moldmaking and production.

Design-for-Manufacture Review on Micro-Molding Operations

According to Mold Craft Inc., a design-for-manufacture (DFM) review ensures that its customers receive the highest quality molds that produce parts with close tolerances.

Tradeshow Tuesday: Coming Up at NPE2018

Cruise through this week’s slideshow to see more of what’s coming up at NPE2018.

Fun Friday: The Moldmaking Community Shows Patriotism, Heart and More

On September 15, 2017 our team at Alliance Specialties and Laser Sales partnered with our friends Tim and Kim Bartz from iWarriors and Mold Craft to host the inaugural Alliance iWarriors Charity Golf Outing.

Continuing Collaboration

A moldmaker and molding machine manufacturer partnered up to present micro-molding technology at Amerimold and will continue this joint effort through to NPE.

Take Your Message to the Hill: Do A D.C. Fly-In with Colleagues

AMBA member Justin McPhee of Mold Craft Inc., shares his experience visiting congressmen and women during a recent Fly-In event with PLASTICS in Washington D.C.

In Winter or Spring, iSledders Warms the Heart

I know spring has sprung, and the snow is a faint memory (at least for the majority of us), but now is as good a time as any to applaud and share some great news from iWarriors, which held its second annual iSledders Charity Snowmobile Ride in February, raising $5,500.

Common Sense Innovation and Moldmaker Collaboration

As I walked the aisles of NPE last month, taking in all the plastics-related technologies and solutions on display, two obvious trends emerged: logical innovation and moldmaker collaboration.

Snowmobiling for a Good Cause

Not only did the snow bring together some of the mold building community for a little snowmobiling, it also helped raise money for a good cause. Proceeds from this inaugural I-Sledders 2015 Charity Snowmobile Ride on February 20-22 benefit iWarriors, which provides technology and assistance for wounded service members to help with rehabilitation and recovery from physical injuries, post traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries.

Maximize Your Marketing

Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) Insight from Tim Bartz.

Time-to-Market Strategizing

Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) Insight from Vic Baez.

Early Resolution for 2015

To date, industry donations to iWarriors--a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 by Tim and Kim Bartz of Mold Craft--have helped to supply more than 260 combat wounded veterans with iPads, so they can keep in touch with friends and loved ones as they recover and rehabilitate. Today they announce the 2015 iWarriors challenge. Can you help them achieve the goal?

All According to Plan

This moldmaker influences its own destiny by staying true to itself, knowing exactly where it wants to go, and ensuring everyone in the organization understands how to get there.

“Our Molds Aren’t Perfect, They’re +/- 0.0001 Inch”

The motto of this Minnesota-based mold manufacturer of high-volume, multi-cavity and multi-mold projects for the medical, electronics, telecommunications and consumer products industries sums up why they reached the 50-year milestone, why they celebrated with the community and industry, and why they are excited about the next 50 years of innovation.

Today We Celebrate Heroes from the American Mold

So what better day than Memorial Day to give an update on iWarriors and all they've accomplished this year for our Wounded Warriors--giving so much more than iPads.

Moldmakers Making a Difference

iWarriors continues to support our troops this year with even more iPad deliveries, and here are stories recipients have shared expressing their gratitude when we are the ones who are grateful to them!

iWarriors: Moldmakers on a Mission

Our mission is to keep hospitalized marines in touch with family and friends while they undergo numerous surgeries and intensive rehabilitation.

MMT Goes West

It has been a year since I headed out to California for the one trip to which I really look forward--to escape the wintry weather here in the east and see the bright beautiful sun, blues skies and snow-capped mountains, all in 70-degree weather; oh and to attend the Plastec and MD&M West shows.

Leadtime Leader Takes on a Challenge

Can you really mold a pipette shaped part with a .015” wall x .370” long followed by a .008” wall x .080”? How about if the molding material is PEEK? How about 4 cavities? Can a Cpk of 1.33 be achieved on this wall section? These are the challenges and questions Mold Craft set out to prove the viability by partnering in flow simulation and press selection while Mold Craft designed and built a mold required for this difficult part.Although Mold Craft is typically known for their ability to design and build high cavitation production molds to produce parts that number in the hundreds of millions, Mold Craft has also received recognition for the ability to mold extremely tight tolerances on micro parts with intricate geometry that require high Cpk values. This challenge was just that, micro parts shaped like a funnel or pipette with extreme length to wall thickness ratio. To add to this complexity, the customer needed to use PEEK due to its high strength characteristics.Mold craft will be displaying their latest mold in the Sodick Plustech press at NPE in Orlando. Mold Craft (booth 1295) will have the attached photographed mold operating at Sodick Plustech booth 363.Read full story here.

Mold Craft Tool Showcased Sodick Plustech’s New Micro Molding Machine

A 4-cavity mold for very small PEEK parts—a pipette “funnel tip” component for a medical customer—ran in the new Sodick Plustech LP20EH2 Micro Molding series with a 12-mm diameter plunger.

Ten Years Worth of Leadtime Leaders

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iWarriors

Moldmakers give back to our Wounded Warriors with the gift of technology, so they can stay in touch.

Honoring Industry

Innovation. Efficiency. Quality. Commitment.—2011 Leadtime Leaders announced, Advisory Board members introduced and industry leader paid tribute.

2011-2012 Editorial Advisory Board: Introductions and Insights

With this year’s annual show issue, we welcome MoldMaking Technology’s new editorial advisory board for 2011-2012.

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.

Changeable Mold Base Offers Flexibility, Productivity While Reducing Tooling Costs

A mold base has been designed that provides faster production changeovers.

Cutting Tool/Software Providers Combine Efforts to Maximize Productivity

Collaboration amongst suppliers to be expert solutions providers is key to a moldmaker’s ability to maximize production throughout their entire manufacturing process—increasing efficiency and productivity.

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