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A Q&A on Cybersecurity with Paragon D&E
Cybersecurity continues to be a critical issue for manufacturers, and after touring Paragon D&E a while back I knew they had things in order. So, I reached out to President David Muir to see how they handle cyber threats.
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Tips for Effective Follow-through After Amerimold
After all the preparation and then execution of trade show strategies, there is still work to be done to make your trade show investment pay off.
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Amerimold 2019 Update: What You Should Know about Public Policy
This panel will review trade and tariff updates and their impact on mold manufacturing, plastics and die casting markets; and exchange rates and how they affect export/import competitiveness.
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Big Kaiser Event Offers Tips for Extreme Cutting-Tool Performance
Breakfast and Learn serves up technical presentations and tips for better machining performance.
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Amerimold 2019 Update: What You Should Know about a Mold Builder’s Role in IMD Work
This presentation will review the various challenges a tool shop must consider before and during IMD.
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Amerimold 2019 Update: What You Should Know about the Skilled Workforce Crisis
This presentation will reveal the results of a Workforce Development Survey, powered by Gardner Intelligence and presented by MoldMaking Technology and Human Asset Management, that identifies the current state of workforce development among small to mid-size manufacturers in North America.
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Amerimold 2019 Update: What You Should Know about Improving Your Third-Party Mold Maintenance Culture
Husqvarna and MoldTrax have teamed up to review a PM action plan and the barriers to systemize and change the mold maintenance and repair culture across multiple facilities.
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Amerimold 2019: Free Tech Talks Focused on “What You Should Know”
Amerimold 2019 free presentations focus on what moldmakers should know about conformal cooling, venting, skilled workforce crisis, mold maintenance, IMD and public policy.
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Amerimold 2019 Update: What You Should Know about Getting Venting Right
This presentation will review several ways to get your venting right, including guidelines for designing and machining vents to optimize venting capacity, proper vent amount, location, width and depth, using a vacuum/blowback venting system and modifying the tool for vacuum venting, using and designing with self-venting mold material, and installing the most efficient mold components, such as vacuum vent blocks and venting valves.
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Understanding the New Flow Through Deduction
The qualified business income deduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act gives mold shops a 20-percent deduction of qualified business income to all non-corporate taxpayers, but it comes with some qualifications, restrictions, and limitations.
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