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Case Study 21 Nov 2016

Feeling Thankful

Thanksgiving is an ideal time to reflect on the past year and recognize the many blessings that have come our way.

Business Strategy 21 Oct 2016

Finding Value in Industry Resources

Not very long ago, as I was working on a feature article about South Coast Molds, a company that builds investment casting molds for alloy parts, for our August issue, I posed a couple of questions to second-generation owner Paul Novak: Why are you more active with the American Mold Building Association (AMBA), and why do you read MMT?

Machining 7 Oct 2016

Small but Mighty… Talented, That Is

Every once in a while, the editors at MMT are approached by a public relations company with an idea for a mold-manufacturing-related story. Sometimes there’s something unique or intriguing about the mold building company involved, or the people who work there, that catches the eye and we just have to blog about it. Meet Emory Custom Tooling in Gilmer, Texas.

Education 15 Aug 2016

Project-Based Learning – The Rest of the Story

In this month’s issue of MMT, I wrote about an instructor’s strategy for teaching his mechanical engineering students about moldmaking via project-based learning. I couldn’t include absolutely everything this instructor teaches his students, so I thought I’d blog about it.

VMC 20 Jul 2016

Can You Prove It?

IMC can. Technology and processes I saw during my visit proved to me that they are still living up to their motto that if you take care of your customers and give them the best products at an affordable price, you’re going to do well.

Regulations 23 Jun 2016

Leadtime Leaders Made Their Presence Known at Amerimold

The moldmaking community is a family of sorts, and this becomes very evident every year at Amerimold when we celebrate our annual Leadtime Leader Awards Competition. Last week this was taken to another level when 2016 Winner Krieger Craftsmen registered a busload of people to attend Amerimold and make their presence known.

Business Strategy 1 May 2016

Conversational CNC Helps Moldmaker Bridge Skills Gap

What can a company do when it has a healthy flow of work running through its facility but a lack of skilled workers to complete it all in an efficient, cost-effective manner? This moldmaker found the solution in two Hurco VMX 42i CNC mills with conversational programming capability.

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