Leadership
The Death of the Cold Call
Manufacturers must seize upon the changing sourcing landscape to grow and diversify their businesses by embracing the changes the Web has brought to sourcing and supply chain management.
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Five Reasons to Consider Aluminum Tooling
Today many original equipment manufacturers are under tight restraints, such as cost, new product development and time-to-market, giving mold builders an enormous opportunity to develop the necessary technology to support today’s plastics industry.
Read MoreMoldMaking Is Expanding
PDx/amerimold is still your event … with your industry’s leading moldmaking technology and service providers exhibiting the latest products and services they have to offer that are specific to your moldmaking needs, as well as industry leaders presenting alongside customers within a technical conference program with mold manufacturing at its core.
Read MoreStrategic Communications For Management
One of the 10 most valuable lessons I’ve learned about strategic communications in more than 20 years of work in law, government and issue management is this: “Assume the moral high ground early and make your opponent knock you off.” This means highlighting and communicating to key constituencies the elements of a business decision that are in accordance with public sentiments.
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Machine Verification Software Slashes Leadtimes, Builds Confidence
When Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp. (Bristol, RI)—a manufacturer of high-performance components for critical applications primarily for the aerospace industry—was looking for the least expensive way to cut leadtimes, verify cutter paths, and virtually inspect their cut parts, all without sacrificing quality, the company turned to CGTech/Vericut software (Irvine, CA) to accomplish these goals.
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Innovation Lives and Reigns
No place is the phrase “necessity is the mother of invention” more at work than in manufacturing … mold manufacturing.
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Invent a Product—Not Just Its Mold
When Wayne Sikorcin, owner of Craftsman Tool & Mold Co. (Aurora, IL)—a moldmaker turned mold base builder—got frustrated tying water balloons at a family picnic several years ago, he decided to turn that frustration into innovation by using his moldmaking background, experience and connections to develop, design, prototype and mold a device that would tie a knot on a water balloon.
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