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Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair: September 7th & 8th at Intercontinental Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel

Face-to-Face, Business-to-Business, Cost-Effective Sales Networking: Meet face-to-face with buyers and engineers directly involved in the purchasing of contract manufacturing products and services – including OEMs that have been outsourcing offshore but are now looking to bring work back to the U.S. September 7 – Half-day value added Sales Session and Networking Reception September 8 – Full-day Purchasing Fair

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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Declines in August

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

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Leadership

Manufacturing Leaders Seek Solutions for Shortage of Skilled Workers at First imX Summit

Mission Critical: Workforce 2021” makes imX event a destination for one of manufacturing’s most daunting challenges.

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Automotive

How to Return Manufacturing Jobs to the U.S.: Experts Give Details at Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Forum

The good news is that increasingly savvy manufacturers are able to root out troublesome costs and problems from their products earlier and earlier in a lifecycle that starts even before a computer model is created—and ends with finished automobiles, appliances and other goods.

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Education

The Apprentice Appeal

Andrew Melcher has always enjoyed making things.

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Overall Business Levels Expanding

Total Mold Business Index for June 2011: 55.3

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The Mold Shop Puzzle

Creating Constructive Change: Compeition

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Case Study

Mold Manufacturer Diversifies with Defense

Buss Precision Mold Inc. (BPM; Clackamas, OR) is a mold manufacturer that specializes in auto unscrewing, two-shot and metal-injection molds (MIMs) and takes pride in working with custom molders and OEMs to keep injection molding operations running smoothly with stringent delivery times.

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Automation

Case Study / Inspection & Measurement

Using Portable CMM Technology to Improve Moldmaking Processes

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Basics

How to Maximize your Marketing Budget, Part 1

Part of the challenge of a moldmaker’s capability to attract new customers in today’s market is the stunning reality that most have no formal marketing plan in place, and the vast majority has no Internet marketing established.

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