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AMBA Founding Member Alan Petrucci AMBA Mold Builder of the Year
Alan Petrucci was named the American Mold Builders Association Mold Builder of the Year. The award was presented by Mike Armbrust, president of the AMBA.
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How to Maximize your Marketing Budget, Part 2
The call to action from our last article was to identify attributes about your company that attract, maintain and grow your business. Hopefully, you took my advice and asked your customers. Now you need to determine, deploy and evaluate the right marketing option to get your message out.
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The Mold Shop Puzzle, Creating Constructive Change: Lean
The first and hardest step in the lean process is recognizing that your perfectly functioning shop can be improved.
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Discuss and Debate
An event to help you better design, engineer, build, repair, maintain and manage your mold manufacturing operations.
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Executive Decision Making in a Customer Centric Org, Part 2
We look at the remaining pitfalls that will dramatically limit an organization’s ability to stay on the curve relative to basic productivity as well as and to carve out a niche.
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Illinois Reshoring Initiative
The Illinois Reshoring Initiative is an industry-led program intended to bring orders and jobs back to Illinois manufacturing companies. The Initiative will achieve this goal by helping manufacturers recognize that local production actually reduces their Total Cost of Ownership of purchased parts and tooling, improves their balance sheet and makes product innovation more effective.
Read MoreElectrolux Supplier Search Highlights Supply Chain Strategy
The event highlights a new regionally-focused supply chain strategy for Electrolux in the Southeast.
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ToolTalk: The Trend in Capital Spending for New Equipment Bodes Well for Mold Demand
So when it comes time for a mold shop to forecast its future business levels, one must seek out alternative indicators. One indicator that we consistently monitor is the trend in capital spending on industrial equipment.
Read MoreReady to Capitalize on the New World of Mold Manufacturing
When Paragon D & E’s (Grand Rapid, MI) President David Muir wants to convey his feelings on the level of success the team has reached over the years, he uses the three D’s—deliberate, diligence and determination.
Read MoreCollaboration Leads to Complete Turnkey System
To meet the special needs of this project, ICU, Husky and Tech Mold worked together to design a complete turnkey system—including machine, mold, hot runner and temperature controller.
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