Marketing
Commercial Tool & Die: Innovation And Improvement Are Keys to Success
The company’s two mantras—customer service coupled with continuous improvement—have allowed this mold manufacturer to triumph during trying times while landing them the MoldMaking Technology 2009 Leadtime Leader Award: Large Shop for the second year in a row.
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Next Recovery Phase Expected Late this Year
41.3 Total Mold Business Index for February 2009 The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
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Tom Mullikin: No Voice Is Too Small
This lawyer-turned grassroots advocate urges everyone to get involved in the fight to save American manufacturing.
Read MoreNow Is the Time to Assert Yourself
I speak frequently to contract manufacturers and job shops about their businesses. Despite the economic conditions we hear about everyday in the media, many machining and metalworking businesses are busy or are maintaining their orders at 2008 levels. Things still have to be made, even in times like these. Everything may just work out, they say.
Read MoreTwo for One
The MoldMaking Expo will be taking place alongside NPE, the triennial, international plastics show (www.npe.org).
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Momentum Forecast to Build in Second Half of 2009
42.1 Total Mold Business Index for January 2009 The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
Read MoreThink Global, Act Local!
Scan the headlines today and the news ranges from simply insane to the absurd.
Read MoreTime to Resolve and Have Some Resolve
here is no doubt we are in tough economic times and that they will continue for the foreseeable future, but that does not mean it’s time to quit.
Read MoreWhen Opportunity Knocks …
This year is all about looking for and capitalizing on new business opportunities for your shops.
Read MoreU.S. Is Still a Primary Manufacturing Resource
Over past year, we’ve seen the weak U.S. dollar and exorbitant fuel/shipping costs cause U.S. companies to reconsider near-shoring as a cost-effective option, and adjust their outsourcing strategies to include near-shoring of some products. But as of this writing, the U.S. dollar has risen 30 percent over the past two months. Fuel costs are falling rapidly, and the costs to ship goods from overseas are coming down with them. The U.S. economy is very sick, and recovery is expected to be long and tough.
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