American Quality Molds (AQM), (Hamilton, Ohio), and Tooling Software Technology, LLC (TST), (Clarkston, MI), have announced an alliance bringing AQM’s library of standard aluminum mold bases and Rapid Insert Dies (RIDs) to VISI CAD, exclusively distributed in North America by TST. This collaboration with VISI and AQM enables customers to take full advantage of the parametric … [Read more...] about TST Selects American Quality Molds for VISI Alliance
AMBA Conference 2020 Open Registration
The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) announces the opening of registration for the AMBA Conference 2020, April 29 – May 1, Hyatt Regency Downtown, Indianapolis, IN. Each year, this annual conference provides profit-impacting programming to senior-level executives and their teams in the mold building industry. The AMBA Conference 2020 theme: Ready, Fire, TEAM! is … [Read more...] about AMBA Conference 2020 Open Registration
CAD/CAM Suite Offers 3D and 5-Axis Machining Enhancements
OPEN MIND Technologies AG, Needham, Massachusetts, has introduced hyperMILL® 2020.1, a new version of its comprehensive CAD/CAM software suite. In addition to 3D and 5-axis machining enhancements for complex part manufacture, the new version increases ease-of-use and overall programming performance, and includes key new automation and additive manufacturing strategies. … [Read more...] about CAD/CAM Suite Offers 3D and 5-Axis Machining Enhancements
AMBA Applauds Trump Administration Reinstatement of Tariffs on Plastic Injection Molds
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will publish on Dec. 23 a formal notice that it will not extend the exclusion from 25 percent tariffs for Chinese plastic injection molds granted on December 28, 2018. The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) strongly supported this reinstatement of the tariffs and applauds the Trump administration for heeding the calls of … [Read more...] about AMBA Applauds Trump Administration Reinstatement of Tariffs on Plastic Injection Molds
Fostering a New Business Model at Precise Tooling Solutions
By Brittany Willes, contributing writer The American Mold Builder “I retired when I was 50. Around the second year of my retirement, my wife famously said to me, ‘I married you for good or bad but not for lunch. Go do something,” Don Dumoulin explained with a laugh. Dumoulin took his wife’s words to heart and began looking at various companies for a possible acquisition. He … [Read more...] about Fostering a New Business Model at Precise Tooling Solutions
Molds in the Middle: Trump vs. China
By Omar S. Nashashibi, Founding Partner The Franklin Partnership There is a saying in Washington, D.C.: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.” But sometimes, you’re just caught in the middle, as are America’s mold builders today between a president supportive of manufacturing and customers demanding lower-cost imports from China. As a lobbyist for … [Read more...] about Molds in the Middle: Trump vs. China