Progressive Components (Wauconda, IL) released its new Remote Validation Kit, a product enabling tooling engineers to validate their tools remotely. The Kit is a plug and play tool that provides real-time data by connecting the portable system to a CVe Monitor on the mold, allowing information to be accessible worldwide. Its benefits are numerous; for the OEM, it reduces travel … [Read more...] about Progressive Components Introduces New Remote Validation Kit

Get the Industry’s Pulse with One-Minute Survey In late April, AMBA launched a bi-weekly Pulse Survey to give business leaders insight into the state of the mold building industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. With one minute of your time, you can access the knowledge of the AMBA community and take the industry’s pulse. Email Rachael Pfenninger at [email protected] now for … [Read more...] about AMBA News: May 2020

On May 7, the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA), Indianapolis, Indiana, filed formal comments with the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) asking that it not lift Section 301 tariffs related to the COVID-19 pandemic for HTS 8480.71.8045, plastic injection molds imported from China. “We believe the sheer number of mold manufacturing establishments in the US … [Read more...] about AMBA Files Comments with USTR against Lifting Chinese Mold Tariffs to Address COVID-19

Progressive Components, Wauconda, Illinois, a developer and distributor of componentry and software for the production tooling industry, has announced three new offerings: the Remote Validation Kit, the ProFile® System and expansion of its Bar Lock Product offering. Progressive’s new Remote Validation Kit, a product enabling tooling engineers to validate their tools … [Read more...] about Progressive Offers Remote Validation Kit, ProFile® System, Expanded Bar Lock Products

In a collaborative effort to support the healthcare industry during this COVID-19 crisis, motion control feedback solutions provider HEIDENHAIN, Schaumburg, Illinois, is working with Applied Motion Products, Inc., Watsonville, California, to expedite critical components to a large manufacturer of ventilators. Now in various stages of delivery, the Applied Motion Products’ … [Read more...] about HEIDENHAIN Partners with Applied Motion to Expedite New Ventilator Project

Harbour Results, Inc., (HRI) conducted a study to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting small- to medium-sized manufacturers – both production and tooling. The results show that nearly two-thirds of those shops surveyed are operating at some level of reduced capacity or are closed. Additionally, of those shops that are closed, approximately 70% expect to … [Read more...] about Harbour Results Announces Results From COVID-19 Study – Manufacturing Industry Utilization Drops Significantly