American Mold Builder

Registration is Open! Celebrate 40 Years of MD&M West!
2025-02-04 - 2025-02-06 | Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA
MD&M West, formerly known as MD&M, ATX, D&M, Plastec, and WestPack, invites you to a three-day event filled with new product showcases, engaging educational sessions, and opportunities to connect with the brightest minds in manufacturing.

Our event brings together national and international buyers and suppliers focused on medical, critical, and advanced manufacturing. It’s where groundbreaking ideas are sparked, key connections are made, and significant progress happens—all in one convenient location.

This 40-year celebration is not to be missed! Register today for an Expo, Conference, or Workshop pass.

AMBA Conference 2025
2025-05-07 - 2025-05-09 | Grand Rapids, MI
Save the date for AMBA Conference 2025, May 7-9, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI. More details to come in Fall 2024.
To see the 2024 award winners, photos and more, visit the AMBA Conference page.

GROB Systems to Host 5-AXIS LIVE! Machining and Automation Technology Event
2025-08-05 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | GROB SYSTEMS, Inc., 1070 Navajo Drive, Bluffton, Ohio, 45817
GROB Systems, Inc., a global leader in the development of manufacturing systems and machine tools, has announced it will be hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event featuring “The Future of Manufacturing – Made in the USA”, together with twenty-one of its industry partners, at GROB’s North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio on August 5th, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. The special one-day event will include informative seminars and live 5-axis machining demonstrations highlighting new machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex aerospace, medical and mold/ die parts. Tours will be offered of the GROB 500,000 sq. ft. facility which features vertically integrated manufacturing of machining centers and automation. The event is complimentary, and manufacturing professionals are encouraged to attend. For more details and to register – click here.
In addition to live demonstrations on a full range of GROB machining centers, other industry partners participating at 5-AXIS LIVE! are leaders in machining applications, software, cutting tools, automation design and integration and more. Partners include Allied Machine & Engineering, Benz Tooling, Blaser, BLUM, Caron Engineering, Concepts NREC, Complete Capital Services, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, Haimer, Harvey Performance Company, Heidenhain, Lang Technik-USA, Mapal, Koma-Precision, OPEN MIND Technologies, Rego-Fix, Renishaw, SECO, Siemens, Third Wave Systems, and Zoller. Informative presentations will be conducted by SECO, OPEN MIND Technologies, and Lang Technik-USA.
A broad range of GROB 5-axis machining and automation solutions will be under power for attendees to see live demonstrations on a range of equipment such as GROB G150, G350, and G550 5-axis Universal Machining Centers including a Mill/Turn System. Automation solutions include pallet and part handling/ storage systems and robot systems. GROB will also have a customer panel available for attendees to learn firsthand what it is like to own a GROB machine. There will also be an opportunity to learn how the GROB Apprenticeship Program continues to be a tremendous success for manufacturing workforce development to address the skills gap crisis.

NPE2027: The Plastics Show
2027-05-03 - 2027-05-07 | Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C., announced the upcoming 2027 dates for the global trade show for innovations in plastics.
PLASTICS invites NPE attendees and those who plan to attend in the future to save the following dates for its future show at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida: NPE2027: May 3-7, 2027.

NPE2030: The Plastics Show
2030-05-06 - 2030-05-10 | Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C., announced the upcoming 2030 dates for the global trade show for innovations in plastics.
PLASTICS invites NPE attendees and those who plan to attend in the future to save the following dates for its future show at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida: NPE2030: May 6 – 10, 2030.

NPE2033: The Plastics Show
2033-05-02 - 2033-05-06 | Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C., announced the upcoming 2033 dates for the global trade show for innovations in plastics.
PLASTICS invites NPE attendees and those who plan to attend in the future to save the following dates for its future show at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida: NPE2033: May 2 – 6, 2033.
