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Turning Data into Action: Simplifying Mold Operations
Mold builders’ customers face increasing pressure to optimize asset management – balancing uptime, traceability and compliance without overcomplicating processes or disrupting daily operations.
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MD&M West: The Gateway to Manufacturing Solutions
MD&M brings together the entire manufacturing network in one location, offering access to innovation across five key industry sectors: MedTech, automation, design and manufacturing, plastics and packaging.
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Mold Builders Again Experience Wage Growth Slower than Inflation
The 2025 AMBA Wage & Salary Report continues to show a familiar trend that mirrors last year’s results: rising wages and salaries across the US mold building workforce, albeit at…
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Beyond Conformal Cooling: 3D Metal Printing, a Versatile Technology for Mold Builders
By Liz Stevens, writer, The American Mold Builder 3D metal printing, a form of additive manufacturing (AM), has earned a reputation among mold builders for the complex conformal cooling channels…
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Mold Manufacturing 2026: Industry Leaders Share What’s Ahead
As the plastics industry approaches the end of 2025, it stands at a crossroads – balancing innovation and technological advancements with ongoing supply chain disruptions, regulatory pressures, shifting market demands…
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Key Talent Takeaways: Employee Recruitment, Retention and Culture
By Rachael Pfenninger, director of strategic execution, AMBA For US mold manufacturers, access to skilled labor continues to be both an impediment to profitability and a constraint on capacity, making…
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Technical Focus: Software Solutions
A look at software solutions in mold manufacturing to streamline the processes of design, simulation and production by integrating tools, such as CAD/CAM, mold flow analysis or CNC programming, to…
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Automation in the Tooling Industry
By Edward Bassous, management consultant, R.E.R. Software, Inc. For the past decade, the buzzwords in the tooling industry have revolved around automation and Industry 4.0. Professionals have heard countless speakers emphasize…
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