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Creating Clarity: The Importance of Defining the Ideal Customer
By Shelly Otenbaker, president, WayPoint Marketing Communications In today’s manufacturing landscape, activity is not the same as progress. Mold builders and their suppliers are investing more than ever in marketing…
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Beyond the Paycheck: Why Benefits and Culture Drive Retention in Mold Manufacturing
In AMBA’s 2025 report, Recruitment and Retention Takeaways for US Mold Manufacturers, respondents demonstrated that employees recommend and remain at their companies for several reasons
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Who Is Telling Our Story?
By Kym Conis, managing director, AMBA Earlier this year, four American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) member CEOs had the opportunity to meet directly with representatives from the Office of the…
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More Than Shop Rates: How Industry Intelligence Drives Better Business Decisions
By Rachael Pfenninger, director of strategic execution, AMBA In late spring 2026, American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) conducted its Shop Rate Survey, which benchmarks US rates across moldmaking, engineering and…
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Securing the Mold Shop: A Q&A on Cybersecurity, AI and Digital Readiness
By Lindsey Munson, managing editor, The American Mold Builder Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), digital systems and connected technologies are creating new opportunities across the molding industry to improve productivity,…
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Dynamic Tool Uses Apprenticeships to Address the Workforce Gap
By Liz Stevens, writer, The American Mold Builder Workforce recruiting is a perennial task for mold builders, and stark numbers back up the claim. For just one category of jobs…
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Powering the Future of Mold Manufacturing
The 2026 AMBA Conference, held May 12-14 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, lived up to its “Ideas Ignite!” theme by bringing together mold manufacturing leaders, emerging professionals and industry partners for…
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Tooling Innovations
In this age of relentless technological advances, mold builders are reaping benefits from tooling innovations that are reshaping mold manufacturing.
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