By Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, The American Mold Builder In 2000, a movie was released that didn’t have much of an impact on theater audiences, despite its lineup of “name-brand” young actors. Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck and Scott Caan had leading roles in a film called Boiler Room, a crime drama centered around a brokerage firm that spends more time … [Read more...] about We Already Are Leaders
Issue 1 2024
Addressing Tooling Labor Shortages with Automation
By Ethan Rejto, director of marketing, Mantle One of the greatest challenges facing the toolmaking industry is labor. With COVID-19 exposing how fragile the international supply chain is, more and more OEMs are hoping to reshore their manufacturing, with plastics processors reporting the highest percentage of their OEM customers attempting to reshore manufacturing in 18 years. … [Read more...] about Addressing Tooling Labor Shortages with Automation
The State of US Mold Manufacturing: How Mold Builders are Doing More with Less
By Rachael Pfenninger, director of strategic execution, AMBA In 2015, US mold manufacturers were experiencing a revival of optimism. For instance, a whopping 60% of mold builders anticipated their business increasing substantially over the coming three months. The average number of shop hours hovered around 50, while design hours were around 47. Over three-quarters of … [Read more...] about The State of US Mold Manufacturing: How Mold Builders are Doing More with Less
Driving Organizational Excellence to Generate Business Growth
By Rachael Pfenninger, director of strategic execution, AMBA Succession planning is a topic of critical importance to American mold builders. Without it, the continuity of individual companies and the mold manufacturing industry at large is in jeopardy. But as many company owners know, experienced mold manufacturers aren’t growing on trees – which means that skills development … [Read more...] about Driving Organizational Excellence to Generate Business Growth
What Do Digital Textures Offer the Industrial Mold Market? Opportunity!
By Chad Hase, director of advanced manufacturing, Custom Etch Inc. Five-axis laser machining makes digital mold textures possible for all moldmaking processes. Mold manufacturers using laser technology can play a vital role in brand protection, recyclability and traceability efforts with new digital mold textures. Laser texturing has opened the door to new possibilities … [Read more...] about What Do Digital Textures Offer the Industrial Mold Market? Opportunity!
The 2024 Regulatory Agenda for Manufacturing
By Omar S. Nashashibi, co-founder, The Franklin Partnership, LLC Twice a year, the US government provides manufacturers with a preview into what it has in store for them. This comes in the form of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which the Biden administration released in December 2023. The Regulatory Agenda, as it is known, is a list of … [Read more...] about The 2024 Regulatory Agenda for Manufacturing