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!
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Creating a Win-Win with Reshoring
By Shelly Otenbaker, president, WayPoint Marketing Communications Throughout the past three years, the manufacturing industry has experienced a series of challenges that have made it difficult for companies to remain competitive and, in some instances, keep finished goods in the marketplace. As a result, it has become increasingly more important for manufacturers to … [Read more...] about Creating a Win-Win with Reshoring
Tooling Design for In-Mold Labeling and Decorating in Durable Products
By Paul O’Hearn, engineering manager, Profile Plastics Adding decoration to injection-molded parts not only increases the attractiveness of plastic products, but also functionality and value. The inherent durable nature of appliques or ink transfer process, coupled with the ever-expanding decorative options and addition of functional electrical circuits, provides original … [Read more...] about Tooling Design for In-Mold Labeling and Decorating in Durable Products
Simple Metrics to Drive Efficiency and Profitability
By Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, The American Mold Builder Every mold building company operates with a set of metrics guiding its decision-making process. Is it time to hire? Purchase new equipment? Find a new market or customer set? … Close the doors? Whether simple to calculate or incredibly complex, metrics often are the determining factor … but what if … [Read more...] about Simple Metrics to Drive Efficiency and Profitability
Quick Hits: Improve Throughput, Drive Sales and Manage Cash
By Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, The American Mold Builder What are fellow mold builders doing right now that can be implemented in other mold shops? Take a look through these information bursts for ideas on process efficiency, new business and the bottom line. Improving throughput According to Laurie Harbour, president of Harbour Results, Inc., the edict from … [Read more...] about Quick Hits: Improve Throughput, Drive Sales and Manage Cash
AMBA Announces 2023 Mold Builder and Tooling Trailblazer of the Year Award Recipients
The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA), Indianapolis, Indiana, proudly presented Justin McPhee, Mold Craft, Inc., a Westfall Technik Company, Willernie, Minnesota, with the 2023 Mold Builder of the Year Award and TK Mold & Engineering, Romeo, Michigan, with the Tooling Trailblazer of the Year Award during the AMBA Conference 2023, May 10-12, 2023, Grand Rapids, … [Read more...] about AMBA Announces 2023 Mold Builder and Tooling Trailblazer of the Year Award Recipients