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Resilience and Reflections: Moldmaking in the Evolving Economic Landscape

As moldmakers navigate this complex year marked by fluctuating business activities, and approach the upcoming year with cautious optimism, three key considerations should guide their decisions.

United Grinding Precision Summit to Feature 16 Machines, Technical Sessions

The first ever Precision Summit is happening in Miamisburg, Ohio on May 24-25, 2023.

Reshoring Initiative Reports Another Stellar Year

According to the report, the IRA and Chips Act combined with deglobalization trends to boost reshoring in 2022 to another all-time high — up 53% from 2021’s record.

Cutting Tools

Precision Micro Finishing Tools Supply Machine, Mold and Die Operations

Titan Tool Supply has made available 100+ products for immediate online order or shipment from stock, supporting advanced manufacturing requirements.

Mold Components

How to Supply Cooling to Additive Tooling

Additive tooling provides limitless options for cooling a mold’s difficult-to-cool areas.

United Grinding Announces Support for the Reshoring Initiative

According to the Reshoring Initiative, the rate of reshoring job announcements has grown from 10,000 per year in 2010 to 350,000 per year in 2022.

Inspection & Measurement

Predictive Manufacturing Moves Mold Builder into Advanced Medical Component Manufacturing

From a hot rod hobby, medical molds and shop performance to technology extremes, key relationships and a growth strategy, it’s obvious details matter at Eden Tool.

U.S. Economy Indicates Prospects for Moldmakers

An examination of the U.S. economy suggests its resilience against a recession, yet a mixed outlook for moldmaking and plastics persists.

Record Reshoring Rates Reported in 2022

Reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the third quarter marked their highest ever level, eclipsing the previous record sent in the second quarter of 2022.

Sybridge Technologies' Operations Manager Shares Three Favorite Articles: Purchasing, Transfer Tooling, Scientific Molding

MMT's Editorial Advisory Board shares its top MoldMaking Technology articles of all time and how this content has been valuable to their businesses.

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: Applying Bench Lessons to the Business of Moldmaking

For this MMT Chat, my guest is Mark Gauvain, one of MMT’s newer Editorial Advisory Board members who has plenty to share as he recently made the move from working for some big manufacturers to working for himself as a consultant to moldmakers and molders on procurement and technology investment strategies.

Machining

Hardinge Receives Metalworking Reshoring Award

The National Metalworking Reshoring Award honors companies that have effectively reshored products, parts or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting or machining, including additive manufacturing.

More Than 60 U.S. Mold Manufacturers Rally to Keep China Tariffs

Out of the 358 comments submitted to maintain the Section 301 tariffs on China, 20% were mold and die makers answering AMBA’s call-to-action.

AMBA Reveals Work Capacity Tool

AMBA's Work Capacity Tool is an innovative resource now available to help mold manufacturers share and fill capacity when needed.

Mold Components

What is Driving Mold Lifecycle Management Digitalization?

OEMs are looking to partner with suppliers to share and track data across the supply chain for advanced intervention and process management.

Christina Fuges
Editorial Director, MoldMaking Technology

Workforce Development

Reshoring Initiative Projects Record-High Job Announcements

The Reshoring Initiative’s 1H 2022 data projects jobs announced to be a record high of around 350,000.

Workforce Development

MMT Chats: Marketing’s Impact on Mold Manufacturing

Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold (MGM) talks about the benefits her marketing and advertising, MGM’s China partnership and the next-generation skills gap. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Mold Components

Expansion of Online Moldmaking Catalog Streamlines Mold Component Search and Sourcing

DMS Components has launched a new part number lookup feature and 3D PDF facesheets to improve the online experience for design engineers and purchasing departments when searching for mold components.

Reshoring Initiative 1H 2022 Data Report Says Multiple Supply Chain Risks Accelerate Reshoring

Push for domestic supply of essential goods drives reshoring and foreign direction investment to record highs, with current job projections reaching 350,000, a 90,000 increase.

Hot Runners

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Hot Runners

Hot runners deliver the material into the mold to make the part. These systems consist of hot halves, nozzles, gates and temperature controllers—all of which must be monitored, maintained and cleaned to guarantee a quality end product.

Mold Materials

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Mold Materials

Proper selection of the appropriate mold material is critical to manufacturing a high-quality mold. Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are some of the materials used.

What You Should Consider When Purchasing Modified P20 Steel

When buying P20 steels that have been modified, moldmakers must be aware of the variations and key issues that affect delivery, cost and lead times.

Business Strategy

How To Get Buy-In from Your Team for ISO 9001

Here are four tips for getting your team on board once you’ve decided to become ISO 9001 certified.

Inspection & Measurement

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Inspection/Measurement

Inspection and measurement equipment includes all of the tools and devices used to verify that mold and part dimensions conform to the tolerances required by the part’s design.

Cutting Tools

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Cutting Tools

Cutting tools are used on machine tools to cut metal, and are one component of the overall mold machining process to consider when looking to improve speeds, feeds, wear and surface finish.

EDM

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: EDM

EDM refers to wire, sinker and small-hole electrical discharge machining. Components include drives, generators, programming, flushing, wires, electrodes, graphite, filters and fluids.

Additive Manufacturing

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Additive Manufacturing

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, simplifies the moldmaking process by making mold inserts, mold components, end-use parts and ancillary equipment.

Mold Components

2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Mold Components

Mold components make the mold work and the mechanisms used to deliver a quality end product. Key components include mold bases, pins, ejectors, lifters, bushings, guides and alignment devices.

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