Article: Prodigiously digital: Toolmakers develop ways to maximize data.(News)

Article: New avenues bringing new hope; Mold makers finding ...
Plastics News;  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... other fields. And mold makers centered around ... rather than mold makers'' to reflect ... The person on the shop floor also is given latitude ... that people on the shop floor feel comfortable ... they're good mold makers, but within a ...

Article: New training in Hattiesburg could help curb shortage of injection ...
The Mississippi Business Journal;  September 15, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... really hurting for qualified mold makers," said Mike McDonald, vice ... to five qualified injection mold makers on the spot if he could find ... the shortage of injection mold makers? McDonald reasons the younger ... child working on a greasy shop floor. Also, there is a big ...

Article: Laser takes on a new dimension. (laser-caving or laser die and ...
Modern Machine Shop;  February 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... have a major impact on die and mold makers somewhere down the road. It was ... make this technology pay on the shop floor. What could be so special about ... which are tool & die and mold makers. It's far too early to tell ...

Article: Mold makers' competition grows from across the ...
Plastics News;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Anniversary special edition March 16. No. 15: Mold Makers Under Pressure Mold makers spent the 1980s and 1990s adjusting to a changing ... moved into the hands of a second generation of mold makers. Technology was coming more heavily into play ...

Article: MOLD MAKERS SEE SLOWDOWN IN BUSINESS
Plastics News;  July 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... company has competed against production mold makers for business. Those companies -- which ... of PSI Alliance. "A lot of smaller mold makers must be getting very hungry." Unfortunately ... many regions and industries, U.S. mold makers are feeling a pinch in business this ...

Article: Mold makers can minimize auto damage.(News)
Plastics News;  April 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... pondering bankruptcy within weeks, mold makers and their support groups are lobbying ... Obama, urging it to consider relief for mold makers and other small firms. The American ... money but lower-tier suppliers like mold makers cannot access the cash or payment guarantees ...

Article: Plastech's money woes squeeze mold-makers.(Plastech ...
Crain's Detroit Business;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Plastech, Wilkins said, doesn't pay mold-makers for the tools it purchases until Plastech ... suppliers like Plastech order molds from mold-makers so that they can produce parts for the ... Plastech's customers. Plastech pays mold-makers through a process called part approval ...