Extrusion dies-tooling
Members of the American Mold Builders Association are celebrating the trade group's 50th anniversary and looking at how they can get through the manufacturing and hiring challenges facing them today.
Funding from the flat die maker provides machinery and staff in a new partnership with Lamar State College Orange in Texas.
The American Mold Builders Association has awarded a total of $54,000 to eight mold makers under the American Mold Manufacturing Advancement Grant, focusing on workforce development.
Flat die maker Cloeren Inc. has fully recovered after the company's headquarters and two facilities in Orange, Texas, were hit by Hurricane Harvey last August. The storm left more than 4 feet of standing water in the company's offices.
Reifenhäuser GmbH && Co. KG has acquired EDS GmbH, a German supplier of high-end extrusion tools, in a move which will expand its expertise in the value chain, the company announced 17 Jan.
The American Mold Builders Association's 2018 conference will feature workforce development and direct networking.
Extrusion tooling manufacturer Guill Tool && Enginering Co. has opened an in-house rheology laboratory at its headquarters in West Warwick, R.I.
The center, which will open Oct. 7 to coincide with Manufacturing Day, is housed in a 65,000-square-foot plant that underwent a 20,000-square-foot expansion in 2015. The facility now has 12 extrusion lines with three devoted to product development for customers wanting to collaborate with Pexco engineers and production specialists.
As market conditions drive tool making business overseas, building relationships with customers can give U.S. toolmakers an edge over Asian competitors, according to panel discussions at the annual conference of the American Mold Builders Association.
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