The fourth China Jilin Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo opened yesterday to again bridge buyers and suppliers in the provincial capital of Changchun over the next four days. One of the most in...
The furniture factories outside the manufacturing hub are eerily quiet. They are victims of a housing crisis half a world away in the United States that is sapping demand for everything from beds to b...
The squeeze gets tighter every day as oil prices hit all-time highs. But to stay in business, you have to let your customer pay for your resin cost increases. Injection molding as a business is much l...
If you weren’t already planning to go to the Plastec Midwest/Plastics USA show in Rosemont, IL next month (Sept. 22-25), a conference track cosponsored by IMM and its sister publication Modern P...
Apriso has won Manufacturing Business Technology magazine’s Manufacturing Innovation Insight award for the Apriso FlexNet, a software-based product that manages global manufacturing operations. ...
Cyklop has added the CP500 pneumatic hand-strapping tool to its range of friction weld strapping equipment. Offering high tension of up to 5000N, the CP500 will accept polyester straps of between 12-1...
The Maxos non-contact measurement system from Steintek has enabled Toshiba GE Turbine Components to reduce time required to inspect and measure steam turbine blades from 280 minutes to 45 minutes. It ...
Synergy Technology is offering a full SAAS service including the option of hardware. Many companies are considering their options when it comes to upgrading their current IT structure A solution is av...
Sung Hyoung Precision will use Vicote Coatings’ powder and liquid dispersions to extend the lifespan of its core-moulds and reduce system costs. Moohyung Kim, chief executive officer of Sung Hyo...
Embracing change and continuous evolution—in conjunction with fine-tuning its specialty over the years—is this moldmaker’s formula for long-term success. It was a different world whe...
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing were seen as China’s maturation as a culture, an economy and a global power. They also mark a crossroad for China. Nixon’s historic visit in 1972 s...
Sioux Chief Manufacturing has chosen a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) from RTP Company for its universal pipe clamps with noise absorbing blocks to reduce noise transfer caused by loose pipes. The TPE ...
Solutionware, the developer of Mazacam, a technology for Mazak shops that use Mazatrol, has released Mazacam CAD/CAM and Editor – Matrix Edition Version 4.6. Mazacam allows the easy conversion f...
To promote bilateral trade and encourage more African products to enter the Chinese market, the Ministry of Commerce will host the African Commodities Exposition in Xiamen from Sept 8 to 11. Trade bet...
Xixi has to close her small but lucrative online shop on Taobaomold.wiki and is clearing stock by offering a large discount on all items. The university student, who uses Xixi as an online name,...
Focus on cavitation and advanced product design gives progressive mold shops a jump on competitors. Moldmakers are adapting their design and fabrication capabilities to meet sharper requirements for i...
Busy moldmaker turns to HSM to boost productivity and remain competitive in both the domestic and foreign arenas—and realizes time savings of up to 60 percent. X-Cell Tool & mold (Erie, PA)&...
Carl Zeiss Vision improves crucial surface quality of its polycarbonate eyeglass lens molds and designed repeatability and added capacity into their metal mold operation. For decades, scientists, doct...
Six-axis jointed robots can offer significant cost savings during mold design and manufacture, as well as during production. Manufacturers have many factors to consider when designing equipment to man...
Increasing precision in small-hole EDM drilling. When it comes to EDM drilling of hardened metals, such as mold and tool steels, there are holes, and then there are holes that actually do the job. The...