Consumer
International Partnership Improves IBM Preform Precision
Hammonton Mold Co. and ADOP France team up to bring injection blow mold preform design and service to the next level.
Read MoreMMT Chats: Digitalizing Mold Lifecycle and Process Performance
MMT catches up with Editorial Advisory Board member Bob VanCoillie senior manager of Kenvue’s mold management center of excellence outside of Philadelphia to discuss mold management via tooling digitalization and OEM expectations and opportunities.
Read MoreNavigating Economic Resilience and Consumer Trends
Consumer behavior provides mold builders insight into the evolving market dynamics of goods and services that helps strategic planning.
Read MoreHammonton Mold, ADOP France Forge Strategic Partnership in Injection Blow Moldmaking
Hammonton Mold Inc., a leading full-service mold shop based in New Jersey specializing in injection blow molds (IBM), proudly announces its official partnership with ADOP France, a prominent IBM mold manufacturer based in Normandy, France.
Read MoreHow Hybrid Tooling Accelerates Product Development, Sustainability for PepsiCo
The consumer products giant used to wait weeks and spend thousands on each iteration of a prototype blow mold. Now, new blow molds are available in days and cost just a few hundred dollars.
Read MoreMMT 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.
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Information Is King—in the Shop and with the Customer—at A1 Tool
This mold builder uses information to improve its operation, molds, and customer service from data collection to data sharing.
Read MoreGoing Beyond Moldmaking and Molding
With roots that are in moldmaking, Metro Mold & Design (MMD) is a contract manufacturing partner who focuses on helping its customers design and execute programs that support key business goals.
Read MoreBond Building and Blitz Programs
It’s relationship and experience and not shop size that allows the Enterprise Mold team to tackle some nontraditional mold projects—at least they are nontraditional for the shop’s Windsor location.
Read MoreBig Kaiser Launches Online Customer Chat
Customers can now have direct access to Big Kaiser agents during normal business hours for application support, tool presetting, pricing and availability and more.
Read MoreWorkflow and Quality Count
A recent visit to a hot runner systems and solutions provider proved the importance of workflow and quality to a production facility’s layout.
Read MoreIndustry Outlooks Diverge within Consumer Products
As 2020 earnings expectations diverge within within the consumer products sector, industry outlooks are likewise diverging.
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OrderFox.com Launches Machinery Exchange
OrderFox.com developed a new feature that will provide value to platform users researching, advertising and selling and buying machines.
Read MoreWhy a Decrease in Consumer Savings Is Good for Consumer Products
Consumer products goods companies should expect to do well in 2018.
Read MoreStatistics Uphold Mexico’s Importance in Plastics Industry
Did you know that Mexico is the world’s second largest importer of molds and tools?
Read MoreMexico: Manufacturing Mecca to the South
A mold-building perspective on Mexico’s manufacturing opportunities, trends and challenges.
Read MoreEnd Market Reports: Automotive & Consumer Products
Automotive manufacturers may be hedging their output despite strong new order demand. Gardner Business Intelligence’s (GBI) review of consumer confidence, employment and credit markets all point to a strong 2017 for consumer spending.
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One Word: Plastics
Plastics is still king, and the latest U.S. Size and Impact Report from the Plastics Industry Association has the numbers to prove it.
Read MoreWhen Great Plastic Products Fail
Not too long ago I blogged about how moldmakers are often approached by entrepreneurial types with no manufacturing background about building molds for new product “inventions”. I also touched on the fact that many moldmakers themselves invent things, and I requested personal stories from readers. This is about a great product that didn’t do so great.
Read MoreConsumer Goods and Electronics
Packaging to see stable growth; electronics likely to remain soft.
Read MoreElectronics and Consumer Goods
Electronics poised for a rebound; consumer goods production also should improve in 2015.
Read MoreA Modern Moldmaking Trend
Moldmakers continue to pursue adding processing capabilities—whether for sampling or production molding. One shop’s journey spells out all the required investments.
Read MoreCompetition is Good
Losing business overseas motivated this moldmaker to re-engineer its tools, improve its processes and stand by its customer, ultimately winning the business back.
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