by Dianna Brodine, managing editor Plastics Business Seven years ago, Rick Riesterer stood in front of an audience of his peers at a MAPP Benchmarking Conference and shared Plastic Components, Inc.'s best practices for program launches. Today, the best practices for the Germantown, Wisconsin, plastics molding company have a completely different starting point. While the … [Read more...] about Collaboration Strategies for Tool Launches
Molds/Tooling
Investing in the Tool Room
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business Cosmetic Specialties is a custom package company serving the cosmetics and personal care industry in Oxnard, California. With 37 injection molding machines, 135 active mold bases and 276 sets of inserts, efficiencies - or inefficiencies - in the tool room have a significant opportunity to affect quality, delivery times and bottom-line … [Read more...] about Investing in the Tool Room
Tooling Barometer: Shops are Investing in the Future
Plastics Business Tool shops will be looking to apprentices to assist in replacing an aging workforce, according to recent research by the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) and Harbour Results Inc., (HRI). The fourth edition of the Automotive Tooling Barometer (The Barometer), which was sponsored by Die Cad Group and Expert Tech, focused on the impending talent … [Read more...] about Tooling Barometer: Shops are Investing in the Future
Avoiding Unscheduled Mold Stops
by Steve Johnson, Tooling Docs The ultimate goal of every molding company is to produce quality parts on time. To this end, the daily workload of most shops consists of doing whatever it takes to satisfy production demands and, when times are slow, few companies use the downtime to "get ahead" in the tool room. Instead, they wait until business picks up again to deal with any … [Read more...] about Avoiding Unscheduled Mold Stops
Creating Ready-To-Go Molds
by Gary Chastain, RJG, Inc. You are a good molder. You can make any reasonable mold produce good parts. It may take a little time to tweak them in, but you do well most of the time. However, your customers constantly are beating you up when you send any bad parts. They expect absolute quality and price concessions – at the same time! In addition to these challenges, your … [Read more...] about Creating Ready-To-Go Molds