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Makino
Eliminate the need for supporting equipment and reduce try-out time in your large mold manufacturing. In this webinar, Makino explains how they’ve combined the benefits of 2+3 machining for rough, finish and angle operations under one platform.

MMT’s 2010 Leadtime Leader Triangle Tool’s Employees Hold Key to Company’s Success
Triangle Tool Corp. (Milwaukee, WI)—which specializes in injection, sheet molded compound and bulk molded compound compression, structural foam and blow molds for large plastic parts in addition to specialty large part machining—has realized that providing its employees with the best working environment possible has helped the company to maintain growth in new markets through all economic cycles.
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Now available online at MMT online: MoldMaking Technology, Dassault Systemes and GID Corporation presented a new webinar, Rethink Your Strategy: A Technological Advantage in Today’s Competitive Market, which explained how investing in a PLM business strategy can help you improve your overall design and manufacturing processes, and deliver the competitive edge you need.

View the archived webinar here

Moderate Growth for Consumer Products

Data source: Federal Reserve Board
Forecast: Mountaintop Economics & Research, Inc.
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The outlook for most of the consumer products markets in the U.S. calls for moderate growth in 2010, followed by stronger gains in 2011 and 2012. Consumers will spend more this year than they did in 2009, but there are still some substantial impediments to spending growth. These include: slow wage/income growth, rising energy and materials prices, high unemployment rates and a sluggish housing market. Consumers have also become more frugal, and they are presently choosing to save more and pay off debt. All of these constraints will loosen gradually in the coming quarters.

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