Automotive

Business Strategy 1 Jan 2012

End Market Reports

Market Outlook: Motor Vehicles; Market Outlook: Aerospace Products and Parts

Surface Treatment 1 Jan 2012

Selective Plating of Mold Surfaces Extends Life and Reduces Repair Costs

Wear and tear on molds and the need for repairs are a regular cost of doing business for plastic and metal molders. However, costs can be drastically reduced through selective plating without removing the tooling from a machine.

Automotive 1 Jan 2012

Taking Streamlining to the Next Level

Based in Rochester, NY, Aluminum Injection Mold Company (AIM; Rochester, NY) is an industry pioneer in providing creative production aluminum tooling solutions to a wide range of markets including automotive, medical, computer / business machines, telecommunications and consumer products since 1985.

Design & Mfg. Software 1 Dec 2011

Solid Modeling Software Provides Seamless Integration Between Programs

When the company was looking for seamless integration with its CAD/CAM and solid modeling software and the ability to jump back and forth between programs, Omega looked no further than PowerSHAPE from Delcam (HQ Birmingham, UK; subsidiary offices Windsor, ON; and Salt Lake City, UT) to fit the bill.

Automation 1 Sep 2011

Strategic Partnerships Solidify Automotive Niche

To further strengthen its reputation as a leading innovator in the marketplace, Proper has recently formed strategic alliances with German company KrausMaffei and Woburn, MA-based Trexel Inc.—two vastly different organizations with their own specialties.

Packaging 2 Aug 2011

How to Return Manufacturing Jobs to the U.S.: Experts Give Details at Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Forum

The good news is that increasingly savvy manufacturers are able to root out troublesome costs and problems from their products earlier and earlier in a lifecycle that starts even before a computer model is created—and ends with finished automobiles, appliances and other goods.

Packaging 1 Aug 2011

Case Study / Inspection & Measurement

Using Portable CMM Technology to Improve Moldmaking Processes

Case Study 1 Aug 2011

Diversity Is Key to Over Six Decades of Moldmaking Success

In 1945, George Carson dreamt of owning his own business. So he founded Carson Tool & Mold (Kennesaw, GA) in his garage, and hired his first employee—George Myers. Carson ran the shop until he retired in 1988 and Myers continued to build the business, passing the reins to his son David, who currently serves as president after purchasing the company in 1996.