Leadtime Leader

1 Jun 2013

2013 Leadtime Leader Awards: Honorable Mention Micro Mold Company, Inc.: Partnering to Push the Limits

This mold manufacturer wins the 2013 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention title because it exceeds expectations with a team mentality—stemming from its youthful leadership working closely with skilled tradesmen—that sees customers, its sister molding company and industry associations as true partners.

1 Jun 2013

2013 Leadtime Leader Awards: Winner Tech Mold Inc.

A three-division approach, technology innovation and a grow-your-own skilled workforce allows this mold manufacturer to balance the entire moldmaking process — ensuring continued success and landing it this year’s 2013 Leadtime Leader Award Winner title.

28 Jun 2012

Leadtime Leaders Kick off amerimold Networking Party!

2012 Leadtime Leader Award Winners Industrial Mold with Don (left) and Glenn (right) Starkey, co-owners of sponsor Progressive Components. M&M Tool and Mold received the 2012 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention Award with the help of Don and Glenn Starkey of Progressive Components. Party time at amerimold!MoldMaking Technology honored its 10th annual Leadtime Leader Award winners at the end of the first day of amerimold, right before the annual Networking Party.

1 Jun 2012

2012 Leadtime Leader Awards: M&M Tool and Mold: Niche Mfg Still Profitable

Surviving and thriving through an acquisition during a recession with an emphasis on lean principles and automation lands this former Leadtime Leader winner the MoldMaking Technology 2012 Leadtime Leader Award: Honorable Mention.

1 Jun 2012

2012 Leadtime Leader Awards: Industrial Molds Group

Extensive investment in equipment, technology and its employees coupled with an innovative approach to its mold manufacturing process has earned this mold manufacturer the MoldMaking Technology 2012 Leadtime Leader Award.

3 Apr 2012

Growth of MMT Supporter and Leadtime Leader

It's always a good day when you hear of the success and growth of any reader of MoldMaking Technology magazine, but when it is a past Leadtime Leader Award winner and Editorial Advisory Board member, it is a little bit sweeter. Tech Molded Plastics, Inc.'s, a 2007 Leadtime Leader who has contributed much in the way of content to MoldMaking Technology magazine over the years, has expanded its facilities, which are now up and running. The company made major investments in facility up-grades, plasticizing technology, computerized monitoring of plastics processes, and advanced RJG training certification in plastics processing. Tech’s total footprint has almost doubled to over 92,000 sq ft.

21 Mar 2012

Leadtime Leader Takes on a Challenge

Can you really mold a pipette shaped part with a .015” wall x .370” long followed by a .008” wall x .080”? How about if the molding material is PEEK? How about 4 cavities? Can a Cpk of 1.33 be achieved on this wall section? These are the challenges and questions Mold Craft set out to prove the viability by partnering in flow simulation and press selection while Mold Craft designed and built a mold required for this difficult part.Although Mold Craft is typically known for their ability to design and build high cavitation production molds to produce parts that number in the hundreds of millions, Mold Craft has also received recognition for the ability to mold extremely tight tolerances on micro parts with intricate geometry that require high Cpk values. This challenge was just that, micro parts shaped like a funnel or pipette with extreme length to wall thickness ratio. To add to this complexity, the customer needed to use PEEK due to its high strength characteristics.Mold craft will be displaying their latest mold in the Sodick Plustech press at NPE in Orlando. Mold Craft (booth 1295) will have the attached photographed mold operating at Sodick Plustech booth 363.Read full story here.

1 May 2011