December 2009

We Need to Stop Playing Catch-Up

In a Close-up article in this month’s issue we have a report from the Fakuma show written by Mikell Knights. I didn’t make it to this year’s Fakuma, but as I read Mikell’s report about the new developments in injection molding (it is mostly a molding show), it got me thinking about last year’s show, which I did attend. And we all remember that it was around last October when we saw the first telltale signs of how rough 2009 was going to be. In fact, by fall of ’08 the downturn was well under way in Germany.
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Mark Your Calendars For First-Ever PDX/amerimold
Interested in learning about new business opportunities; new process innovations; innovative product technologies; and business strategies for operating more effciently, more effectively and more profitably? Then mark May 11-13, 2010 on your calendar for the first-ever PDX/amerimold show and conference.

The new show is being developed in cooperation with Demat, which operates the Euromold show. It combines the established MoldMaking Expo and Time Compression Expo into a new event experience connecting buyers and sellers from all aspects of the product development lifecycle. PDx/amerimold will be held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati.

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