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Plastec West
Feb13 - 15, Anaheim, CA

PLASTEC West, co-locat-ed with Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, WestPack, Electron-ics West, Pacific Design & Manufacturing, and  Auto-mation Technology Expo (ATX) West concluded with a record breaking performance at the Ana-heim Convention Center in California. It's estima-ted that in excess of $600 million in sales were generated for the 2,045 participating exhibitors. 


PREVIEW

AMBA Annual Convention
March 3 - 8,St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

A strong program is planned, with a great line-up of speakers and a vari-ety of recreational activi-ties and plenty of time for networking.

International Home & Housewares Show

March 11-13 - Chicago, IL

Tap into a world of oppor-tunity that includes 60,000 of the world’s most impor-tant housewares profess-ionals, over 2,000 exhib-itors from 34 countries and the chance to reach over 13,500 U.S. buyers and over 5,000 Non-U.S. buyers.

MetalForm ‘07

March 25 – 28 - Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL

North America's most focused event for metal stamping, tool and die, forming, fabricating, and value-added technologies and services.

Designing for Process-ors and Processing for Designers

March 29-30 - Industrial Materials Institute - Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

This event will provide valuable cross-disciplin-ary technical content for designers of parts and tooling and processors. Both designers and processors can benefit from the insight and experience of the other discipline.


COMING SOON


10th China Intl. Machine Tool Show (CIMT 2007)
April 9-15 - Beijing, China

MoldMaking Tech Expo
April 18-19 -Rosemont, IL

Plastec South/Southpack
April 24-26 - Atlanta GA


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The Myth of Free Air 

By Ed Sullivan 

Without the proper compressor technol-ogy, plants face pre-mature failures, high maintenance costs, additional compressor unit purchases and exorbitant downtime. 

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The Squeeze: A Novel Approach to Business Sustainability  

By Gary Langenwalter

"The Squeeze" is a novel that relates the fight for survival of a small, family-owned, Midwest manu-facturer. Barely breaking even, Brookings Manufac-turing is feeling the "squeeze" even after five years of Lean implemen-tation--from its competi-tors whose prices are 25% less, from employ-ees with trust issues, from the bank who questions the company's ability to pay back loans, and from the EPA who is citing the company for violations. Its new CEO, Adam Brookings, finds himself at a crossroads--sell the barely profitable business and leave the fate of his lifetime friends/co-workers to chance, move 200 manufacturing jobs overseas and substantially affect the local community, or try something new--and quick! But what?

 

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