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PREVIEW

Survive & Thrive in the U.S. Plastics Industry
September 13-14 - Rosemont, IL

Plastics News is organizing a 1˝ -day Survival Boot Camp in Chicago Sept. 13-14 for busy plastics company executives seeking to confront and overcome the challenges facing U.S. processors and toolmakers. 

National Manufacturing Week / Quality Expo

September 25 - 27 - Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Rosemont, IL

Three major events serving the nation’s largest manufacturing marketplace join together to create the most comprehensive showcase of advanced manufacturing technology solutions ever assembled under one roof. 

Plastec Midwest

September 25 - 27 - Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Rosemont, IL

Source the latest technologies and ideas in primary processing machinery, computer-aided design and manu-facturing, production machinery, contract services, materials, molds and mold components, automation technology, materials handling/ logistics, enterprise IT…and much more.


COMING SOON


Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS)

October 15-18
Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MD&M Minneapolis/Midpak

October 17-18
Minneapolis, MN 

K-2007

October 24-31
Dusseldorf, Germany


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Mold Develop-ment with Digital Shape Sampling and Processing

Use digital shape sampling and processing to produce more accurate molds, free up machine time for CNC systems used in milling and drastically cut the time
it takes to develop a new mold.

To most people, a container is just something that holds a product. But for Uniloy Milacron customers, the container is an integral part of what defines a brand.

By Bob Cramblitt

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The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World 

By Rudolf Melik

From the Inside Flap

Economically speaking, the world is flat again. Globalization, projectization, fragmentation of the enterprise—including outsourcing—and real-time collaboration across the planet have enabled companies to reduce costs, leverage a global talent pool, and execute challenging deliverables with a dispersed yet incredibly connected project workforce. With business changing rapidly and fierce competition turning even fiercer, businesses that want to win the war for profits had better keep up.

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