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PREVIEW

IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show

Sept 8-13 - Chicago IL

The largest and longest running manufacturing technology trade show in the United States.

 

Medtec China

Sept 9-11 - Shanghai

MEDTEC China is a premier opportunity to source everything needed to design and produce the full spectrum of advanced medical devices.

 

Canadian Manuf. Week

September 23 - 25 - Ontario, Canada

With over 400 exhibitors spread over 200,000 square feet, Canadian Manufacturing Week is Canada's most compre-hensive showcase of industrial support products and services.

 

Asiamold 2008

Sept 24-26 - Guangzhou

Guangzhou International Trade Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development. 

   


COMING SOON


AMBA Fall Conference
Oct 2-5 - Washington, DC

 

Fabtech 2008

Oct 6-8 - Las Vegas, NV

 

Fakuma 2008

Oct 14-18
Friedrichshafen, Germany

 

Expoplast 2008

Oct 20-21 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 


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Reducing Cycle Times, Increas-ing Productivity using Innovative Mold Cooling Technologies

By Terry L. Schwenk

There have been sev-eral innovative tech-nologies introduced over the past few years, all in an attempt to improve plastic molded parts cycle times. All of these technologies have had incremental improvements, but failed to give complete benefits in all situa-tions except one.

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The Powers to Lead 

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"Mr. Nye has performed a valuable service in round-ing up and summarizing the various academic studies and theories of leadership into a single, slim volume. He exam-ines different approaches to leadership, the morality of leadership and how the wider context can deter-mine the effectiveness of a particular leader. There are plenty of anecdotes and examples, both historical and contem-porary, political and corporate." – The Economist

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