Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in August for the fifth consecutive month and the 21st time in the last 22 months , say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ®. . This indicates the uncertainty around the election.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 18, 2024

Shop owners today are spending more time focusing on efficiency, repeatability and automation using digital tools such as AI, or artificial intelligence. IMTS 2024 offers visitors access to exhibitors with a wide swath of technology to help achieve these goals. “So that was our starting line.

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 3, 2024

Suppliers continue to have capacity, with lead times improving and shortages not as severe. Ordering is still well below typical levels as we continue to burn down inventory of raw goods, with ‘normal’ ordering trends expected to return sometime in the second half of 2024.”

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 22, 2024

Source: MetalQuest From the earliest days of automation at IMTS featuring a robot hand moving parts, there has been a massive evolution in technology. As attendees walk the show floor at IMTS 2024 it is impossible to not see some type of automation in virtually every exhibitor’s booth. Source: AMT. Source: AMT.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Photo Credit: AMT Registration has officially opened for IMTS 2024 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show , taking place Sept. “You need to take the time to analyze your business and research what exhibitors are offering, but what makes IMTS special is that visitors can find unexpected inspiration in every aisle.”

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Source (All images) | Molded Precision Components and MPC Advanced Machining Who is MPC Advanced Machining? This technological shift has allowed MPC Advanced Machining to reduce lead times, improve consistency and take on more complex projects with greater accuracy.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

Source | CloudNC CloudNC has announced that its CAM Assist solution can now create programming strategies and tool paths with AI for 3+2-axis CNC machines. This enables manufacturers using CAM Assist to raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source: (top left) Boucherie, (top right) TK Mold & Engineering, (bottom left) Emuge-Franken, (bottom right) Plastic Ingenuity The top ten most-viewed articles in January were not only a testament to what our readers took an interest in—they reflect what is trending in our small but mighty world of moldmaking. Dapra Corp.,

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Source: Hurco Market Dynamics and Business Strategies Reshoring trends are leading to increased emphasis on domestic production in many markets. This shift is driven by concerns over supply chain resilience and a desire for greater control over quality and lead times. Source: CGS North America Inc.

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Automation Mag

MAY 21, 2024

As a result, businesses are taking action to rebalance operations closer to home, localizing sourcing and production, to reduce risk and cost. Digital twins and simulations are vital enablers of this approach, and these solutions help build resiliency by enhancing transparency and offering real-time visualization of production activities.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Source: CloudNC CloudNC has announced that its CAM Assist solution can now create programming strategies and tool paths with AI for 3+2-axis CNC machines. This enables manufacturers using CAM Assist to raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 3, 2024

At NPE 2024: The Plastics Show , 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) suppliers will be highlighted in the Advanced Manufacturing Zone , while AM users will take to the stage for Wednesday’s 3D Printing Workshop. Mold Tooling Lead time delays for molded parts often originate from difficulties with sourcing tooling.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

While we strive to put as many talented workers as possible in jobs within manufacturing, we also enable customers to do more with less, at higher quality and shorter lead times,” Williams noted. For example, the BotX cobot welding system, jointly developed by Red-D-Arc and Airgas, simplifies and streamlines welding operations.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Large demand volumes are required to offset the initial cost of designing and manufacturing PICs, and production lead times can take months. The photonic integrated circuit market is expected to increase in size by almost 9 times in the next 10 years. Source: IDTechEx What are the PIC materials of the future?

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 24, 2024

Its specialty is turning out complex parts with short lead times, rapid prototyping, and working on materials that include aluminum and exotic materials such as Inconel and Haynes. To source equipment, they reached out to distributor Japan Machine Tools (JMT, booth #338980 ). “I guarantee you’ll find it at IMTS.”

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 1, 2024

Manufacturing lead times sentiment improved again but remain at elevated levels. ” [Primary Metals] SOURCE: Institute for Supply Management RELATED CONTENT: Manufacturing PMI® at 48.5%; June 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® Manufacturing PMI® at 48.7%; May 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

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Fastener News Desk

APRIL 7, 2024

April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced today that it has acquired Southwest Data Products, Inc. With our circular, recycling-based steel production process, sourcing steel from Nucor mills will ensure our nation’s green and digital economy is being built with low embodied carbon steel.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The construction is planned to start in 2024 and will replace the nine separate buildings that have grown organically since 1974 and currently constitute the robotics operations in Sweden, thus further strengthening cross-functional synergies.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 1, 2025

Customs revenue through March 2024 , according to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation nonprofit group. For Tormach, sourcing from Asia meant delays and soaring shipping costs, up to “four times what I used to pay to bring parts across the ocean,” he adds. Then there’s the open-source backbone of the company.

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Fastener News Desk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Manufacturing supplier lead times continue to decrease, a positive for future economic activity. The 2024 forecast looks challenging, specially from a cost perspective.” ” [Fabricated Metal Products] “Customer orders have pushed into the first quarter of 2024, resulting in inflated end-of-year inventory.”

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Machine Tool Influencers 2024 Industry Insights 1. They use additive techniques to produce complex geometries, customized tools, and tool components with reduced lead times and enhanced performance characteristics. They focus on reducing energy consumption, minimizing waste, and ensuring responsible sourcing of materials.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Manufacturing supplier lead times continue to decrease, but at a slow pace. However, many forecasts are set for the beginning of 2024. The Prices Index remained in ‘decreasing’ territory, 4.6 Post-pandemic, customers have learned they need partners to navigate rough waters.”

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 7, 2023

Manufacturing lead times clearly improved in the month. Supply chains are prepared and eager for growth, as panelists’ comments and the data support reduced lead times for their companies’ more important purchases. Labor shortages are getting better within our organization and throughout our supply chain.”

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While multi-sourcing and intensifying cooperation with our suppliers and customers all over the world, we concentrated our focus on emergency response scenarios, business sustainability management, preparation of quality and performance improvement programs for suppliers, and increasing the level of automation based operations.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2023 and 2024 we will see those transformations begin to take place, including updated labor strategies [unfilled jobs create a large financial strain in the chain], real-time connectivity and visibility and automation,” Chesley noted. Today, manufacturers must fulfill all three services. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 1, 2024

These industry trends prompted Advanced Industrial Measurement Systems (AIMS) Metrology (Dayton, OH) to expand its product offering and launch plans to open a new Southeast Technical Solutions Center in North Carolina in the fall of 2024. and globally sourced materials. They also need a service provider they can depend on.”

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Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 11, 2024

My sources of motivation include: • Innovation: The opportunity to engage with cutting-edge technology and develop new solutions is a significant motivator. The Ace Micromatic Group has been a sig nificant source of inspiration for me, ever since I joined in 1999. Personal Insights 1. This gives me a strong sense of achievement.

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 4, 2024

This “interconnectedness” between technology providers and forward-thinking shop leaders represents the theme of IMTS 2024 as the hub of those connections. Note: Times and locations of events included here may change by the time of the show. Here is our take on what to expect at the big Show.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 22, 2024

Source | Getty Images As we mark the halfway point of 2024, it’s a good time to take a moment to step back and assess where everything is, and whether any improvements can be made. Is your company meeting customer’s demands, lead times and so on? Read on to find out more.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 2, 2024

Patrick Chen — Chairman of the Taiwan Machine Tool and Accessory Builders Association (TMBA) and GM of Yeong Chin Machinery (YCM) Patrick Chen of YCM poses in front of the company’s “Green Smart Machine Alliance” display at TMTS 2024. What machining solutions did Taiwan Takisawa have on display at TMTS 2024?

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 3, 2024

Source (clockwise) | DMS, Lyndex-Nikken, SprutCAM and Hasco. This is only a small portion of what is coming out in the following months, so keep an eye out for additional product roundups, as well as separately posted NPE 2024 company previews!

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

Source (All Images) | Dynamic Tool Corp. The repeat business the company receives from world-class custom molders and OEM brand owners is perhaps the most demonstrable evidence of Dynamic Tool’s on-time deliveries, exceptional customer service, engineering-based capabilities and dedicated workforce. Dynamic Tool Corp.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

SupplyPoint solutions are capable to address this challenge by allowing its users to maintain the Minimum stock level /Critical stock levels to trigger requirements with lead times to the suppliers. Similarly, we will also do a curtain raiser on a few of our upcoming cool features in version 2024.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Director – Network Services, Frost & Sullivan Information and Communications Technology (ICT) The MEF Global Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) event in Dallas, TX, held during October 28-30, 2024, brought together industry leaders to explore the future of NaaS. To connect with our growth experts, reach out to Stephen.thomas@frost.com.

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Fastener News Desk

DECEMBER 4, 2024

2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the eighth consecutive month and the 24th time in the last 25 months , say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ®. .

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i4.0 today

JANUARY 23, 2025

The project was regarded such a success it won the Plastic Industry Award for Supplier Partnership Injection Moulding 2024. The Plastic Industry Award 2024 judges concurred saying: It is exciting to see a company install this level of automation. Again, this was adapted to Nolatos exact specifications.

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