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Ky. toolmaker invests $1.3 million to expand

OWENSBORO, KY. (Nov. 6, 11:10 a.m. ET) -- Tool and die maker Industrial Mold & Machine Co. is expanding and adding larger and more efficient equipment so it can offer a wider range of services to its customers. The Owensboro-based company is investing more than $1.3 million to add 16,000 square feet to its existing 23,000 square feet. November 6, 2009

Political leaders in Illinois and Florida lobby hard for the next NPE

CHICAGO (Oct. 30, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Chicago and Orlando each want to be the home of the 2012 and 2015 NPE trade show, and big-name politicians are making their case. SPI President and CEO Bill Carteaux met on Oct. 28 with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley -- in Daley’s office -- and Carteaux has also discussed the issue with the mayor of Orange County, Fla., and the governors of Illinois and Florida. SPI’s 12-person NPE executive committee will have the final vote, and Carteaux said they plan to make a decision by the end of the year. October 30, 2009

Hewitt Molding upgrades for medical work

OAKFORD, IND. (Oct. 28, 4:10 p.m. ET) — Custom injection molder Hewitt Molding Co. has upgraded its in-house tool and manufacturing center with the addition of a Makino S56, high speed, hard milling, computer numerically controlled work center. October 28, 2009

Toolmakers developing ways to maximize data

WALLACEBURG, ONTARIO (Oct. 26, 10:20 a.m. ET) — The toolmakers at Arrk Canada Inc. are part of a digital evolution. For years, mold makers have used computers to aid in designing and manufacturing tools. But now they are pushing computers to do more and, in the process, improving lean manufacturing. October 26, 2009

Toolmakers testing mettle of aluminum

STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. (Oct. 26, 10 a.m. ET) — Aluminum tooling for mainstream injection molded auto parts is continuing to gather interest, with Ford Motor Co. executives urging mold makers and molders alike to learn more about using it. October 26, 2009

Top Grade, AptiGroup team up

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (Oct. 26, 9:55 a.m. ET) — Injection mold toolmaker Top Grade Molds Ltd. has joined an alliance that will help it expand its sales globally in caps and closures, as part of a group of packaging production companies marketed by AptiGroup. October 26, 2009

Electroform purchases 8th press

ROCKFORD, ILL. (Oct. 26, 9:45 a.m. ET) — Mold maker Electroform Co. Inc. has added an eighth injection molding press to the fleet at its research and development facility as part of a manufacturing cell for automated production. October 26, 2009

MassPlastics exhibitors optimistic

FITCHBURG, MASS. (Oct. 23, 2:55 p.m. ET) -- Despite the economic downtown and a smaller presence, MassPlastics 2009 remains an important New England event, according to organizers. “We do the show because it is a statement for the region. It is not just to show the history of plastics, but to show that there is lot of diversity here, from medical devices to defense work to staple consumer goods -- that’s the primary reason,” said David McKeehan, president of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. October 23, 2009

Sheriff's sale slated for Sipco building

MEADVILLE, PA. (Oct. 23, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- The former Sipco Molding Technologies building, which once housed one of Meadville’s prominent tool and die mold companies, will be sold at a sheriff’s sale Nov. 6. October 23, 2009

Northern Engraving closes Luxco Division

SPARTA, WIS. (Oct. 20, 2:25 p.m. ET) — Northern Engraving Corp. is closing its Luxco Division tool and die shop because of “significant, unanticipated decreases” in sales and new tooling orders for its U.S. auto and appliance industry customers. October 20, 2009

Thogus rapidly re-engineers itself

AVON LAKE, OHIO (Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Matt Hlavin, third-generation president of Thogus Products Cos. in the Cleveland suburb of Avon Lake, considers his firm to be “a 51-year-old startup company.” Indeed, the custom injection molder has changed its stripes enough that one could argue it’s been reborn. October 20, 2009

RocTool teams with KIMW on induction heating

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (Oct. 19, 2:10 p.m. ET) -- Induction heating technology specialist RocTool SAS of Le-Bourget-du-Lac, France, and Germany’s Kunststoff Institut Lüdenscheid (KIMW) are combining their two different competing induction heating development technology development programs, the companies announced at Fakuma 2009. October 19, 2009

New hot runner company: Heaterwerks

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. (Oct. 14, 12:25 p.m. ET) -- Heaterwerks Inc., a new maker of hot runners, temperature controllers, heaters and sensors, has moved into a new plant in Elk Grove Village. Heaterwerks started operating in July, President Dean Stojka said. October 14, 2009

Incoe and Beaumont strengthen ties

TROY, MICH. (Oct. 13, 3:55 p.m. ET) — Hot runner maker Incoe Corp. and tooling component firm Beaumont Technologies Inc. have entered an agreement which will allow each firm to sell each others’ products, and allow Incoe to sell both hot runner and cold runner systems. October 13, 2009

Kansas molder No-Spill wins free Canon tool

LENEXA, KAN. (Oct. 13, 1 p.m. ET) — Injection molder and blow molder No-Spill LLC is the winner of a mold worth up to $50,000 from Canon Virginia Inc., promoted during NPE 2009 in Chicago during June. October 13, 2009

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