Mold makers leverage technology, work to diversify offerings

    July 31, 2025
    Robots, automation offer strategies to improve productivity.

    Tight competition, trade worries and the possibility of capturing work from overseas have mold makers looking for new opportunities and leveraging technologies to cope with tiny margins and a dwindling workforce. 

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    Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter

    Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.

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