Good morning! Some top executives come from business schools, while others work their way up from the factory floor. Hans Hagelstein, president of Mold-Masters, is one of the latter, having started more than 30 years ago as a toolmaker. Read about his career and management philosophy today.

Tariff whiplash continues, with new 50 percent duties on some Canadian plastic products. PLASTICS' Perc Pineda offers his take on the latest salvo in the trade wars. (Watch this space for his thoughts on our midyear survey, coming soon on PMM's website and in your August print issue.)

Arburg has signed an agreement to purchase IMM maker Stork. Sinterit has a new printer, and our colleagues at Machine Design offer a report from the Hannover Messe show floor.

Lynne Sherwin, editor