Are You a Next-Level Mold Manufacturer?

PROGRAM

GENERAL SESSIONS

• “OEM Corporate Initiatives for Digitization of Tooling Are on the Rise”
  • Presented by Bob Vancoillie, leader, Global Center of Excellence for Mold Management, Consumer Division, Johnson & Johnson. Moderated by Jerry Sherman, Coast Systems.
• “Answering the Call for Mold Engineering Help with a Unique Mold Design Apprenticeship and Untapped Resources,”
  • Presented by Jeff Mertz, president, Anova Innovations and Tami Adams, executive director, Northwestern PA Chapter, National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA).

ENGINEER

• “Connecting Industry 4.0 Technology to Your Molds and Molding Process”
  • Presented by Don Smith, NA tooling manager, Scholle IPN
• “Turning Industry 4.0 into Dollars & Sense”
  • Presented by Robert Graup, business development manager/technical sales, Intex Tooling
• “Getting “VR” Real with Moldmaking Training,”
  • Presented by Torsten Kruse, Kruse Analysis, Rick Finnie, owner, M.R. Mold
• “Focused Training Raises Medical Part and Mold Design Skills to the Next Level,”
  • Presented by Ed Flores, CRM&N senior process engineer, Integer Holdings Corp. and Alex Beaumont, VP Beaumont Technologies/AIM Institute
• “Roadmapping Workshop Revels Key Pain Points and Leverage Areas of Advanced Tooling Manufacturing – Overview for ORNL Advanced Tooling R&D”
  • Presented by Dr. Ahmed Arabi Hassen, R&D staff scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

BUILD

• “Applying Predictable Manufacturing to Your Mold-Building Operation,”
  • Presented by Dave Tomic, president, Eden Tool & Eden Manufacturing
• “New P20 Steel Eliminates Demand for Stress Relieving After Rough Cutting”
  • Presented by Shane Appel, GM manufacturing engineer; Greg DeFranciso, Omega Tool director of sales, program management and estimating; and Louis Phillipe Lapierre-Boire, vice president and general manager, Finkl Steel – Sorel
• “Applying Industry 4.0 Takes Imagination and Collaboration”
  • Presented by Geoff Luther, A1 Tool
• “Profitability Prediction and Monitoring with 3D-Printed Tooling, Industrial IoT & AI”
  • Presented by Amanda Wiriya, director of manufacturing support, Wepco Plastics; Zachary Smith, founder and CEO of Instaversal and partner, Mata Inventive
• “Collaboration for Disruptive Tooling”
  • Presented by Jason Murphy, Next Chapter Manufacturing and Steve Michon, Zero Tolerance

MAINTAIN

• “Designing Molds for Maintenance”
  • Presented by Wayne Daniel, director, business development, Canon Virginia Inc.
• “A Digital Revolution: Managing Data from Mold Design to Mold Repair”
  • Presented by Bryan Belanger, chief digital officer, SyBridge Technologies and Steve Wilson, remote mold cleaning, monitoring and diagnostics, Cold Jet
• “Laser Technology on Mold Textures Ensures Brand Protection, Recycling and Traceability,”
  • Presented by Chad Hase, director of advanced manufacturing, Custom Etch
• “A Multi-Faceted Approach to Sustainability in Moldmaking: Mold Steel, Mold Building and Molding”
  • Presented by Kelly Santini, safety & sustainability leader, iMFLUX and Patricia Miller, director of technical sales, Uddeholm North America

MANAGE

• “Securing Grant Funding to Increase Investment in More Modern Manufacturing Technologies”
  • Presented by Don Shrader, vice president, American Quality Molds
• “What is Holding You Back from Growth and Opportunities? Entrepreneurial Program Takes Mold Shop to the Next Level”
  • Presented by Joe Cherluck, owner,
• “How to Improve Efficiency in Three Key Toolroom Areas”
  • Presented by James Jergens, general manager, Triangle Tool and Penn Erie Tool, The Plastek Group
• “The How and Why of Starting Up a Next-Level Mold Shop Today”
  • Presented by Dennis Goggin, president, NextGen Mold Technologies and Nicola Geyser, business administration manager
• “How to Engineer, Build, Maintain and Manage a Strategy to Become a Profitable Mold Manufacturer”
  • Presented by Beau Ganas, Science of Business