Tool and die making is one of those professions that prompts a layperson to ask, open-mouthed, “does that job still exist?” In 2016, nearly 75% of tool and die makers were over age 45, according to ...

This 1953 film directed by Matt Farrell for the National Tool and Die Manufacturers Association looks at the importance of tool and die manufacturing for the functioning of American Industry at large.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Setting aside all of the turbulence from the UAW strike ...

Automotive tool-and-die companies, many of which have struggled financially in the past three years, should soon be in a stronger position as automakers launch more than 130 new electric or hybrid ...

The U.S. endured a 36% drop in the number of tool and die shops between 1998 and 2010. Those that remain, like Fiat Chrysler Automotive’s tooling subsidiary, Autodie, have worked to adapt to the ...

Blame it on NAFTA or lax trade enforcement, but the Made in the USA journey has domestic roadblocks, too. Here’s one: the skilled workers who make the molds and tools used in automotive parts ...

Walking through a toolroom, one is struck by the silence. Unlike an automotive plant with its hum and clang, here the work is quiet, meticulous, almost artistic. Yet these jigs, dies and fixtures ...

PennCo Tool and Die began in 1980 producing tools for the auto industry. But the volatility of the auto sector and the recession of 2008 forced the company to diversify into a more promising business ...

German auto parts maker ElringKlinger AG has announced that it has taken over the assets of insolvent German tool and die making specialist Maier Formenbau GmbH. Jens Winter, a spokesperson for ...

WESTLAND — The owner of a tool and die shop is changing his business strategy to stay afloat. His next venture? Marijuana. "Times change," said Gregory Raymond, owner of Ray Industries, which is ...

In 2014, investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel infamously posed the distinction between companies that deal in “atoms” versus those that deal in “bits.” In its crudest terms, the former category ...