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FEBRUARY 2013
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Something to Add
PUBLISHER
Nature Triumphant
Travis Egan
tegan@gardnerweb.com
F E AT U R E S
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"Adding" to Your Tooling Options
Understand the additive choices for making
molds and dies. By Michael Siemer
Interview: GE Aviation and the Morris
Technologies Acquisition
AM talks to Randy Kappesser of GE Aviation.
By Peter Zelinski
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EDITORS
Peter Zelinski
pzelinski@mmsonline.com
Christina Fuges
cfuges@moldmakingtechnology.com
ASSISTANT EDITOR
El McKenzie
emckenzie@gardnerweb.com
MANAGING EDITOR
Kate Hand
khand@gardnerweb.com
By Peter Zelinski
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What If Metal Follows the Same Path as Plastic?
It will, says Directed Manufacturing. The firm is
preparing for production work in metal.
Laurie Dugan
ldugan@gardnerweb.com
Product News
ART DIRECTOR
ADVERTISING MANAGER
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News from AMT—The Association for
Manufacturing Technology
William Caldwell
billc@gardnerweb.com
ABOUT ThE cOvER: Fabrisonic provided this image of a die made through
ultrasonic additive manufacturing. Read more about this additive process at
mmsonline.com/articles/high-frequency-production.
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