Want a Look at Custom Injection Hourly Rates?
The midyear report still needs some more of your responses.
We’re just waiting for your response to begin calculating average machine-hour rates at midyear for various machine sizes and sections of the country. Apparently, some of you need reminding that a survey is not worth reporting unless it is based on enough data points to make it credible. The midyear report still needs more of you to take 5 minutes to fill out the survey .
If you haven’t looked at our twice-yearly hourly rates survey, see the latest results (for fourth-quarter 2013) here. See why so many custom molders tell me they find it valuable—apart from the fact that this is the only source of such data. So click over to the confidential and enter your data—anonymously!
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