Eden Manufacturing Inc

It’s always a good day when new equipment arrives. Today we welcome our new Sodick VR40G-LP to the Eden Mfg lineup where we can now support our customer base with vertically integrated overmolding.

It’s not uncommon for Gardner Business Media, Inc. brands Production Machining and Modern Machine Shop to cover the same #CNC machine shops given there’s a bit of overlap in terms of audience and editorial focus. What I never envisioned was a recent project that involved GBM brands Production Machining, MoldMaking Technology and Plastics Technology — covering the same manufacturer in the same month of May no less. The connection between MMT in terms of mold tooling and PT in terms of injection molding seems fairly clear. But, how did precision, high-volume turning/PM fit in? For Eden Manufacturing Inc, it’s actually the perfect combination of capabilities to effectively serve the medical industry. Eden Manufacturing, which now has four Milacron Roboshot injection molding machines and one Swiss-type lathe from Star CNC Machine Tool Corp, was created to complement Eden Tool Company’s moldmaking capabilities with machining equipment from Makino and others. What the company is shooting for is this: Machine a medical part on its Swiss-type lathe, create the tooling to overmold plastic on just a portion of that part, then perform the overmolding process on one of its injection molding machines. The timing was perfect as the May issues of MMT and PT will be on display at NPE: The Plastics Show in Orlando. And, for me, PM’s May issue has an emphasis on Swiss-type machining on our editorial calendar. I have to believe this is the first time three GBM media brands featured cover stories about the same manufacturer in the same month. Ultimately, it was a win-win-win for all of us including our readers. Keep an eye out for these May issues! Christina Fuges, Tony Deligio, David Tomic, Jake Eden

How important is workforce development and succession planning in your shop? For Eden Tool and Eden Mfg, very important. It’s so important to us that over a period of 3 days last week we paused our workday and brought in 5 bus loads of students from our local high school. We showed them around and talked with them about how cool and impactful an apprenticeship or career in advanced manufacturing is! Our team nailed it and I could not be more proud!

Our new Makino U3i Wire EDM expands our production metalworking capabilities for precision medical device components. We also repurposed our high speed Creative Evolution CNC for micro secondary operations. Contact us and find out why details make the difference!

Titan Gilroy had an inspiring message on how a purpose in CNC manufacturing saved his life. I loved to hear how Titan’s of CNC promote ‘unreasonable hospitality’. This personally resonates with us at Eden Tool and Eden Mfg as we try to impact our customers and local communities in similar fashion. Thanks to our local manufacturing association for organizing such a cool event.