Press Releases

• The United Tooling Coalition Seeks A New Way of Doing Business

• Michigan’s Largest Coalition of Tool Shops, The UTC, Tools Up for CAR’s Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, July 31, 2007

Articles and Reports

• Baron, J.: Taking an integrated build approach to stamping tool tryout; Stamping Journal, June 2003

• Center for Automotive Research: A Collaborative Business Model for the Tool and Die Industry, Michigan Engineering Development Corporation (MEDC), September 2002

• Jay Baron, Ph.D., President & CEO, Center for Automotive Research & Jody Shaw, Manager, Automotive Marketing, U.S. Steel Corporation and Co-Chairman, Auto/Steel Partnership Technology Transfer Team: Forming AHSS – Several Heads are Better than One.

• Douglas A. Smock:It's Gut-Check Time for Tool Builders – Moldmaking Technology.

• Tim Gwozdz: Tooling coalition moves forward on solid agenda, MiBiz Network, November 1, 2004.

• James R. Koelsch, Contributing Editor: Coalition Gives Toolmakers Competitive Edge, Manufacturing Engineering, September 2007.

• Michael Shelley, Editor: Enhanced Performance Achieved Through Collaboration, Precisely Canadian.

• Joann Muller:  A Savior From the East; How Honda stepped in to rescue a U.S. auto parts company, Forbes, June 4, 2007.

• Julia Bauer: ‘Little guy’ machine shops band together, The Grand Rapids Press, July 1, 2007.