DIEMAKERS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

Who are today's diemakers?

In tallying the results of the survey, the expected profile emerged of an industry of small, established, family-owned companies. The highest percentage (46 percent) of responding die shops has 25 employees or less, and has been in business an average of 27 years. Seventy-seven percent are family-owned, and the majority of respondents (69 percent) had sales in the $1 million-$10 million range in 2000.