DIEMAKERS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

More than half (54 percent) have seen major management changes in the past three years, with 31 percent reporting the reorganization of divisions or departments; 17 percent citing a transition to next-generation management; and 6 percent seeing the sale of a division or of the entire company.

Steel rule die manufacturers reveal that, most often, business comes from a wide array of sources. Seventy-one percent report having accounts of varying sizes/from varied end-use markets. Just 23 percent say their customer roster consists of a small number of large core accounts. Only 17 percent glean the majority of their work from a single end-use market.