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STATE OF MANUFACTURING - Wisconsin Manufacturing by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published May 1, 2023 Fabricated Metal ...
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PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #115: Paint Your Edge to Gain an Edge! Kindergarten skills for the shop. Do you color your ...
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Markets Served — Who Knew? PMPA members shared the markets they served in 2022. The top 5 may surprise you ...
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Human Resources: Brenda Diehl and Diane Ferrera Two women share their journeys to manufacturing and human resources, and give advice ...
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Quality: Anisa Ali and Lisa Carrothers Two women share their journeys to manufacturing and quality, and give advice to anyone ...
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STATE OF MANUFACTURING - Ohio Manufacturing by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published April 1, 2023 Fabricated Metal ...
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Precision Ground Barstock: How It Is Manufactured, Benefits to Your Shop Understanding the benefits provided by precision centerless ground barstock ...
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Factors Influencing Machined Surface Finish in Our Shops Surface finish is the result of our machining process on raw materials ...
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STATE OF MANUFACTURING - California Manufacturing by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published March 1, 2023 Fabricated Metal ...
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Machinists: Julia Dister and Sarah Grieve Julia and Sarah share their journeys to becoming a machinist and give advice to ...
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STATE OF MANUFACTURING - Illinois Manufacturing by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published February 1, 2023 Fabricated Metal ...
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Manufacturing Management: Laura Carter and Britany Dittmer Roles of Women in Manufacturing Series: Laura and Britany share their manufacturing journeys ...
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What is the True Value of Your Finished Goods Inventory ? Keeping a large finished stock inventory is the surest ...
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Manufacturing Skills Training: Virginia Martinez and Laiken Carrillo A precision machining career starts with skills. Virginia and Laiken share their ...
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Training is More than a Skills Upgrade Training is more than a skills upgrade. Training is a process that creates ...
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STATE OF MANUFACTURING - U.S. Manufacturing Manufacturing is critical and essential for our quality of life. by Joe Jackson Marketing ...
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Welcome to John Habe IV, PMPA’s New Board President At the PMPA Annual Meeting held at the Loews Ventana Canyon ...
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Manufacturing in the US Economy — and Our Place in It? Manufacturing is essential to our economy and Precision Machining ...
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Choosing Work Perks Workforce is tight and there are a lot of ideas to retain your skilled workers. How do ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Industrial Machinery Manufacturing NACIS 33324 | $36,516,939,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published December ...
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PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcasts: Leadership The list below of podcast resources for business/continuous improvement/workforce podcasts Published December 1, 2022 ...
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PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcasts: Business/Continuous Improvement/Workforce The list below of podcast resources for business/continuous improvement/workforce podcasts Published November 1, ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing NACIS 336120 | $31,374,128,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published November ...
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You Didn’t Read My Email? Communication between customers, co-workers and vendors needs to be clear and concise. by Carli Kistler-Miller ...
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Overall Organizational Effectiveness in Machining Shops: How Do You Know? Sales are great! I think. How do you know unless ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing NACIS 336999 | $8,823,588,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA ...
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Don’t Mistake Movement for Advancement Advancement is essential for a sustainable and viable shop. Make sure your shop is advancing ...
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Maximizing Output for Precision Machining : 3 Ratios to Maximize Production Revenue? Revenue is generated by machines that are running ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing NAICS 339114 | $4,409,784,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA ...
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Strategy and Teamwork: Better Together A company can have a strategy. A company culture can promote teamwork. Put those two ...
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Unavailability of Bessemer Steels Bessemer Steel is no longer produced. So why isn’t it produced and what do you do ...
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Take Your “Economist,” Not Your Engineer, to IMTS This Year Heresy! Of course, you should take your engineers. And your ...
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Useful Emotionally Intelligent Phrases It is not always easy to communicate your message in a way that your employee is ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing NACIS 332913 | $5,497,548,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Small Electric Appliance Manufacturing NACIS 335210 | $63,905,068,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published ...
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Thriving With You in 2022: Sharing Solutions PMPA’s National Technical Conference 2022 (held at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ...
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Economics of Production Machining: Are You in the Speed or Feed Tribe? Optimizing for multiple factors, not just minimizing cost ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Motorcycle, Bicycle and Parts Manufacturing NACIS 336991 | $6,950,898,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA ...
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PMPA’s Award-Winning Mastery Program PMPA’s Mastery Program wins ASAE 2022 Gold Circle Award for Excellence in the New Product/Service Launch ...
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PMPA: Providing Ways to Meet Material Challenges Communication between customers, co-workers and vendors needs to be clear and concise. by ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing NACIS 336214 | $18,391,149,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA ...
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Chips — Our Real Product We don’t make parts. Parts are the result of the chips we make. And the ...
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4 Tips to Gain Employee Acceptance to Change Change is a good thing, right? Maybe not to all, and if ...
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What NFL Teams, Street Gangs and Your Workforce Have in Common A sense of belonging is important for successful teamwork, ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Ammunition Manufacturing NACIS 332993 | $3,214,252,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published April 1, ...
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Knowledge Retention – What’s Your Process? Our processes and work instructions provide the information needed for our performers to understand ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Construction Machinery Manufacturing NACIS 333120 | $34,588,790,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published March ...
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What’s in a Name? Pride. Titles matter to employees. Are your operators actually operators? Or do they read prints, check ...
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Workforce Is Still the Most Important Challenge It is as true today as it was 10 years ago...workforce is top ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Machine Tool Manufacturing NACIS 333517 | $8,414,504,000 by Joe Jackson Marketing & Events Assistant, PMPA Published February ...
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A New Year Resolution for Your Business Need a New Year resolution that will help your business, productivity and hiring ...
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5-S: Ask a Toolmaker A place for everything and everything in its place. A visit to Fischer Special Tooling during ...
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MARKET INSIGHT - Lawn & Garden Tractor Home Lawn & Garden Equipment Manufacturing NACIS 333112 | $8,023,865,000 by Joe Jackson ...
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SWOT for Employee Retention and Recruitment What is your brand? Why should people want to work for your company? How ...
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Meet PMPA’s New President, Aneesa Muthana The PMPA installed its new board president, Aneesa Muthana, CEO and co-owner of Pioneer ...
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Published December 2021 By Joe Jackson The parts that our precision machining shops manufacture provide essential functionality for the electric ...
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Published December 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Producing recruiting material can seem daunting, but you may be surprised at how many ...
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Published December 2021 By Miles Free III The precision machined products industry is working overtime and outperforming the rest of ...
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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) for Employee Retention and Recruitment What is your brand? Why should people want to work ...
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Published November 2021 By Miles Free III Miles Free III interviews Smith & Richardson’s co-owners Rich Hoster and Phil Cowen ...
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Published November 2021 By Joe Jackson New housing construction is increasing exponentially and is the largest factor of the projected ...
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Published November 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Branding? Check. Stories (aka messaging)? Check. Now what should you do with them? VIEW ...
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Published October 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Recruiting is sales. Recruiting is marketing. In other words, recruiting is storytelling and your ...
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Published October 2021 By Joe Jackson The precise, advanced, and high-quality parts necessary for the small arms, ordnance, and ordnance ...
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Published October 2021 By Miles Free III Upskilling your current workforce is as important as finding new talent. To expose ...
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Published October 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Recruiting is sales. Recruiting is marketing. In other words, recruiting is storytelling and your ...
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Published September 2021 By Miles Free III Manufacturing has had a bad rap for a long time. The 3-D’s — ...
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Published September 2021 By Joe Jackson From 2008 to 2020, the global market for medical implant manufacturing products has shown ...
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Published September 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller According to an extensive study in 2019 by the Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, ...
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Published August 2021 By Miles Free III A program designed to help precision machining professionals elevate their experience and knowledge ...
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Published August 2021 By Joe Jackson With precise high-quality fittings being necessary for the fluid power manufacturing industry, they are ...
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Published August 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Those who hire in the precision machining industry have a persuasive point for prospective ...
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Published July 2021 By Joe Jackson In 2020, the global market for both critical care and transport ventilators increased by ...
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Published July 2021 By Miles Free III The latest information on lead in precision machining workpieces and options as the ...
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Published July 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller The best investment in your business is in your performers. PMPA is providing three ...
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Published June 2021 By Joe Jackson Consumer electronic devices is a major factor driving the growth of the electronic connector ...
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Published June 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller Our workforce consists of Baby Boomers, Generation X, Y and Z. They have grown ...
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Published June 2021 By Miles Free III Quality is a critical factor in manufacturing. Has the definition changed over the ...
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Published May 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller The lack of available skilled workers is an ongoing issue. A leader with Emotional ...
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Published May 2021 By Joe Jackson The precision machining industry provides the automotive parts manufacturing industry with the parts that ...
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Published May 2021 By Miles Free III OSHA Emphasis Programs, also called directions, directive or instructions, impact precision machining nationally ...
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Published April 2021 By Joe Jackson The components that our precision machining shops make for the Aerospace manufacturing sector provide ...
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Published April 2021 By Carli Kistler-Miller The lack of available skilled workers is an ongoing issue. It’s easier to keep ...
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Published April 2021 By Miles Free III A production machining shop is one that makes the things that give us ...
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Published March 2021. By Joe Jackson Automotive and Light Truck Industry spends $249 billion on materials, components, supplies, minerals and ...
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Published March 2021. By Carli Kistler-Miller To keep your business going, you need more than workforce, equipment and materials. PMPA ...
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Published January 2021 By Miles Free III The pros and cons of cold work, work-hardening. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published March 2021. By Miles Free III What data drives your shop? An unexpected look at the kinds of data ...
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Published January 2021. By Miles Free III What data drives your shop? An unexpected look at the kinds of data ...
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Published January 2021. By Carli Kistler-Miller Tom Halladay talks about H&R Screw Machine Products, his history with PMPA and his ...
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Published December 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller PMPA’s executive director, Cate Smith, shares her first experience at PMPA’s Annual Meeting which ...
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Published December 2020 By Miles Free III Is new technology the change? The essential workers that have been making parts ...
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Published November 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio harnessed their talent, experience, capabilities and PMPA ...
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Published November 2020 By Miles Free III In the real estate industry, the secret to understanding how any property transaction ...
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Published October 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller False unemployment claims are a reality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a quick ...
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Published October 2020 By Miles Free III Standard work is a means to reduce the number of decisions that your ...
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Published September 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Rich Hoster, president of Smith & Richardson Inc. in Geneva, Illinois, shares his business ...
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Published September 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller The schedule for PMPA’s Annual Meeting in Ridgedale, Missouri from October 22-25 was scrapped ...
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Published September 2020 By Miles Free III “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” - ...
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Published August 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Geoff Dawson from PMPA member FANUC America talks about their history, how robots have ...
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Published August 2020 By Miles Free III Sometimes it can be the steel. Frustratingly, because it came in exactly as ...
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Published August 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller For the PMPA members (or non-members) who wonder how things get done at PMPA ...
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Published July 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Steven Baier, HAIMER U.S.A.’s V.P. of Sales, shares their four core competencies, the company’s ...
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Published July 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller How has Covid-19 actually affected the manufacturing workforce? Have employer needs changed? Are the ...
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Published July 2020 By Miles Free III In America, many have lost sight of the fact that the object of ...
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Published June 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller With the Covid-19 pandemic, communication has never been more critical and new communication channels ...
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Published June 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Victor DaCruz, owner of DACRUZ Manufacturing in Bristol, Connecticut, shares industry experiences and his ...
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Published June 2020 By Miles Free III Growing up, I learned that necessity is the mother of invention. During the ...
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Published March 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Communication breakdown can be more than frustrating, it can be detrimental. It is always ...
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Published May 2020 12 Working from Home Leadership Tips VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Just before the Covid-19 overtook the country, Precision Machined Products Association was able to ...
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Published May 2020 By Cate Smith The first four months Cate Smith spent as PMPA’s Executive Director. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2020 By Miles Free III Where do you go to make sense of the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ...
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Published April 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Peterson Tool Company was founded in 1958 by John L. Peterson, Sr., with a ...
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Published April 2020 By Miles Free III What lessons can we learn from a precision manufacturing company that has thrived ...
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Published April 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller The answer to “Who” isn’t just a name. It’s a person. Discover the different ...
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Published March 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Eric Dales, owner of Adam’s Automatic, Inc. in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, earned his GED, ...
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Published March 2020 By Miles Free III Your return on investment for PMPA’s Advocacy efforts can be seen on the ...
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Published January 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller Brian Adams, fourth-generation President of R.F. Mau, and Vice President/General Manager, Tony Gemignani, discuss ...
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Published January 2020 By Carli Kistler-Miller PMPA Tech Talks covered important topics such as operations, benchmarking, metallurgy and digital security ...
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Published January 2020 By Miles Free III To expand on his “Workforce Development — What We Can Do Better” article, ...
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Published December 2019 By Joe Jackson A lesson learned from a father who was a mechanic translates to precision machining; ...
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Published December 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller New England Tool in Manchester, Connecticut has developed Robotic Advantage to provide their customers ...
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Published December 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller PMPA held its Annual Meeting at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas ...
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Published December 2019 By Miles Free III In October 2019, at the Annual Meeting held at the Bellagio in Las ...
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Published November 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller Somma Tool Company has a history of taking advantage of opportunities to help the ...
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Published November 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller What would you do with a reduction of 64% in non-billable hours? PMPA visited ...
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Published November 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller Some committees can be a waste of time, but at PMPA, the committees are ...
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Published November 2019 By Miles Free III The causes of our workforce issues may be out of our hands, but ...
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Published October 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller Dan Ignasiak, owner of SEPCO-Erie in Erie Pennsylvania, wanted to improve the productivity and ...
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Published October 2019 By Bill Hovey Although Lean thinking often results with an elimination of a step or waste, Bill ...
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Published October 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller There are so many stories to tell and Carli encourages PMPA members to share ...
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Published October 2019 By Miles Free III The properties of the steel materials we machine in our shops are the ...
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Published September 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller Founded in 1953 by Mike Ondercin as a general machine shop, third-generation owner, Tanya ...
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Published September 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller A Peak Behind the Scenes at PMPA Carli explores the power behind PMPA ListServes ...
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Published September 2019 By Miles Free III Operational Excellence, Product Leadership, Customer Intimacy — one of these rules them all ...
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ARTICLE – PMPA Member Tornos Finds Success in its Industry Expertise and Cutting Edge Product Design
Published August 2019 By PMPA Staff In 2019, at its new headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois, ...
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Published August 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller A Morning with Miles Free VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published July 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller Renee Merker, Event Guru VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published July 2019 By Miles Free III You know your sales number, but do you know what it means? VIEW ...
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Published July 2019 By PMPA Staff For more than a decade, Peerless Machinery has made a name for itself in ...
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Published June 2019 By Miles Free III Every year, we review the top 10 OSHA violations for the prior calendar ...
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Published August 2019 By Miles Free III VUCA, or volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, has grown to fill our business ...
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Published June 2019 By PMPA Staff Today, JC Gibbons Manufacturing is run by Jerry Gibbons’ sons, Jeff and Dan Gibbons, ...
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Published July 2019 By Carli Kistler-Miller A Peek Behind the Scenes at PMPA VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2019 By Miles Free III Here are 31 things that spark joy for those in the precision machining ...
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Published May 2019 By PMPA Staff More than 84 years ago, William Horberg founded what would become Horberg Industries, one ...
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Published May 2019 By Miles Free III Our history became the future. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published April 2019 By Miles Free III What isn’t making it to digital is an important question you should know ...
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Published April 2019 By PMPA Staff The name “Thorrez” comes from a Flemish word meaning “towers,” but that is only ...
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Published April 2019 By Mike Reader The PMPA executive board (with the full support of your PMPA staff) is working ...
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Published March 2019 By Miles Free III PMPA’s mission is to provide information, advocacy and networking opportunities that advance our ...
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Published March 2019 By PMPA Staff On Oct. 4, 2018, Michael Reader of Precision Plus in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, was formally ...
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Published March 2019 By PMPA Staff AccuRounds was founded in 1976 by an Italian immigrant, Len Tamasi, when he purchased ...
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Published February 2019 By PMPA Staff For more than 50 years, PFI Precision Machining has evolved and changed to remain ...
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Published February 2019 By Miles Free III Knowledge is picked up from a variety of channels, not all of which ...
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Published December 2018 By PMPA Staff ABF found early success in manufacturing components for push-pull cables and fluid control parts ...
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Published December 2018 By Miles Free III Before we make our predictions for the coming year, perhaps a brief review ...
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Published November 2018 By PMPA Staff One of the premier benefits of PMPA membership, with dozens of sessions spread out ...
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Published November 2018 By PMPA Staff In 1911, Lovejoy Chaplet Corp. opened for business in the small town of Hoosick ...
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Published November 2018 By Miles Free III One of the most important aspects of successfully quoting and running a new ...
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Published October 2018 By PMPA Staff In 1988, best friends Steve Ortner and Hayden Wellman founded Absolute Machine Tools in ...
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Published October 2018 By Miles Free III According to our analysis of the PMPA Business Trends Sales Index, the demand ...
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Published September 2018 By PMPA Staff Precision machined products industry professionals are invited to participate in PMPA’s Annual Meeting this ...
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Published September 2018 By Miles Free III Congratulations on your graduation! Congratulations on persevering and completing a major life milestone ...
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Published August 2018 By PMPA Staff The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2018 is set to take over Chicago’s McCormick ...
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Published August 2018 By PMPA Staff Established more than a century ago, Ashley Ward Inc. has become one of the ...
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Published August 2018 By Miles Free III PMPA’s latest “Business Trends Report” shows that shops are busy working overtime and ...
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Published July 2018 By PMPA Staff When it was founded in 1976, H & R Screw Machine Products was no ...
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Published July 2018 By Miles Free III On Tuesday morning at the National Technical Conference this year, I presented during ...
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Published June 2018 By PMPA Staff In 1953, Swiss immigrant Gerard Paroz left his home country for New York City ...
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Published June 2018 By Miles Free III In today’s fast-changing world, changing materials requirements make materials knowledge essential for machinists ...
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Published May 2018 By Miles Free III Two PMPA members were honored by the Manufacturing Institute’s 2018 STEP Awards for ...
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Published May 2018 By PMPA Staff More than 90 years ago, Clarence H. Gosiger founded the C. H. Gosiger Machinery ...
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Published May 2018 By Miles Free III In my experience, when things go bad, the first questions asked are usually, ...
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Published April 2018 By Matthew Hooper Some of the fastest-growing disruptive technologies we see these days are online, cloud-based parts ...
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Published April 2018 By PMPA Staff Long before he bought the machine that laid the foundation for Cox Manufacturing Co., ...
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Published April 2018 By Miles Free III Thanks for asking about whether or not lead is a hazardous material. I ...
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Published March 2018 By Sterling Gill III Effective teams are an integral part to every company’s success. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published March 2018 By PMPA Staff A little more than 50 years ago in Watertown, Connecticut, Prime Engineered Components was ...
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Published March 2018 By Miles Free III It’s no argument that our world is changing. Our industry has gone from ...
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Published February 2018 By Miles Free III “There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.” ...
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ARTICLE – PMPA Member CJWinter Finds Success in Superior Customer Service and Quick Turnaround Times
Published February 2018 By PMPA Staff In 1969, Robert J. Brinkman acquired what would become CJWinter, a Rochester, New York-based ...
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Published February 2018 By Sterling Gill III Creating cohesive training that is both relevant and significant is a challenge that ...
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Published December 2017 By Miles Free III “What gets measured gets managed.” -Peter Drucker There are indicators that drive what ...
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Published December 2017 By PMPA Staff Established in 1921, Smith & Richardson Manufacturing didn’t make its mark as a global ...
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Published December 2017 By Sterling Gill III Professional development and staff training are important to the success of every shop ...
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Published December 2017 By PMPA Staff PMPA’s Management Update Conference will be held Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10, 2018, at the San ...
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Published November 2017 By Scott Wiltsie We are all definitely faced with a challenge regarding today’s new workforce. One thing ...
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Published November 2017 By PMPA Staff In 1967, Milton E. Harris, owner of J. Harris and Sons, was approached by ...
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Published November 2017 By Monte Guitar PMPA member value can be broken down into four core buckets: benchmarking, networking, savings ...
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Published October 2017 By PMPA Staff Before it was a 60-employee, full-service milling company capable of high-volume production across a ...
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Published October 2017 By Sterling Gill III The game-changing Manufacturing for Future Generations (MFG) training resource from PMPA-MFG is available ...
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Published September 2017 By Sterling Gill III Education and training have undergone many changes. What types of changes? How do ...
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Published September 2017 By Miles Free III I am often asked my opinion about a material’s machinability, and I have ...
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Published September 2017 By PMPA Staff In 1985, Dave Chenevert started Swissline Precision in a small garage in Millbury, Massachusetts, ...
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Published August 2017 By Sterling Gill III How do we grow? How can we compete? How do we identify our ...
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Published August 2017 By PMPA Staff After forming ZPS America in 2008, the company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and ...
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Published August 2017 By Miles Free III Technology or people. Which is your focus? It is not a defective question ...
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Published July 2017 By Sterling Gill III Recruiting the future workforce is at the forefront of the minds leading our ...
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Published July 2017 By PMPA Staff Years before he started his own business from scratch, John Collins sold steel for ...
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Published July 2017 By Miles Free III What are the indicators we use to guide our outlook, planning and investment? ...
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Published June 2017 By Sterling Gill III There is a movement growing. This movement is about opening doors. Why should ...
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Published June 2017 By PMPA Staff PMPA member Aneesa Muthana, president and owner of Pioneer Service Inc., was one of ...
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Published June 2017 By Miles Free III Your purpose is more than making products, so why isn’t your focus? VIEW ...
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Published May 2017 By Sterling Gill III If the number one challenge today facing our workforce is finding skilled talent, ...
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Published May 2017 By PMPA Staff When Lloyd Lusk bought his first Davenport screw machine and founded Lusk Quality Machine ...
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Published May 2017 By Miles Free III All of us likely earned a Ph.D. in how to muddle through the ...
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Published April 2017 By Sterling Gill III Precision machining experts Core Powered, Peel School District and PMPA collaborated to sponsor ...
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Published April 2017 By PMPA Staff While Hannes Precision was established in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1973, the company’s roots go ...
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Published April 2017 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry, NAICS 332721, is composed of 3,682 shops in the ...
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Published March 2017 By Tyson Ortiz and Jeffrey Liker Join best-selling author Mike Rother and Lean Champion Dan Vermeesch of ...
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Published March 2017 By PMPA Staff At the turn of the century, Oscar Mueller followed in his father’s entrepreneurial footsteps ...
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Published March 2017 By PMPA Staff Titan Gilroy will be joining attendees at PMPA’s National Technical Conference in Columbus, Ohio, ...
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Published February 2017 By Bernie Nagle For more than 40 years, through good times and bad, the Management Update Conference ...
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Published February 2017 By PMPA Staff When it was founded in 1953 by Albert “Al” Goodman, the headquarters of Eaton ...
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Published February 2017 By Bryan Albrecht Like many technical education machining and manufacturing programs, Gateway faced a difficult challenge in ...
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Published December 2016 By Miles Free III If our shop’s mission is the creation, protection and provision of goods and ...
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Published December 2016 By PMPA Staff PMPA announced Doug Coster as its new president for the upcoming term. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published November 2016 By Miles Free III This year’s Manufacturing Day is officially behind us, but it’s never too early ...
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Published November 2016 By PMPA Staff Since he was 10 years old, Kenneth Mandile has been immersed in the world ...
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Published November 2016 By Miles Free III Environmental responsibility has been part of the machining industry for so long that ...
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Published October 2016 By Miles Free III Advanced industries matter to you because they represent both an economic foundation and ...
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Published October 2016 By PMPA Staff In 1931, while the country was in the throes of the Great Depression, starting ...
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Published October 2016 By Miles Free III As an aspiring MBA student, my one key question for my economics professors ...
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Published September 2016 By Miles Free III Why we shouldn’t blame the millennials for their lack of success at work ...
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Published September 2016 By Mari Kirchenbauer The skills gap is real. It is something that concerns each and every one ...
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Published September 2016 By PMPA Staff Following World War II, Peter Ruppe and Alan Bodycomb saw the need to improve ...
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Published September 2016 By Brian Beaulieu Some say a recession is imminent. Some say the stock market is about to ...
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Published August 2016 By Monte Guitar Manufacturing Day was designed to coordinate and amplify the voice of individual manufacturers into ...
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Published August 2016 By PMPA Staff In the early 1950s, a young Joseph Bratta and his family immigrated to the ...
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Published August 2016 By Miles Free III According to the U.S. Labor Department, job openings have trended upward since their ...
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Published July 2016 By Miles Free III For customers who demand the highest levels of cleanliness for their components, few ...
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Published July 2016 By Matthew Schowalter Matthew Schowalter is a machining professional doing what he can to promote careers in ...
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Published July 2016 By Miles Free III We manufacture critical components for a number of advanced technologies where human safety ...
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Published June 2016 By PMPA Staff This past April, top industry talent from North America converged in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ...
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Published June 2016 By PMPA Staff In 1995, Sal and Louise Trichilo purchased Astra Precision, a small mom-and-pop screw machine ...
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Published June 2016 By Miles Free III The PMPA is active on a number of issues in Washington that can ...
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Published May 2016 By PMPA Staff PMPA’s list of training opportunities in the precision machining industry provides comprehensive resources for ...
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Published May 2016 By Miles Free III What are unknown knowns? For the purposes of this article, I want to ...
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Published May 2016 By PMPA Staff For almost 25 years, PartMaker Inc., a subsidiary of Autodesk’s Delcam unit, has worked ...
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Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff Manufactured goods are an integral part of our life at home and work. VIEW ...
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Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff Zach came to work for NEM in January 2015, as part of a co-operative ...
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Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff In July 1966, two engineers, Richard Lawton and Ernie Corts, with over 50 years ...
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Published April 2016 By Miles Free III The commercial demands of keeping our shops busy, machines up and running and ...
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Published March 2016 By Miles Free III Americans today still believe that manufacturing is the foundation of a strong economy ...
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Published March 2016 By PMPA Staff In 1964, Donald Holbrook took two Brown & Sharpe cam screw machines he purchased ...
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Published March 2016 By Miles Free III Customers are quick to scold and point out perceived waste in our plant ...
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Published February 2016 By Miles Free III When was the last time you evaluated your customer list to see how ...
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Published February 2016 By Bernie Nagle In coordination with our advocacy team in Washington, The Franklin Partnership and PMPA members ...
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Published February 2016 By PMPA Staff In 1957, Howard H. Fischer founded what would become Fischer Special Tooling, a machining ...
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Published December 2015 By PMPA Staff As concerns regarding the lack of interest in manufacturing careers for the upcoming high ...
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Published December 2015 By Miles Free III As we near the end of the calendar year, we thought you might ...
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Published December 2015 By PMPA Staff Harry Eighmy is PMPA’s new president for the upcoming term. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published November 2015 By Miles Free III The existing power plant carbon emissions rule is said to only raise your ...
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Published November 2015 By PMPA Staff Before it was a 40-employee operation serving the aerospace, medical and other major industries, ...
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Published October 2015 By PMPA Staff Since its inception in 1960, Stark State College in North Canton, Ohio, has maintained ...
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Published October 2015 By PMPA Staff Portland, Oregon-based Enoch Precision Machining’s humble beginnings date back to 1949 in the home ...
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Published October 2015 By Miles Free III The U.S. dollar is one of the strongest currencies in the world, and ...
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Published September 2015 By Mari Kirchenbauer The skills gap is real. It is something that concerns each and every one ...
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Published September 2015 By PMPA Staff From the early DOS days of desktop computing to Microsoft Windows 10, Henning Software ...
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Published September 2015 By Miles Free III Labor Day was originally held in New York City on September 5, 1882, ...
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Published August 2015 By Miles Free III At the recent Horn Technology Days, I spent some time hanging out with ...
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Published August 2015 By PMPA STAFF Now in its third generation of ownership, Kerr Lakeside has been a staple in ...
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Published August 2015 By Miles Free III “The workforce and finding skilled people are our shop’s biggest problems.” I hear ...
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Published July 2015 By PMPA Staff PMPA’s 54th annual National Technical Conference held in Columbus, Ohio, this past April was ...
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Published July 2015 By PMPA Staff The 2015 GHF-NIMS-SkillsUSA Scholarship Program awarded more than $200,000 in scholarship funds to students ...
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Published July 2015 By PMPA Staff Champion Screw Machine Engineering was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1945 by brothers John ...
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Published July 2015 By Miles Free III Are your operators competent problem solvers? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published June 2015 By PMPA Staff At this year’s PMPA National Technical Conference, members Micron and Boston Centerless gave insight ...
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Published June 2015 By PMPA Staff Since it was founded by the Ver Wys family, Imperial Metal Products has been ...
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Published June 2015 By Miles Free III During the recently concluded Precision Machining Technology Show and Technology Conference, we got ...
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Published May 2015 By Miles Free III The federal government affects every aspect of your business. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2015 By PMPA Staff Michael Gammache, from Machined Products Company in Lancaster, Penn., and a 1974 Thaddeus Stevens ...
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Published May 2015 By PMPA Staff Founded in 1946, Fordsell Machine Products began as a supplier of single-spindle, screw-machine parts ...
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Published May 2015 By Miles Free III 2015 and 2016 are poised to be very profitable years for our shops, ...
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Published April 2015 By PMPA Staff Hydromat, in its 36th year of U.S. operations, is a well known name in ...
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Published April 2015 By Miles Free III The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy estimates the cost to comply with ...
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Published April 2015 By PMPA Staff NIMS issued 18,947 credentials to more than 8,000 individuals in 2014 according to Jim ...
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Published March 2015 By PMPA Staff Many wonder how young people today can be positively influenced to pursue engineering careers ...
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Published March 2015 By PMPA Staff In 1981, at age 24, Victor DaCruz and a business partner bought a small ...
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Published March 2015 By Miles Free III I really don’t care about your vision. I want to know your values ...
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Published February 2015 By PMPA Staff PMPA recently produced two successful regional mini-technical conferences for precision machining companies. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published February 2015 By PMPA Staff If the pundits are right and 2015 is going to be a strong year ...
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Published February 2015 By Miles Free III If the pundits are right and 2015 is going to be a strong ...
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Published December 2014 By PMPA Staff Tom Bernstein, president of TORIN Products, was installed as PMPA president at the association’s ...
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Published December 2014 By Miles Free III Reporting of injuries and illnesses is not a right. It is an obligation ...
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Published November 2014 By PMPA Staff Kalkaska Screw Products Inc. (KSP) was a machining division of an automotive filter manufacturing ...
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Published November 2014 By Miles Free III Vision and mission statements have become about as commonplace as letters to Santa ...
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Published October 2014 By PMPA Staff Core Powered Inc., founded in 2004, serves tooling needs for companies in the United ...
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Published October 2014 By Miles Free III As a former steel mill metallurgist, helping customers determine the best grade of ...
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Published September 2014 By PMPA Staff PMPA heads to the Naples – Fort Myers area for its 2014 Annual Meeting ...
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Published September 2014 By PMPA Staff Kenneth W. Gronbach, president of KGC Direct, LLC and author of the best-selling book, ...
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Published September 2014 By Miles Free III PMPA helps our members intelligently manage regulatory risk by paying attention to proposals ...
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Published August 2014 By PMPA Staff Metal Seal Precision Ltd. is a full-service manufacturer of precision metal components and subassemblies, ...
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Published August 2014 By Rachel Kerstetter Albert and David Thuro, of Thuro Metal Products, are more at ease today than ...
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Published July 2014 By PMPA Staff Together with its subsidiary company, Traub, Index Group is one of the world’s leading ...
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Published July 2014 By Miles Free III Precision manufacturing today is far different from the dirty factories that most people ...
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Published June 2014 By Rob Kiener Step away from the world of 24/7 text messages, emails, Facebook posts, tweets, voicemail ...
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Published June 2014 By PMPA Staff CSI Group is a highly specialized group of companies offering unique manufacturing processes for ...
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Published June 2014 By Miles Free III Our management teams are effectively associating to solve the skills gap issue in ...
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Published May 2014 By PMPA Staff Global Precision Parts, Inc. was formed from a series of strategic acquisitions and incorporated ...
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Published May 2014 By Miles Free III Machining difficult materials is a challenge that shops are increasingly facing these days ...
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Published April 2014 By PMPA Staff Chase Brass and Copper Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Brass and Copper, Inc., ...
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Published April 2014 By Miles Free III An employer may provide respirators and dust masks at the request of employees, ...
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Published March 2014 By Miles Free III Four PMPA members were honored by the Manufacturing Institute’s second STEP Awards for ...
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Published March 2014 By PMPA Staff There are so many things that people have learned through experience that are not ...
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Published February 2014 By PMPA Staff Griffith Training provides in-plant training and consulting for quality, productivity and improvement for manufacturers ...
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Published February 2014 By Miles Free III Making decisions when there is uncertainty is a different process than when you ...
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Published January 2014 By PMPA Staff Workshops for Warriors, a San Diego nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing job ...
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Published January 2014 By Miles Free III This is the time of year when purchasing agents and buyers try to ...
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Published December 2013 By Tom Bernstein The lean gurus talk about standardizing and setting in place, but who really has ...
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Published December 2013 By PMPA Staff At the PMPA Management Update Conference, February 21-23 in Las Vegas, John Wirtz will ...
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Published December 2013 By PMPA Staff After 11 years as PMPA executive director, Michael Duffin formally retires on December 31, ...
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Published November 2013 By PMPA Staff Darlene Miller, the new PMPA president as well as the president and CEO of ...
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Published November 2013 By Mile Free III Part time employment in a low-paying field does not have to be your ...
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Published October 2013 By PMPA Staff Laurel Steel Limited, founded in 1967, is a member of the Harris Steel Group, ...
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Published October 2013 By PMPA Staff Following an extensive search process, the board of directors of PMPA selected Michael T ...
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Published September 2013 By PMPA Staff This could be the day that sets someone on the path to a great ...
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Published September 2013 By PMPA Staff Small Parts Manufacturing, in business since 1946, is committed to providing its customers with ...
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Published September 2013 By Jeff Wiltsie There are thousands of ways to measure productivity. Determining the best method is the ...
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Published August 2013 By PMPA Staff This fall, the Precision Machined Products Association celebrates 80 years of continuous operation as ...
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Published August 2013 By PMPA Staff Edward W. (Ned) Hill, dean and professor of economic development at the Maxine Goodman ...
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Published August 2013 By PMPA Staff The Precision Machined Products Association will be awarding Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to individuals ...
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Published July 2013 By Miles Free III What is the best indicator for measuring your shop’s performance? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published July 2013 By PMPA Staff John Halladay, sales manager at Vectron, Inc. in Elyria, Ohio, will compete in the ...
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Published July 2013 By Miles Free III We thought that we were in the business to make parts, with zero ...
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Published June 2013 By PMPA Staff Fairchild Auto-Mated Parts Inc., founded in 1944, crafts precision machined parts for North American ...
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Published June 2013 By Miles Free III The shortage of skilled workers in the machining trade is undeniable. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2013 By David Wilhite Virtually all modern CNC machines are designed with safety in mind. However... VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2013 By PMPA Staff Milwaukee Area Technical College, known as MATC, is a comprehensive technical college that offers ...
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Published May 2013 By Miles Free III PMPA Member Company Precision Plus, and CEO Mike Reader, in Elkhorn, Wis., is ...
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Published April 2013 By PMPA Staff VIBCO is committed to quality, innovation and producing a complete product portfolio that is ...
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Published April 2013 By Miles Free III Managing a business today demands intelligently managing a lot of risk: market risk, ...
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Published March 2013 By Miles Free III It is winter, and for those of us in the northern part of ...
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Published March 2013 By PMPA Staff Mastercam®, developed by CNC Software, Inc., is the most widely used CAD/CAM software in ...
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Published February 2013 By PMPA Staff Tsugami REM Sales, LLC, a division of Morris Group, Inc., was formed in 1978 ...
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Published February 2013 By Miles Free III Continuous improvement begins with understanding and maintaining the capabilities of what we have ...
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Published January 2013 By PMPA Staff AMT Machine Systems, Ltd. provides innovative, modular motion control components and systems to the ...
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Published January 2013 By Miles Free III Anticipation is the key aspect of managerial success. Intelligent management of risk is ...
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Published December 2012 By PMPA Staff The greatest challenge facing the precision machining industry is the lack of skilled workers,” ...
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Published December 2012 By Miles Free III There are many good reasons to improve our shop housekeeping and aesthetics. Improved ...
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Published November 2012 By Miles Free III There’s nothing wrong with doing the prep work now to make your shop’s ...
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Published November 2012 By PMPA Staff New PMPA President Ron Bracalente looks forward to watching the precision machining industry grow ...
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Published November 2012 By Miles Free III I just returned from two and a half days at IMTS, the metalworking ...
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Published October 2012 By Heather Haas Succession planning is planning for the future success of your business. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published October 2012 By PMPA Staff Metric Machining, Inc. manufactures precision machined parts for various applications in the aerospace, automotive, ...
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Published October 2012 By Miles Free III While many of the recent college graduates (over 25 %) are unemployed and ...
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Published September 2012 By Miles Free III In Washington, D.C., this industry is known as NAICS 332721: Precision Machining. VIEW ...
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Published September 2012 By PMPA Staff Galion LLC is a manufacturer of precision-machined parts made primarily for the automotive, commercial ...
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Published September 2012 By Miles Free III College as an Investment…Really? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published August 2012 By PMPA Staff The company originally known as Hardinge Brothers was founded in 1890 by Canadians, Henry ...
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Published August 2012 By Monte Guitar Is there an ISO requirement that states that the Quality Manager cannot report to ...
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Published August 2012 By Miles Free III I remember the excitement of back-to-school when I was a child—new clothes, new ...
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Published July 2012 By PMPA Staff In 1941, William Leonard Clippard, Jr. founded a company that sold electrical test equipment, ...
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Published July 2012 By Miles Free III The Deming Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is a staple of management in ...
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Published June 2012 By Miles Free III Precision machinists already know how to add value by subtraction. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published June 2012 By Richard Hoster Since being named PMPA president, W. Richard Hoster has traveled the country, visiting association ...
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Published June 2012 By Miles Free III As a plant and division manager, as a worker and as a technician, ...
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Published May 2012 By Miles Free III “F1 in Schools” is the Formula One Technology Challenge presented to middle school ...
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Published May 2012 By PMPA Staff Polygon Solutions, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes precision rotary (wobble) broaching tools and tool ...
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Published May 2012 By Miles Free III Differences in material machining performance is probably the number one issue that skilled ...
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Published April 2012 By PMPA Staff American Turned Products (ATP) is a high-volume, contract manufacturer specializing in precision turning and ...
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Published April 2012 By Miles Free III What’s the right strategy? What is Strategy anyway? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published April 2012 By Heather Haas In business, as in life, some gaps are inconsequential while others are world-altering. VIEW ...
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Published March 2012 By Miles Free III Ditch the book. Which book? That “big honkin’ binder” out in the shop ...
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Published March 2012 By PMPA Staff In the precision machining industry, the Detterbeck name goes back to the days of ...
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Published March 2012 By Monte Guitar The precision machining industry relies on the best and the brightest people in manufacturing ...
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Published February 2012 By Miles Free III Every precision machining shop has a calibration system to assure that its products ...
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Published February 2012 By PMPA Staff “Competence is Not an Option” and “Developing Good Managers into Great Leaders” are the ...
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Published February 2012 By Jeff Wiltsie Setup reduction is the gold standard for continuous improvement. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published January 2012 By y Rob Kiener Every year, millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, stop ...
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Published January 2012 By PMPA Staff Great Lakes Automation Services, Inc. (GLASi) was established just ten years ago, but its ...
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Published January 2012 By Miles Free III Hidden variation is what increases your costs. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published December 2011 By Julie O-Keefe PMPA member companies are engaged in making parts that require precision machining. This necessitates ...
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Published December 2011 By Rob Kiener February’s PMPA Management Update Conference in San Diego will feature Howard C. Fletcher III ...
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Published December 2011 By Miles Free III According to a Skills Gap study by the Manufacturing Institute, more than 80 ...
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Published December 2011 By Miles Free III If you’re not on LinkedIn, you should be. And if you are, when ...
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Published November 2011 By Miles Free III When I was a student, I really liked when an equation just made ...
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Published November 2011 By PMPA Staff Corey Steel Company is a leading manufacturer of cold-finished steel bar. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published November 2011 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry has several unique characteristics that make it a relatively ...
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Published October 2011 By PMPA Staff Lyn-Tron, Inc. provides precision-engineered electronic and connector hardware to the computer and electronics industries, ...
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Published October 2011 By Miles Free III OSHA cited an Ohio company for 15 safety violations and fined that company ...
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Published October 2011 By Monte Guitar Are you considering registering your quality system? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published October 2011 By Miles Free III In recent months, we have seen wild swings in equity markets — government ...
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Published September 2011 By PMPA Staff Marubeni Citizen-Cincom (MCC) was founded in 1984 to market and service the company’s line ...
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Published September 2011 By PMPA Staff PMPA Tools for Industry - Leading Shops VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published September 2011 By Miles Free III I was intrigued by a recent discussion on the PMPA’s Manufacturing Listserve. It ...
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Published August 2011 By PMPA Staff Just how will the economy expand in 2012? William A. Strauss will shed some ...
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Published August 2011 By PMPA Staff PMPA members are often faced with the problems of finding and retaining skilled machinists ...
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Published August 2011 By Miles Free III The burden is on the employer to prove enforcement of the rules. Simply ...
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Published in July 2011 By Miles Free III As a supplier of steel bars to machinists for more than 30 ...
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Published July 2011 By Miles Free III There is a lot of doom-and gloom being bandied about concerning manufacturing, particularly ...
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Published June 2011 By PMPA Staff Prince Industries, Inc. is a globally recognized premier manufacturer of precision machined and sheet ...
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Published June 2011 By Miles Free III Recently, I had a chance to see the future of our craft when ...
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Published May 2011 By Miles Free III Why do the mechanical properties on different shipments of the same size and ...
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- Published May 2011 By PMPA Staff Horn USA, Inc. is the United States representative of Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH, ...
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Published May 2011 By Miles Free III We have all learned that the capability to make things is not what ...
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Published April 2011 By Miles Free III In the January issue of Production Machining, the PMPA section began with an ...
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Published April 2011 By Miles Free III Ask PMPA members what they value about their PMPA membership and the first ...
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Published April 2011 By PMPA Staff The Corps Group is excited to be a part of the 2011 Precision Machined ...
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Published March 2011 By Miles Free III Adding value is the goal of all of us in a business. VIEW ...
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Published March 2011 By PMPA Staff The Precision Machined Products Association recently retained the services of the Institute for Trend ...
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Published March 2011 By PMPA Staff Grow the skills of your technical, quality and management personnel. PMPA’s Technical Program Committee ...
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Published February 2011 By Rob Kiener PMPA prides itself on offering “Tools You Can Use,” which is exactly what you’ll ...
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Published February 2011 By Miles Free III In a world where “ordinary suppliers are 100 percent on time and provide ...
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- Published February 2011 By Miles Free III Your data is needed by PMPA to help us provide facts regarding ...
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Published January 2011 By PMPA Staff In November, PMPA began partnering with PI Worldwide to help solve the problem of ...
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Published January 2011 By Miles Free III How will you face 2011? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published December 2010 By Rob Kiener The PMPA Management Update Conference returns to the Walt Disney World Contemporary Resort in ...
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Published December 2010 By Miles Free III What will success look like for the North American Precision Machining Industry in ...
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Published November 2010 By PMPA Staff Jeff Ohlemacher was named the new president of PMPA at last month’s Annual Meeting ...
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Published November 2010 By Miles Free III Engineering and process changes are a fact of life in our precision machining ...
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Published Octboer 2010 By PMPA Staff Please go to the polls next month and vote. That is the message from ...
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Published October 2010 By PMPA Staff Chase Brass & Copper Company traces its origins to a business established in 1837 ...
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Published October 2010 By Miles Free III PMPA is proud to announce the addition of American Safety and Health Management ...
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Published September 2010 By Monte Guitar When thinking about implementation of requirements, do not think about compliance, but about usefulness ...
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Published September 2010 By Miles Free III In just one year, we can document more than 65,000 page views on ...
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Published August 2010 By PMPA Staff The Precision Machined Products Association has a long history of advocacy in Washington, D.C ...
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Published May 2010 By Laura Capron So you’ve asked yourself the following questions for months – maybe years: Why should ...
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Published May 2010 By PMPA Staff This year marks the 140th anniversary of the W. H. Bagshaw Company, America’s oldest ...
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Published May 2010 By Miles Free III The worst memories of my adolescence were of nearly failing gym class. VIEW ...
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Published April 2010 By PMPA Staff Hangsterfer’s Laboratories offers a wide array of metalworking fluids for manufacturers—more than 200 different ...
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Published April 2010 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry provides leading safety technology that makes a difference in ...
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Published March 2010 By Rob Kiener Over the past nine months, when called upon, PMPA members have responded in record ...
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Published March 2010 By Miles Free III EMC Precision Machining, a longtime PMPA member, was a stop on President Barack ...
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Published February 2010 By Miles Free III There are many issues that confront our businesses these days. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published January 2010 By PMPA Staff Bob Brinkman, chairman of Brinkman International Group, has announced his retirement from the company ...
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Published January 2010 By Miles Free III It’s January; the time when most of us resolve to do things better ...
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Published December 2009 By Miles Free III The year 2009 will be remembered by many of us as a teacher— ...
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Published December 2009 By PMPA Staff Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo ...
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Published November 2009 By PMPA Staff Enoch Manufacturing Company is one of the largest custom precision machining manufacturers on America’s ...
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Published November 2009 By Miles Free III There is nothing like business as usual to nurture a…well, let’s call it ...
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Published October 2009 By PMPA Staff Henning Industrial Software, Inc. was founded in January 1990 by Billie J. and Richard ...
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Published October 2009 By Monte Guitar Quality documentation can be improved. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published September 2009 By PMPA Staff “Improving profits” will be the focus of Al Horner’s presentation at the PMPA Annual ...
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Published September 2009 By Miles Free III Beneath the din of bad economic news on TV and in the business ...
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Published August 2009 By Jeff Wiltsie “Controls restrict, restrain, limit and regulate...” Proper use of controls provides a safe operating ...
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Published August 2009 By PMPA Staff Northwest Oil Company is a supplier of industrial lubricants and specialty fluids, including cutting ...
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Published August 2009 By Miles Free III The automotive market is an important sector served by the precision machining industry ...
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Published July 2009 By PMPA Staff In 1925, EMC Precision Machining was started by Mr. Ohlemacher’s great grandfather and a ...
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Published July 2009 By Miles Free III One of the best lessons learned from my MBA experience was that there ...
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Published June 2009 By PMPA Staff 2L Technologies is one of the newest members of the PMPA, having been founded ...
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Published June 2009 By Miles Free III Having been through some incredible down cycles during my time in the steel ...
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Published April 2009 By PMPA Staff In 1957, Robert E. Morris founded what is now Tsugami-Rem Sales. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published April 2009 By Michael B. Duffin The Precision Machined Products Association announces a new business intelligence service for members ...
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Published April 2009 By Deena Ebbert I am all about an adventure. I crave the thrill of discovery and the ...
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Published March 2009 By Rob Kiener As a business owner, you want to provide your employees with a safe work ...
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Published March 2009 By Miles Free III Here’s my favorite photo. I took it in Chicago’s Millennium Park a couple ...
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Published March 2009 By PMPA Staff Watkins Manufacturing has been doing business in the Cincinnati area since the late 1800s ...
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Published March 2009 By Monte Guitar PMPA’s Technical Program Committee has developed new and exciting programming targeted for your technical, ...
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Published January 2009 By Miles Free III It’s the New Year. Hooray! In with the new, out with the old ...
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Published January 2009 By Rob Kiener As we know all too well, 2008 was one of the most challenging years ...
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Published January 2009 By Miles Free III' When I grew up—way back in the mid-20th century—everyone aspired to have a ...
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Published December 2008 By Miles Free III As I write this in early October, the stock market has lost more ...
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Published December 2008 By PMPA Staff As a PMPA technical member, Boston Centerless supplies precision ground bar materials and grinding ...
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Published December 2008 By Miles Free III In September, PMPA members learned about the proposed Rule 1144 for the four-county ...
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Published November 2008 By PMPA Staff Established in 1946 by Frank Rebel (pronounced Rable), the company was founded to provide ...
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- Published November 2008 By Patricia Lewis We believe our greatest assets are our Employees. And, we behave as if ...
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Published September 2008 By Miles Free III One thing about holidays is that once they become official, they hang around ...
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Published September 2008 By PMPA Staff Cox Manufacturing Company specializes in custom, screw machine products, as well as CNC turning ...
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Published September 2008 By Monte Guitar Many of today’s quality or business standards provide a framework that allows you the ...
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Published August 2008 By Rob Kiener This year, the Precision Machined Products Association is celebrating its 75th anniversary. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published July 2008 By Miles Free III Whenever I’ve been asked to go to a trade show or conference, I ...
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Published July 2008 By Rob Kiener The “Big Meeting” is the PMPA’s annual meeting, celebrating the association’s 75th anniversary. VIEW ...
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Published July 2008 By Miles Free III I can remember the first manufacturing job I had after graduating high school ...
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Published July 2008 By Miles Free III Workmanship is an important term that’s often relied upon as the final arbiter ...
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Published June 2008 By Jeff Wiltsie and Miles Free III Is incremental improvement enough for our industry’s longterm survival? VIEW ...
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Published June 2008 By Michael B. Duffin As we near the end of another fiscal and program year, I want ...
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Published June 2008 By Miles Free III In the Midwest, we see the China trade issue pretty simply. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2008 By Miles Free III Before tackling the points brought up by readers, let’s review what I mean ...
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Published May 2008 By PMPA Staff Peterson Tool Company is the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of inserted form tools ...
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Published May 2008 By Rob Kiener The PMPA is known for highquality meeting content, including keynote speakers that address issues ...
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Published May 2008 By Darlene Miller As the president of Permac Industries, I find the time to participate in a ...
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Published April 2008 By PMPA Staff Smith & Richardson Inc. is a provider of chaplets for the metal casting industry ...
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Published April 2008 By Miles Free III Employers are required to determine if PPE should be used to protect their ...
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Published March 2008 By Miles Free III “Value Added” is one of those terms that almost everyone seems to use, ...
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Published March 2008 By PMPA Staff The supplier of specialty steels is now Schmolz+Bickenbach USA. Its parent company, Schmolz+Bickenbach AG, ...
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Published March 2008 By Paul Klonowski Can you assemble an inexpensive vision system for use on precision machine products? VIEW ...
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Published January 2008 By Rob Kiener The PMPA Management Update Committee has your recipe for success in 2008. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published January 2008 By PMPA Staff If your company’s machinists or salespeople need training in precision machining equipment, there could ...
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Published January 2008 By Miles Free III I’d just love to tell you about the importance of quality in marketing ...
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Published December 2007 By Miles Free III Let’s look at some of the reasons why we need to look at ...
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Published December 2007 By PMPA Staff Tornos Technologies is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Swiss machine tools and ...
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Published December 2007 By Miles Free III The beginning of a new year is a time to anticipate. It’s also ...
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Published November 2007 By PMPA Staff The PMPA installed its new president last month at the PMPA annual meeting held ...
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Published November 2007 By Miles Free III Planning for necessary raw materials and tooling is critical for meeting production schedules ...
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Published October 2007 By PMPA Staff Accu-Swiss, Inc. is a custom manufacturer of precision, CNC-machined products, as well as a ...
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Published October 2007 By Gayle Bayer The global competitiveness of our industry is completely changing the way we do business ...
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Published October 2007 By Miles Free III If there is anything more critical to organizational success than clear, consistent communications, ...
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Published September 2007 By Miles Free III There is one indisputable lesson that applies to us in manufacturing: We must ...
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Published September 2007 By PMPA Staff Gosiger Import, a division of Gosiger Inc., markets precision machining equipment to manufacturers throughout ...
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Published September 2007 By Gayle Bayer E-mail is the heart and soul of all communication these days. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published August 2007 By Miles Free III The trend to flatter organizations has made it necessary for people throughout our ...
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Published August 2007 By PMPA Staff Automatic Products Corporation (APC) is a leading provider of precision-machined parts produced on automatic ...
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Published August 2007 By Monte Guitar Solidifying communication between operations, sales and the customer is a huge step to take ...
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Published July 2007 By Miles Free More than 420 people attended the 2007 PMPA National Technical Conference, held in Columbus, ...
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Published July 2007 By Miles Free More than 420 people attended the 2007 PMPA National Technical Conference, held in Columbus, ...
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Published July 2007 By Miles Free III Why is this here? Will I use it this minute? Will I use ...
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Published July 2007 By PMPA Staff New Dimension Metals Corp. (NDM) is a supplier of coldfinished carbon and alloy steel ...
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Published July 2007 By Gayle Bayer Being on the PMPA IT Committee, I am often asked about my opinion on ...
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Published June 2007 By Miles Free III More than 420 people attended the 2007 PMPA National Technical Conference, held in ...
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Published June 2007 By PMPA Staff Ray Industries, Inc. specializes in precision thread rolling, as well as precision machining of ...
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Published June 2007 By Miles Free III This week, I received a Manufacturing Sector Report from the Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Published May 2007 By Miles Free III A Letter addressing phenomenons in the precision machining industry. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2007 By PMPA Staff Precision machining runs in the Brinkman family. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published May 2007 By Miles Free III Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is often mentioned in conversations between shop owners, but it ...
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Published May 2007 By Miles Free III What can a manufacturing person learn from Walt Disney World to help with ...
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Published April 2007 By Miles Free III Major appliance manufacturer Whirlpool recently told investors that the company expected its business ...
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Published April 2007 By PMPA Staff Axian Technology, Inc. is a privately held, precision machining company that was founded in ...
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Published April 2007 By Miles Free III This is the second of a two-part article on technology payback. The first ...
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Published April 2007 By Brad Ohlemacher Everyone knows that the pace of life has changed in recent years. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published March 2007 By Miles Free III This is the first of a two-part article on technology payback. Part 2, ...
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Published March 2007 By PMPA Staff In 1999, the PMPA Board of Trustees established the PMPA Education Foundation to “ensure ...
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Published March 2007 By PMPA Staff Allied Machined Products is a family-owned-and-operated manufacturer of precision machined parts. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published March 2007 By Monte Guitar The Precision Machined Products Association is pleased to present its 46th annual National Technical ...
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Published January 2007 By Miles Free III The safety of our employees, precision and quality workmanship have always been guiding ...
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Published January 2007 By PMPA Staff Chase Brass & Copper Company’s commitment to its customers is evident based on its ...
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Published January 2007 By Miles Free III One of the paradoxes of team sports that I struggle with has been ...
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Published March 2007 By Rob Kiener Are you satisfied with your company’s success in converting quotes to orders? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published December 2006 By PMPA Staff In 2006, Fordsell Machine Products Co. reached a business milestone. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published December 2006 By Miles Free III Every day, we face numerous challenges. Urgent demands from others, unexpected events, system ...
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Published December 2006 By Rob Kiener Are you satisfied with your current business model? VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published December 2006 By Monte Guitar Each day, organizations face challenges to become lean within their shops. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published November 2006 By Ron Herrera Are you tired of receiving phone calls from your customers requiring you to have ...
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Published November 2006 By PMPA Staff When the Howard H. Fischer Company was founded in 1957, carbide tooling was still ...
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Published November 2006 By Miles Free III Copper is selling for $3.70 per pound at the time that I am ...
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Published September 2006 By Miles Free As an avid gardener, I always notice the plantings and landscaping when I make ...
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Published August 2006 By Miles Free III You have a new customer located in Germany who is not experienced in ...
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Published August 2006 By PMPA Staff When a vocational school in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, recently found itself without a CNC ...
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Published August 2006 By PMPA Staff Bill Sammon, the senior White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner, will speak at ...
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Published August 2006 By Miles Free III Having worked with and supplied a number of Japanese transplant manufacturing companies, I ...
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Published July 2006 By Miles Free III “Continuous Improvement (CI) of the people and processes under my authority” is the ...
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Published July 2006 By PMPA Staff High Tech Research, Inc. (HTR) develops software and turnkey systems for manufacturing plants. VIEW ...
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Published July 2006 By PMPA Staff “Energy is the most strategic factor in global geopolitics,” states Dr. Michael Economides, one ...
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Published July 2006 By Miles Free III Two incidents early in my career started me on the path to learning ...
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Published June 2006 By Miles Free III The need for training in our shops and businesses is indisputable. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published June 2006 By Rob Kiener The 73rd Annual Meeting will be held September 30 to October 4 at the ...
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Published June 2006 By PMPA Staff Founded in 1966, Permac Industries started out as a small screw machine shop with ...
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Published June 2006 By Miles Free III Several times this year, I have presented a “Cost of Quality” talk to ...
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Published April 2006 By Monte C. Guitar This year’s theme: “Seizing Opportunities In A Whole New World” The precision machined ...
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Published April 2006 By PMPA Staff Prime Screw Machine Products began operations in 1967 by manufacturing military hardware and various ...
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Published April 2006 By Miles Free III There are four trends that define the differences between yesterday’s way of maximizing ...
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Published April 2006 By Miles Free III I have a friend who owns a small business in southern Florida. He ...
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Published April 2006 By Monte Guitar In a 2000 National League playoff game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta ...
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Published March 2006 By Miles Free III The beginning of a new year is typically the time for predicting what ...
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Published March 2006 By Monte Guitar Benchmark To Success With Tomorrow’s Vision PMPA’s 2006 National Technical Conference will be held ...
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Published March 2006 By Miles Free III There are four trends that define the differences between yesterday’s way of maximizing ...
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Published March 2006 By PMPA Staff Reynolda Manufacturing Solutions was established in 2002 when Reynolda Cutting Tools (RCT) and Component ...
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Published March 2006 By Monte Guitar Benchmark To Success With Tomorrow’s Vision. VIEW ARTICLE ...
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Published January 2006 By Miles Free One of the paradoxes of team sports that I struggle with has been watching ...
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Published January 2006 By Monte Guitar Ted Nugent, internationally acclaimed recording artist, political conservative and ultimate conservationist, will be the ...
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Published January 2006 By Miles Free The safety of our employees, precision and quality workmanship have always been guiding principles ...
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Published January 2006 By PMPA Staff The Index Group, located in Esslingen, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers ...
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Published January 2006 By PMPA Staff Ms. Kim Korth, management consultant and founder of IRN, Inc., will present the keynote ...
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Published January 2006 By Miles Free III Demand for medical implants in the United States is expected to grow by ...
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Published January 2006 By Miles Free III There are four trends that define the differences between yesterday’s way of maximizing ...
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Published November 2005 By Miles Free PMPA provides members with technical understanding on this key issue. The PMPA Technology Services ...
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Published September 2005 By Miles Free I recently attended the Steel Success Strategies conference in NewYork City. My purpose was ...
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Published August 2005 By Miles Free I was talking the other day with the chief executive of a shop when ...
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Published June 2005 By Monte Guitar Upfront definition eases compliance. It is a huge and important endeavor to maintain an ...
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Published June 2005 By Miles Free and Peter A. Rome The Uniform Commercial Code is the source for commercial laws ...
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Published April 2005 By Monte C. Guitar You have an effective audit program, but you and your team are in ...
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Published March 2005 By Miles Free Over the 4 years that a cadet is at the United States Military Academy ...
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Published February 2005 By Monte C. Guitar Take a walk through “Anyshop USA” and observe the actions being taken to ...
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Published January 2005 By Miles Free Material price escalations exceeding 100 percent; surcharges on top of surcharges; lead times are ...
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Published November 2004 By Miles Free You don’t have to have the last name “Einstein” to figure that energy efficiency ...
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Published November 2004 By Miles Free You don’t have to have the last name “Einstein” to figure that energy efficiency ...
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Published November 2004 By Miles Free What It Takes To Achieve Sustainable Success. At a recent district meeting, a question ...
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Published September 2004 By Miles Free There are 19,116 cancelled or superseded commercial item descriptions, federal specifications and standards. Lucky ...
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Published January 2004 By Miles Free I can remember the very moment I started thinking like an adult. I was ...
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Published January 2004 By Miles Free Do you produce parts for shipment overseas, say to Europe? Do you now or ...
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Published November 2003 By Miles K. Free Earlier this year, I spent a couple of days with a leading figure ...
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Published September 2003 By Miles Free Most of us work within the quality systems and departments already in place in ...
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Published July 2003 By Michael B. Duffin Like many of you manufacturers, I have been following the transformation of manufacturing ...
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Published July 2003 By Miles Free It was my pleasure to introduce three sessions on lean setups at the May ...
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Craftsman’s Cribsheets
Get An Edge - Paint Your Edge! By David Wynn Published Issue May 2023 https://www.productionmachining.com/articles/craftsman-cribsheet-no115-paint-your-edge-to-gain-an-edge View Cribsheet ...
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PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #115: Paint Your Edge to Gain an Edge! Kindergarten skills for the shop. Do you color your ...
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Factors Influencing Machined Surface Finish in Our Shops Surface finish is the result of our machining process on raw materials ...
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PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcasts: Leadership The list below of podcast resources for business/continuous improvement/workforce podcasts Published December 1, 2022 ...
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PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcasts: Business/Continuous Improvement/Workforce The list below of podcast resources for business/continuous improvement/workforce podcasts Published November 1, ...
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October 2022 Craftsman's Cribsheet #111 PMPA’s Speaking of Precision podcasts can be found on major platforms or on PMPA.org. The ...
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September 2022 Craftsman's Cribsheet #110 PMPA’s Speaking of Precision podcasts can be found on major platforms or on PMPA.org. The ...
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August 2022 Craftsman's Cribsheet #108 PMPA’s Speaking of Precision podcasts can be found on major platforms or on PMPA.org. The ...
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July 2022 Craftsman's Cribsheet #108 The table lists the standards cited by Federal OSHA for The Precision Turned Product Manufacturing ...
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June 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #107 Basing your material decisions for the contract for human safety-critical parts on information provided on ...
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May 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #106 Steel weighs approximately 0.2833 pounds per cubic inch. Steel weighs approximately 489.6 pounds per cubic ...
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April 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #105 As material costs continue to rise (Producer Price Index shot up 9.7% January 2021-January 2022), ...
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March 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #104 Computer numerical control (CNC) machining is one of the most versatile manufacturing methods, capable of ...
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February 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #103 Computer numerical control (CNC) machining is one of the most versatile manufacturing methods, capable of ...
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December 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #102 These are the economic Indicators that I use in my weekly Manufacturing Positivity posts as ...
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November 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #101 Quality documentation can aid in problem-solving but only if it is complete. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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September 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #100 Built Up Edge (BUE) is the accumulation of workpiece material onto the rake face of ...
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August 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #99 Carbon may be the most important determinant of a steel’s properties. But without iron there ...
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July 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #98 Contributed by Dave Sibinski and Roberts Automatic Products, Chanhassen, Minnesota This cribsheet explains some reasons ...
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June 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #96 Quality is the absence of waste. So what are some wastes that detract from Quality? ...
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April 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #95 Most defects in steel workpieces encountered in our precision machine shops are longitudinal in nature ...
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March 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #94 In our shops we typically process metallic materials that have been cold worked. This cold ...
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January 2021 Craftsman's Cribsheet #93 Cribsheet provided by PMPA member, Pioneer Service, Inc. in Addison, Illinois There are several surface ...
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December 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #91 Cribsheet provided by PMPA member, Pioneer Service, Inc. in Addison, Illinois There are a variety ...
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November 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #90 Cribsheet provided by PMPA member, Pioneer Service, Inc. in Addison, Illinois There are a variety ...
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October 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #88 Cribsheet provided by PMPA member, Pioneer Service, Inc. in Addison, Illinois Standard grinding (both centerless ...
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September 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #87 A glossary of basic steel testing terminology. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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August 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #86 Laws have outlawed the provision of plumbing systems containing significant amounts of lead. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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June 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #85 What are some things to look for when using an outside heat treater for the ...
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April 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #84 Late in 2019 OSHA revised its inspection priority weighting system. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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March 2020 Craftsman's Cribsheet #83 Don’t let car keys, wallets, coats, and cell phones sabotage your company’s Emergency Action Plans ...
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November 2019 Craftsman's Cribsheet #82 The 2019 OSHA violations list was presented at the NSC 2019 Safety Conference and Expo ...
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October 2019 Craftsman's Cribsheet #81 The need frequently arises in our shops to estimate the weight of steel, whether as ...
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September 2019 Craftsman's Cribsheet #80 To shop personnel, “free machining” has several meanings: • High rate of production is what ...
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August 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #79 Shop visits are an inevitable part of business today. We have more visitors coming ...
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July 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #78 The straightness of cold finished steel bars, and all other barstock for our machines, ...
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May 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #77 This is a list of the 10 most common violations in our shops this ...
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April 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #76 An accident is an unplanned occurrence in a production setting where a person is ...
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March 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #75 5-S is a standardized process for developing and maintaining an organized, safe, clean and ...
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January 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #73 These five regulations are applicable to our shops and make a great logical foundation ...
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October 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #71 This handy quick guide will give you the common chemical elements found in steel, ...
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September 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #70 A Glossary of Basic Gaging Terminology. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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August 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #69 Many people worry about the differences between being a leader and being a manager ...
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July 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #68 Ten important things to know before working as a CNC Machinist. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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June 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #67 The mechanical properties of 17-4 PH must be fully developed by age hardening from ...
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May 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #66 While austenitic grain size is a result of chemistry, the changes it evokes in ...
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April 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #65 Austenitic grain size is a material characteristic that is usually reported on test reports ...
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March 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #64 Lead is not banned by the European Union’s “End of Life Vehicles Regulations” for ...
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February 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #63 There are three main kinds of wear, and these each have some common modes ...
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January 2018 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #62 PMPA’s Business Trends Report has been reporting an eight percent or more increase in ...
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December 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #61 Deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Patrick Kapust, presented the agency’s preliminary ...
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November 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #60 Decarburization on surface layers can affect heat treatment and hardness attained on parts. Decarburization ...
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October 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #59 Busy machines and production lines are good, but even better are busy machines and ...
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September 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #58 Machinability of different materials is generally expressed as a percentage compared with a known ...
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August 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #57 Failures of steel parts in service or production occur infrequently. However, when steel parts ...
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July 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #56 “Stress cracks are defined as transverse or near transverse open crevices created when concentration ...
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June 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #55 In “The Toyota Way,” author Jeffrey Liker lists and discusses the eight non-value-adding wastes ...
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May 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #54 We all know the importance of safety in our shops, so here are 12 ...
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April 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #53 Unleaded brasses are not necessarily harder to run than leaded brass. They are just ...
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March 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #52 In cold worked steels, failures can be broadly nucleated by localized defects, such as ...
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December 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #51 There are three main areas that are solely the responsibility of management: VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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November 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #50 The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing is called ductility. In ...
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October 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #49 Three (3) of My Favorite and Most Shared Ideas to Get the Most from ...
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September 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #48 Vacuum treated or vacuum degassed steel is used for critical applications that require steel ...
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August 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #47 The following is a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following ...
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July 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #46 Many people, particularly those in purchasing and accounting, see buying at the lowest costs ...
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June 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #45 If you have an intermittent or periodic problem, start counting frequency of occurrence, and ...
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May 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #44 The PMPA Business Trends Report is published monthly and provides a credible means for ...
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April 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #43 Here are six factors that can affect tool life in your shop. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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March 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #42 Plan, Do, Study, Adjust: The Engine of Continuous Improvement VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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February 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #41 The weldability of steels is influenced primarily by the carbon content. Carbon equivalents of ...
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January 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #40 The Top 10 OSHA Violations for FY 2015 VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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December 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #39 In steel, tempering is reheating hardened steel to a temperature below the lower critical ...
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November 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #38 These days, pyrometers are affordable, but it is the mark of a craftsman to ...
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October 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #37 Here are some of the major reasons grouped into a rough classification by where ...
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September 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #36 Continuous improvement is of necessity in the very DNA of our shops. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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August 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #35 An improperly defined gage repeatability and reproducibility (R&R) program can drain a company of ...
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July 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #34 Everyone will agree that open lines of communication with your customers is key to ...
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June 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #33 Everything old is new again. Once a staple of the shop, leaded steel was ...
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May 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #32 The manganese and sulfur content shown on the cert determine the volume fraction of ...
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April 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #31 Unleaded brasses are not necessarily harder to run than leaded brass. They are just ...
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March 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #30 The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing is called ductility. In ...
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January 2015 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #29 The machinability of steel bars is determined by three primary factors. Those factors are: ...
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December 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #28 Here are some reasons why you should not even need gloves when working on ...
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November 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #27 Providing lockout/tagout devices and ensuring that equipment is capable of being locked out/tagged out ...
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October 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #26 The Deming Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is a staple of management in the ...
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September 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #25 For an object to be considered an article, the following conditions should be fulfilled: ...
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August 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #24 How can we use a nonconforming event to solidify relationships with customers? VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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July 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #23 Fabric and cable slings are widely employed in shops to lift and move bundles ...
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June 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #22 Plating difficulties are invariably related to 3 potential contributors: Inadequate cleaning, insufficient stock removal ...
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May 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #21 Here is a checklist for selecting materials for making parts by precision machining: VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
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April 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #20 Your quality assurance manager can put you to sleep explaining the difference between these ...
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March 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #19 SARA Title III Section 313 (part of the community right-to-know regulations) is the legal ...
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February 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #18 An improperly defined Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R) program can drain a company of resources ...
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January 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #16 Here are four steps to help you organize, define, simplify and improve your quality ...
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December 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #16 The National Safety Council recently released a preliminary compilation of OSHA’s Top 10 Most ...
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November 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #15 There are two kinds of distortion that can result from a heat-treating process in ...
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October 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #14 The parts that we produce in our precision machining shops are usually embedded into ...
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September 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #13 Employees do not work with a copy of a work instruction in hand. So ...
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August 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #12 As a manufacturing guy, I have spent a lot of time in shops in ...
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July 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #11 Problems with drills and hole-making are getting even more frequent as more jobs are ...
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June 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #10 Brainstorming sessions are very ineffective in their use of time. Assembling a number of ...
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May 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #9 Plating difficulties are invariably related to three potential contributors: inadequate cleaning, insufficient stock removal ...
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April 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #8 OSHA announced on March 20, 2012 a final rule updating OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard ...
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March 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #7 Straightness is critical for holding position and tolerances on today’s highly engineered medical, aerospace, ...
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February 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #6 In the precision machining business, nobody sets up their machines based on the quality ...
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January 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #5 How can the quality function help an organization make more money? By serving the ...
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December 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #4 How does OSHA decide to inspect a workplace? OSHA prioritizes inspections based on the ...
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November 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #3 5 Buyer Decisions that Can Increase Part Costs Helping Precision Machine Shops Be More ...
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November 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #3 5 Buyer Decisions that Can Increase Part Costs Helping Precision Machine Shops Be More ...
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October 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #2 You meet all of the requirements of the standard with your audit program, but ...
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September 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #1 The machinability of steel bars is determined by three primary factors: Cold work, Thermal ...
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September 2012 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #1 The machinability of steel bars is determined by three primary factors: Cold work, Thermal ...
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