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Shop Management
Shop Management - Shop management encompasses everything from strategic planning to the nuts and bolts of statistical process control. Whether you're an executive, manager, or supervisor, you'll find articles about overcoming challenges and struggles just like yours.
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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce receives 2023 Leadership Award
- Jul 26, 2023
- News Release
The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has received the 2023 Leadership Award from the Conference of State Manufacturers Associations.
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Report says metal formers continue to predict consistent economic activity
- Jul 25, 2023
- News Release
Most metal forming companies predict no change in general economic activity in the coming months, according to the July 2023 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report,
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High-powered lasers change the rules of precision sheet metal
- By Brendon DiVincenzo
- Jul 25, 2023
- Article
High-powered fiber lasers cut extraordinarily quickly. That’s great, but what happens to those parts after they’re cut? The rules of laser cutting management have changed.
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Anchor Partners acquires JR Custom Metal Products
- Jul 24, 2023
- News Release
Dallas-based Anchor Partners has announced the acquisition of JR Custom Metal Products Inc., Wichita, Kan.
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The ups and downs of organizing a Ford Bronco and aftermarket parts event
- By Nick Martin
- Jul 22, 2023
- Blog Post
North Carolina-based Barnes MetalCrafters manager Nick Martin describes what it took for him and his Mountains2Metal team to organize and put on an event for Ford Bronco enthusiasts.
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Blickman Industries LLC to open manufacturing facility in Tennessee
- Jul 21, 2023
- News Release
Blickman Industries LLC, Clifton, N.J., will invest $2.7 million to establish manufacturing operations in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. The project is expected to create 48 jobs. The company provides stainless steel medical equipment to acute care hospitals, primary care offices, and surgery centers...
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Honda Aircraft to invest $55.7 million at Greensboro plant
- Jul 21, 2023
- News Release
Honda Aircraft Co., maker of the HondaJet light aircraft, has announced it will invest $55.7 million in its Greensboro, N.C., facilities for production of the new HondaJet 2600 model.
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Marketing Direct launches new website
- Jul 21, 2023
- News Release
San Diego-based Marketing Direct, a provider of remote, work-from-anywhere sales support for small business, has launched a new website.
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Three AMADA WELD TECH technical centers offer sample processing, training
- Jul 14, 2023
- News Release
AMADA WELD TECH Inc., a manufacturer of welding, marking, cutting, sealing, and bonding equipment and systems, is now processing samples and providing product and process training in three technical centers across the U.S.
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Solar Atmospheres hosts 40 high school students
- Jul 12, 2023
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., recently hosted more than 40 high school students enrolled in the Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) at Lehigh University.
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LFM Capital launches Weller Metalworks with acquisition of Muthig Industries
- Jul 11, 2023
- News Release
Private equity firm LFM Capital has announced the formation of Weller Metalworks, a metal fabrication and precision machining platform, and its acquisition of Muthig Industries.
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Murata Machinery USA, Cimcorp integrate expertise and capabilities in North America
- Jul 11, 2023
- News Release
Murata Machinery USA Inc. (Muratec) and Cimcorp North America, both subsidiaries of Murata Machinery Ltd., have reorganized to integrate their technical operations and resources in Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; and Grimsby, Ont.
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Data takes center stage at Italy’s LAMIERA sheet metal trade show
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 11, 2023
- Article
About 19,000 people visited Milan to attend LAMIERA, Italy’s manufacturing show focused on sheet metal. After an irregular schedule during the pandemic, the trade show returned to its biennial format this year.
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Key metrics for metal fabricators looking to sell a manufacturing company
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 11, 2023
- Article
What do investors look at when purchasing a business? The metrics can be grouped into three areas: revenue, operations, and, perhaps most important, the people a fabricator employs.
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Setting a manufacturing business apart with personal marketing technologies
- By Mark Coronna
- Jul 7, 2023
- Article
Fabricators are constantly assessing their production environment to retain competitiveness, but the addition of marketing technologies can drive significant growth and differentiation for your company.
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The FABRICATOR is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The FABRICATOR has served the industry since 1970.
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