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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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Quantum Fuel Systems to build Michigan facility
- Mar 18, 2024
- News Release
Quantum Fuel Systems LLC, a manufacturer of alternative fuel storage systems based in California, is establishing a manufacturing facility in Wixom, Mich. The plant will produce lightweight compressed natural gas storage tanks. The $22.5 million project, which is expected to create 87 jobs,...
- From The Fabricator
NIST to launch competition for AI-focused Manufacturing USA institute
- Mar 18, 2024
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to announce an open competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute focused on using AI to improve the resilience of U.S. manufacturing. NIST anticipates that $70 million in federal funds will be...
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication surveys show higher wages, company profits
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 18, 2024
- Blog Post
Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.
- From The Fabricator
The quality benefits of quick response in metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 16, 2024
- Article
For the past decade, Caster Concepts has reaped various benefits from quick response manufacturing, or QRM. This includes quality in manufacturing heavy-duty parts and automating material handling. Today, issues are caught well before they snowball into larger problems.
- From The Fabricator
ArmorWorks Enterprises acquires Fox Valley Metal-Tech
- Mar 14, 2024
- News Release
ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC, Chandler, Ariz., has acquired Fox Valley Metal-Tech Inc., a Green Bay, Wis.-based provider of complex precision metal fabrications for the defense and commercial industries.
- From The Fabricator
Industrial Magnetics appoints regional manager
- Mar 14, 2024
- News Release
Industrial Magnetics Inc. (IMI), a manufacturer of magnetic products and systems for industrial applications, has appointed Bill Dunlap as regional manager for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
- From The Fabricator
Lexicon hires chief HR officer
- Mar 14, 2024
- News Release
Little Rock, Ark.-based Lexicon Inc. has appointed Janell Schmidt as chief HR officer.
- From The Fabricator
A glimpse into the future
Metal fabricators who had the opportunity to attend the FMA Annual Meeting understand that the challenges that await are also opportunities for growth.
- From The Fabricator
TMF Metal Solutions named as marketing partner for IHRA, No Prep Warz
- Mar 13, 2024
- News Release
The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and No Prep Warz have named TMF Metal Solutions, a Native American-owned and -operated international metal fabrication contractor in Hamilton, Ohio, as a major marketing partner for the 2024 season.
- From The Fabricator
Orbus Visual Communications relocates and expands two brands
- Mar 12, 2024
- News Release
Orbus Visual Communications, Woodridge, Ill., a producer of visual communication items for tradeshows, events, and retail and workplace environments, has announced the relocation of its SEG Systems and Fabric Images brands to a new, expanded manufacturing facility in Huntersville, N.C.
- From The Fabricator
AISC releases new version of certification standard
- Mar 12, 2024
- News Release
The latest version of American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 207-23, Standard for Certification Programs, is now available for free download on AISC’s website at aisc.org/cert-updates.
- From The Fabricator
TAB Industries opens quality control laboratory
- Mar 8, 2024
- News Release
Metalworking manufacturer TAB Industries LLC, Reading, Pa., has opened a dedicated quality control laboratory.
- From The Fabricator
Modine to expand in Virginia
- Mar 7, 2024
- News Release
Modine will invest $18.1 million to expand its Rockbridge County, Va., operation to increase capacity for the production of data center cooling equipment. The project will create 211 new jobs.
- From The Fabricator
Award-winning case of what the metals processing industry offers
Those in the metals industry can attest that this important economic segment offers several possible career paths. Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel’s president and CEO, is a living example and winner of the 2024 Association of Metals Processors and Distributors Steel Executive of the Year award.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricating: A family affair
Working with family members can be a challenge, but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives.
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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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