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Shop Management - Page 196
- From The Fabricator
Grow your business: Know your customers, Part II
- By Chip Burnham
- Apr 4, 2018
- Article
Clearly identifying the voice of the customer is foundational to a strong commercial engine, yet many manufacturers use legacy data and opinions from staff rather than hard facts derived from sound market research. Learn an effective method for uncovering the voice of the customer with downloadable tools and templates.
- From The Fabricator
Badger Sheet Metal Works celebrates 95th anniversary
- Apr 4, 2018
- News Release
Badger Sheet Metal Works, a third-generation metal fabricator based in Ashwaubenon, Wis., marked 95 years in business in March 2018. Founded in 1923 by Henry De Caster in Green Bay, Wis., the company originally provided furnace and sheet metal supplies to local customers. Bernarr De Caster followed...
- From The Fabricator
JARC addresses challenges in finding and developing skilled workers
- Apr 4, 2018
- News Release
Chicago-based nonprofit Jane Addams Resource Center (JARC) offers comprehensive training programs focused on metalworking, specifically welding and CNC machining, to staff a diverse segment that encompasses individual job shops and production departments in manufacturing companies. U.S....
- From The Fabricator
Midwest Stairs & Iron expands in Wisconsin
- Apr 3, 2018
- News Release
Midwest Stairs & Iron, a fabricator of nonferrous metals, will move to a 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in Milwaukee, twice the size of its current plant in the same city.
The company, which employs 57 people, expects the move to create 12 to 15 jobs over the next two years.
- From The Fabricator
DLC Mfg. gets approval for expansion in Minnesota
- Apr 2, 2018
- News Release
Metal fabricator DLC Mfg. and Fabrication has received permit approval to construct a new building in New Ulm, Minn.
The company plans to expand from its current 9,800-sq.-ft. facility into a new, 20,000- to 25,000-sq.-ft. building.
- From The Fabricator
Viega to expand in Kansas
- Apr 2, 2018
- News Release
Viega LLC, a provider of pipefitting installation technology, has broken ground for a new manufacturing facility in McPherson, Kan. The 204,000-sq.-ft. plant, constructed using LEED® design principles, will be used to manufacture the company’s ProPress® Copper product line. It will give the...
- From The Fabricator
“Deciphering Digital Transformation” educational summit targets manufacturers
- Apr 2, 2018
- News Release
Made for Manufacturers, a collaborative network of manufacturing business experts, will host an educational summit created specifically for manufacturers to improve their business, “Deciphering Digital Transformation,” May 9, 2018, in Seattle. Digital transformation offers opportunities to...
- From The Fabricator
Grieve inert atmosphere bench furnace used for heat treating
- Apr 2, 2018
- Product Release
Grieve has built No. 1044, a 2,000-degrees-F, inert atmosphere bench furnace currently used for heat treating at a customer’s facility. The furnace is 12 by 18 by 8 in. and has 6 kW installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by ceramic plates. The bench furnace features 5-in.-thick insulated...
- From The Fabricator
Lindberg/MPH cyclone pit furnace heat-treats aircraft components
- Mar 30, 2018
- Product Release
Lindberg/MPH has shipped an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat treater for heat-treating aircraft components. The maximum temperature rating for this electric pit furnace is 1,250 degrees F. The work chamber is constructed with an alloy liner backed with 7 in. of block...
- From The Fabricator
Muza Metal Products perfects its sales and marketing strategy
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 29, 2018
- Article
Muza Metal Products scrutinized its sales and marketing strategy. The management team identified the target customer and has a plan for growth. But growth takes more than just hiring people and buying machines.
- From The Fabricator
SME releases first report on smart manufacturing
- Mar 29, 2018
- News Release
Dearborn, Mich.-based SME has released the first of three smart manufacturing reports to help manufacturers consider, evaluate, and execute strategies to become strong competitors as the industry shifts to integrated and flexible advanced manufacturing technology and tools, including the industrial...
- From The Fabricator
3 angles on press brake training: Part I (video enhanced)
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 29, 2018
- Article
This first in a series of articles about press brake training looks at how a classroom environment might work for fabricators. In this instance, the training took place at the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association’s new building in Elgin, Ill.
- From The Fabricator
Changing the lineup in a shop
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 28, 2018
- Blog Post
A fabricating shop is analogous to a sports team in that both need the right talent, equipment, and timing to succeed. This account of Barnes MetalCrafters’ recent experience handling higher-than-normal-volume gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) illustrates how important these aspects, along with foresight and cross-training, are to a shop’s success.
- From The Fabricator
Protolabs wins Manufacturing Leadership Award for operational excellence
- Mar 28, 2018
- News Release
Maple Plain, Minn.-based Protolabs, a provider of rapid prototyping and on-demand production, has been named as a winner of the Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership Award for its outstanding achievement in operational excellence. Protolabs offers plastic injection molding, machining, 3-D...
- From The Fabricator
ULT names GulfTech as representative
- Mar 28, 2018
- News Release
Fume extraction equipment vendor ULT LLC, Mequon, Wis., has named Florida-based GulfTech Enterprises-Casiba Group to provide sales and service of ULT’s air treatment systems in Florida and southern Georgia. Gulftech, a provider of dust collection, air filtration systems, and aftermarket...
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