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What does continuous improvement mean to you?
- By Jeff Sipes
- Jan 6, 2017
- Article
How do you define “continuous improvement”? Turns out, it depends on your organization and your role within it. Altogether, the mix of continuous improvement perspectives within a company should strike a balance between two concepts: efficiency and effectiveness.
- From The Fabricator
Welding magnets keep workers’ hands free
- Jan 6, 2017
- Product Release
Welding magnets from Master Magnetics (The Magnet Source®) provide secure workholding for a variety of welding applications. They are designed to allow users to keep both hands free while working on a project. The magnets, in styles from angles to grounds, hold metal objects in place for precisely...
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T&M opens Detroit office
- Jan 6, 2017
- News Release
T&M Associates, a Middletown, N.J.-based national consulting, environmental, engineering, and construction management company, has opened an office in Detroit that will link with the company’s office in nearby Novi, Mich., to provide consulting and technical expertise. From this regional hub, the...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2016: Closing the loop for manufacturing perfection
- Jan 6, 2017
- Article
More than 31,000 attendees came to the Las Vegas Convention Center for FABTECH® 2016. As always, new technologies didn’t disappoint. Exhibitors, conference speakers, and attendees all talked about positive changes ahead, about “closing the loop” to make their manufacturing organization one cohesive, determined unit, ready to compete.
- From The Fabricator
RIT picked to lead new Manufacturing USA institute on clean energy
- Jan 5, 2017
- News Release
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester, N.Y., has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA initiative, to lead its new Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, a national coalition...
- From The Fabricator
Epicor acquires docSTAR
- Jan 5, 2017
- News Release
Epicor Software Corp., a provider of industry-specific enterprise software in Austin, Texas, has announced its acquisition of docSTAR, a privately held developer of document management software based in Schenectady, N.Y. The acquisition brings docSTAR collaborative, cloud-based enterprise content...
- From The Fabricator
LMI Aerospace names new senior leaders, announces restructuring
- Jan 5, 2017
- News Release
St. Louis-based LMI Aerospace Inc., a supplier of structural assemblies, kits, components, and engineering services to the aerospace market, has appointed Jay Inman as president of engineering services, a position he has held on an interim basis since September 2016. The company also has named...
- From The Fabricator
FMS completes full plant conversion to solid-state welding
- Jan 5, 2017
- News Release
Freedom Mill Systems (FMS), Grand Rapids, Ohio, has completed a full plant conversion to solid-state welding at a structural pipe producing company in northern Indiana.
The company commissioned two new 400-kW, solid-state, high-frequency welding machines.
- From The Fabricator
ICYMI – The most viewed articles and posts in 2016
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 5, 2017
- Blog Post
Remember when the Internet was in its infancy? My how it’s grown. So much content vies for your attention that you may have missed the most popular articles and blog posts published on thefabricator.com in 2016. Here are four items you may not have seen or may want to revisit.
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SHRM LINE: January hiring rates to increase compared with a year ago
- Jan 5, 2017
- News Release
In January, more manufacturers and service-sector employers will add jobs compared with January 2016. Headcount reductions also will decline in both sectors compared with a year ago. A net of 41.7 percent of manufacturers will add jobs in January (48 percent will hire; 6.3 percent will cut jobs)....
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Ford to invest $700 million in Michigan plant
- Jan 4, 2017
- News Release
Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford Motor Co. has announced it will invest $700 million to renovate and expand its assembly plant in Flat Rock, Mich., creating 700 jobs. The automaker canceled plans to build a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico, but will build its next-generation Focus® at its...
- From The Fabricator
IFS Coatings architectural powder coatings now have EPDs
- Jan 4, 2017
- News Release
Gainesville, Texas-based IFS Coatings has announced that each product in its architectural series—IFS 300SP and IFS 400SD powder coatings and IFS 500FP high-performance powder coatings—has an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). An EPD is an internationally recognized and standardized...
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AAM appoints VP/CIO
- Jan 4, 2017
- News Release
American Axle & Mfg. Inc., Detroit, a manufacturer of driveline and drivetrain systems and related components and modules, chassis systems, electric drive systems, and metal formed products for vehicles, has promoted Donald E. Wright to the position of vice president/CIO. Wright joined the company...
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Canatal Steel to expand in Virginia
- Jan 4, 2017
- News Release
Canatal Steel USA, a subsidiary of Canada-based Canatal Industries, will invest $1.5 million to expand its structural steel fabrication operation in Botetourt County, Va.
The expansion project is expected to create 38 new jobs.
- From The Fabricator
Heidenhain names C&C Machine Tool as distributor in Minnesota
- Jan 4, 2017
- News Release
Heidenhain, Schaumburg, Ill., has named C&C Machine Tool Inc., Minneapolis, as a distributor of the Acu-Rite brand of equipment components in Minnesota. C&C Machine Tool specializes in the sale and servicing of Sharp, Acer, and Bridgeport mills equipped with Acu-Rite readouts and...
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