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Shop Management - Page 288
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Share the lean manufacturing knowledge
- By Jeff Sipes
- Nov 7, 2016
- Article
As you pursue your lean journey, you create knowledge. What you do with that knowledge can predict how successful your lean efforts will be. If you tell the workforce only the bare minimum, then you are probably leaving lots of improvement potential on the table.
- From The Fabricator
MIE Solutions names VP of marketing
- Nov 4, 2016
- News Release
MIE Solutions, a Garden Grove, Calif.-based provider of production control software for the manufacturing sector, has promoted Susan Gonzalez to vice president of marketing.
Gonzalez joined the company as digital marketing manager in 2014.
- From The Fabricator
Structural fabricator has trial-by-fire leadership succession
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 3, 2016
- Article
Bass Mechanical, a mechanical contractor and structural fabricator in southeast Pennsylvania, has transformed during the past two years. The company founder died unexpectedly, and his 27-year-old son, who at one point did not plan to enter the family business, is setting the stage for long-term growth.
- From The Fabricator
SHRM LINE: November hiring rates to be mixed compared with a year ago
- Nov 3, 2016
- News Release
In November, more manufacturers will add jobs compared with the previous year, while service-sector employers will hire at a lower rate. Layoff rates will also decline in both sectors compared with November 2015. A net of 41.4 percent of manufacturers will add jobs in November (48 percent will...
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricating and where the industry headed
- By Aaron Continelli
- Nov 3, 2016
- Article
Today’s metal fabrications are different from those operating in the booming post-World War II economy. Learn how metal fabrication shops are scrambling to maintain profitability.
- From The Fabricator
The Welding Institute launches group for women in engineering
- Nov 3, 2016
- News Release
The Welding Institute, Cambridge, U.K., has established the Tipper Group especially for women in the engineering profession. Inspired by the success of the National Women in Engineering Day celebrations at parent company TWI on June 23, 2016, the institute has launched the group to provide events...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres presidents receive MTI awards
- Nov 3, 2016
- News Release
Souderton, Pa.-based vacuum heat-treating company Solar Atmospheres has announced that Corporate President Roger Jones has won the 2016 M. Lance Miller Legend Award from the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The award recognizes current or former MTI members for their...
- From The Fabricator
EDAC Technologies acquires Flanagan Industries
- Nov 3, 2016
- News Release
EDAC Technologies, Cheshire, Conn., has acquired Flanagan Industries, an aerospace engine component manufacturing business located in Glastonbury, Conn. EDAC Technologies is a precision manufacturing company serving the aerospace and industrial markets. Core competencies include in-house design and...
- From The Fabricator
Sintavia achieves AS9100 certification
- Nov 2, 2016
- News Release
Sintavia LLC, Davie, Fla., has received AS9100 Revision C certification for the metal additive manufacturing process within the aerospace and defense industry. The company has all phases of its manufacturing, postprocessing, analysis, and testing on-site, giving it the ability to control a...
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Smithco to relocate manufacturing operations to Texas, Mexico
- Nov 2, 2016
- News Release
Smithco Eng., a subsidiary of Hudson Products, has announced plans to combine its Tulsa, Okla., manufacturing operations with those of Hudson Products in Beasley, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico. The company’s current staff of 115 will be reduced to about 20. The relocation is expected to be...
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DESTACO appoints new president
- Nov 1, 2016
- News Release
DESTACO, an Auburn Hills, Mich.-based provider of automation, workholding, and containment systems, has appointed Byron J. Paul as president. Paul previously worked at John Crane, first as vice president of global strategy and later as managing director, Asia Pacific. He also worked at Boston...
- From The Fabricator
Ametek acquires Laserage Technology Corp.
- Nov 1, 2016
- News Release
Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., has announced its acquisition of Laserage Technology Corp., a Waukegan, Ill.-based provider of laser fabrication of tube and flat stock for the medical device market. Laserage has manufacturing facilities in Waukegan and Milipitas, Calif. The company joins Ametek as part...
- From The Fabricator
FTC Kissimmee opens Construction Trade and Technology Education Center
- Nov 1, 2016
- News Release
Florida Technical College Kissimmee Campus has opened its new Construction Trade and Technology Education Center.
The facility, equipped with tools, machinery, and virtual reality simulators, is a training ground for such disciplines as welding, HVAC, and electrical.
- From The Fabricator
ISM ROB: Manufacturing sector up slightly overall in October; primary metals and fabricated metal products still contracting
- Nov 1, 2016
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in October, and the overall economy grew for the 89th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued Nov. 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the...
- From The Fabricator
Prime Controls wins several Dayton Business Journal Manufacturing Awards
- Nov 1, 2016
- News Release
Dayton, Ohio-based Prime Controls, a manufacturer of double-metal-sheet sensors and controls, was one of the top winners at this year’s Dayton Business Journal’s 2016 Manufacturing Awards. The awards, given in seven categories, recognize the best manufacturing companies in Ohio’s Miami Valley...
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