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Shop Management - Page 8
- From The Fabricator
2024 metal fabrication forecast: A boring year ahead?
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 19, 2023
- Article
The 21st century has seen economic turmoil from the dot-com bust, the financial crisis, and a pandemic. We finally may be due for a conventional, sectoral downturn, and some metal fabricators might not even notice.
- From The Fabricator
5 metal fabrication trends for 2024
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2023
- Blog Post
It’s a complicated time for metal manufacturers. The industry faces wage pressures and a skills gap, but metal fabrication technology continues to march forth faster than ever.
- From The Fabricator
Generation Growth Capital launches American Consolidated Metals platform
- Dec 14, 2023
- News Release
Generation Growth Capital Inc. (GGC), a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, has formed the metal manufacturing platform American Consolidated Metals (ACM).
- From The Fabricator
Nonmarring nozzle protects equipment during blowoff
- Dec 14, 2023
- Product Release
Exair has introduced the PEEK 1/2 NPT Super Air Nozzle, engineered to produce powerful blowoff without damage to equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Miele to build plant in Alabama
- Dec 12, 2023
- News Release
Germany-based Miele has announced that its first U.S. plant will be built in Opelika, Ala.
- From The Fabricator
Griffin Welding to add 30 jobs in Connecticut
- Dec 12, 2023
- News Release
The Hartford Business Journal has reported that Griffin Welding has purchased a 20,000-sq.-ft. building in Waterbury, Conn., with plans to increase its staff from 10 to 40.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturers slow to adopt AI, report finds
- Dec 11, 2023
- News Release
As advancements in generative AI attract attention across industries, the manufacturing industry is slow to adopt AI technologies, according to the latest Sikich Industry Pulse report.
- From The Fabricator
NASA selects contractors for ground support equipment fabrication
- Dec 8, 2023
- News Release
NASA has selected the following companies for a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to fabricate ground support equipment at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- From The Fabricator
Metalworks expands capabilities with Flairwood acquisition
- Dec 8, 2023
- News Release
Ludington, Mich.-based Metalworks Inc. has announced its acquisition of Flairwood in a transaction that will expand manufacturing capabilities, industries served, and the customer base of both family-owned companies.
F.W. Webb expands through acquisition of J.D. Johnson Co.
- Dec 7, 2023
- News Release
Bedford, Mass.-based F.W. Webb Co. has opened a new location in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., following its acquisition of J.D. Johnson Co. The new facility offers custom metal fabrication and wholesale distribution of plumbing, heating, HVAC/R, and PVF products. The company’s training center in nearby...
- From The Fabricator
How VR can attract the next gen of structural fabricators
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 7, 2023
- Article
After Bill Issler sold his FabSuite MIS software in 2018, he knew all about the industry’s greatest problem, skilled labor, and aimed to use virtual reality technology to help solve it.
- From The Fabricator
Paperless Parts appoints chief technology officer and chief scientist
- Dec 6, 2023
- News Release
Paperless Parts has promoted Jason Luce from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer. In addition, company co-founder Scott Sawyer has been named chief scientist.
- From The Fabricator
EPA pursues expanded record-keeping related to “forever” chemicals
- By Stephen Barlas
- Dec 6, 2023
- Blog Post
The Environmental Protection Agency looks for manufacturers of all sizes to contribute to the tracking of “forever chemicals.”
- From The Fabricator
Walinga USA creating 31 jobs in Michigan
- Dec 4, 2023
- News Release
Walinga USA Inc. has announced plans to expand its current operations in Wayland, Mich., with the purchase of adjacent land, construction of a new facility, and renovations to the existing facility.
Preventing obsolescence in the tube and pipe industry
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Dec 4, 2023
- Blog Post
As haunting as the demise of newspapers is, their fate doesn’t have to be shared by anyone, even a tube and pipe industry struggling to find and retain workers.
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