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More from Tim Heston
- From The Fabricator
One metal manufacturer’s quest to diversify revenue
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 2, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Revenue diversity builds a sustainable metal fabrication business, an ideal that heating equipment manufacturer Electro Industries continues to pursue.
- From The Fabricator
The two-way communication between sales and production
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 23, 2020
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
When sales and production communicate, a metal fabrication shop can evolve to meet the needs of a rapidly changing market.
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturers market during a pandemic
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 14, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Videos and video chats can be tremendous marketing tools, but they’re just tools. Targeted content, fed by market intelligence, is still king. For sales and marketing professionals in metal fabrication, therein lies opportunity
- From The Fabricator
How an industrial fabricator embraces Industry 4.0
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 13, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Wyoming-based EMIT Technologies grew rapidly by serving the energy sector. After significant technology investments, the industrial metal fabricator is now casting a wider net.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Will beam shaping shape laser welding’s future?
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 7, 2020
- Laser Welding
- Article
Changing the energy distribution of the profile in beam shaping that has helped move powertrain applications, and now many others, into the fiber laser welding arena.
- From The Fabricator
The post-pandemic metal fabrication supply chain
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 2, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Manufacturing supply chains are changing, but the fundamentals of risk mitigation haven’t for metal fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
What will post-COVID-19 metal fabrication look like?
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 28, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Two things might change for metal fabricators in a post-COVID 19 era. First: Data collection and immediate interpretation will become more important. Second: When it comes to finding manufacturing talent, location will matter less.
- From The Fabricator
The hidden causes behind the skilled labor crisis
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 10, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The metal fabrication industry’s labor shortage might be less about technical skill and more about the nature of certain jobs in the shop.
- From The Fabricator
Targeted metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 7, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Fox Valley Metal-Tech of Green Bay, Wis., has fewer customers than it did in 2018. Thing is, it also has more revenue and greater profits through targeted metal fabrication.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication, machining, and extrusion: Better together
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 27, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
What happens when investors acquire several fabricators, a machine shop, and an extruder, and brand them to go to market as one? Momentum Manufacturing Group is finding out.
- From The Fabricator
The many roads toward automated metal processing
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 20, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Because different metal fabrication shops have different cultures, customers and demands, their strategies for automated metal processing vary greatly.
- From The Fabricator
The FABRICATOR and FMA celebrate 50 years together
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 13, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The FABRICATOR and its publisher, the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International (FMA), celebrate their 50th anniversary of serving the metal fabrication industry.
- From The Fabricator
Lean manufacturing continues to find a better way
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 26, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The FABRICATOR has devoted a lot of coverage to lean manufacturing and other continuous improvement processes over the years. There’s a good reason for that, writes editor Tim Heston.
- From The Fabricator
Diverse fabricator and stamper goes to market under one brand umbrella
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 25, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Wisconsin metal manufacturer and 2020 FAB 40 member Steel Craft Corp. has a history involving three division, each with its own niche: fabricating, stamping, and finishing. They’re stronger together.
- From The Fabricator
How does a metal manufacturer grow during a recession?
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 19, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
New Hampshire metal manufacturer and 2020 FAB 40 member Prototek has experienced double-digit growth in recent years, and it’s not slowing down for a recession.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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