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More from Vicki Bell
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Diversifying; restructuring; growing; and wearing a Ferrari
- By Vicki Bell
- Feb 19, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Study confirms fabricators should diversify; restructuring helps revive businesses; Nebraska company on the growth track; and how you can wear a Ferrari
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Warning for chocoholics; love locks; doggie business; robot revolution
- By Vicki Bell
- Feb 12, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Metal in your chocolate; a new spin on locks; fabricating for dog owners; a traveling CNC mill, and a manufacturing revolution.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Big pay raise; Smart, but not rich; 3-D breakthroughs; welding—a worthwhile career?
- By Vicki Bell
- Feb 5, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Ford workers get big raise; reporter questions welding as a worthwhile career; being smart doesn’t necessarily make you rich; 3-D printing breakthrough; students build wind turbines.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Finding a niche; faking a roar; falsifying welding certificates
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 29, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Meeting global competition by finding a niche; faking an engine’s roar; students sue over bogus welding certificates; bright future for girls in welding; and apprenticeships make a difference.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Low wages ‘major’ issue; inside a 3-D machine shop; ‘craftsmanship is still around’
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 22, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Low wages a major impediment to labor supply; inside Incodema 3D’s facility; job shop named best business in Blue Earth, Minn.; Mississippi shop grows, invests, hires; and craftsmanship is still around.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Research in 3-D; how manufacturing can gain momentum in 2015; training success stories
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 15, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Sandvik boosts 3-D printing research; one way U.S. manufacturing can gain momentum; training success stories, and introducing young students to metalworking.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Steel making, fabricating have changed; mfg & politics; 3-D printing semi-solid metals
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 30, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— AISC VP sets the record straight about today’s steel production; what skills today’s factory workers need; manufacturing and politics, and developments in 3-D printing.
- From The Fabricator
More than a metal warehouse—Behind the scenes at Pacesetter Steel
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 29, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Metal service centers are a vital part of the fabricating world, and their fortunes are closely aligned with their customers’. Here’s a look at how one center fared during the Great Recession and where it’s headed with its young CEO at the helm.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Harley jewelry; U.S. manufacturing renaissance or fantasy?
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 14, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles—Utica, N.Y., company decorates Harleys; manufacturing renaissance—maybe, maybe not; women provide manufacturing muscle; and predicting metal costs.
- From The Fabricator
Global shifts in economies make U.S. manufacturing significantly more cost-effective
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 13, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
For decades U.S. manufacturers looking to increase profits and remain competitive have moved plants and jobs offshore. Changing global economics have made doing so much less attractive. The U.S. is gaining cost advantages as other regions lose theirs.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Sisters making it in the USA; welding after midnight; improving 3-D printing
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 8, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Ohio sisters passionate about manufacturing; a look at some Manufacturing Day events; 3-D printing still evolving; and welding after midnight.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Manufacturing Day and comebacks
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 1, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Obama to participate in Manufacturing Day; Wisconsin fabricator wins #MfgDay14 video contest; students take to the road for heavy metal tour; an industrial ghost town seeks rebirth; and Rockford, Ill.-based Roper Whitney experiences a comeback.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Death of manufacturing greatly exaggerated; entire city to be built on stilts
- By Vicki Bell
- Sep 10, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles — Ohio politician says death of manufacturing greatly exaggerated; an entire city to be built on stilts; working women to outnumber men in Canada, but not in trades; metal shaper builds iconic cars; and another builds rat rods.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Retraining in Atlantic City; Ford fast tracks aluminum truck; U.S. mfg losing ground
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 27, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles—Atlantic City casino workers to retrain for fab jobs; aluminum body truck production picks up speed; U.S. factories keep losing ground; materials providers focus on 3-D printing; and young entrepreneur stresses leadership.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Bicycle of the future; chocolate + welding; fabricator’s creative boom; and jobs
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 19, 2014
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Handlebars become a lock; an unlikely twosome—chocolate and welding; fabricator gets creative; who’s hiring, maybe; and small business’s thoughts on hiring.
- 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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