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Articles tagged with "government"

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	Handling metal stamping wastes: Protecting the environment - - and your business By: Rich Bravieri, Contributing Writer Metal stamping companies are required to comply with a number of regulations relating to the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of the wastes they generate. As a result, each company must learn which materials are classfied as hazardous and how to comply with detailed regulations. Publish date: February 19, 2001 Tech cell: Materials Handling
	Big steel on the ropes: Consolidation looms for a troubled industry By: Lincoln Brunner, Contributing Writer Integrated steel mills in the U.S. are feeling the heat of foreign competition, pricing problems, and bankruptcies. How long will it be before consolidations start narrowing the field? Publish date: June 18, 2001 Tech cell: Metals/Materials
	Your best safety resource: The FMA/CNA Safety Committee By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager Do you know the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International™ (FMA)/CNA Safety Committee? If not, you should. They're an excellent resource for guidance on workplace safety issues. And they're the force behind the safety focus on thefabricator.com. Publish date: June 12, 2003 Tech cell: Safety
	Maximizing your scrap's value: Diligence in preparation and tracking pays off By: Greg Cozzi, Contributing Writer The more uniform and contaminant-free that scrap is when fabricators provide it to recyclers, the more fabricators can benefit. This article addresses the two principles for selling scrap to recyclers: know what you're selling vs. what you're getting paid for, and incorporate sorting & cleaning into your production stream. Publish date: November 29, 2001 Tech cell: For CEOs
	US. DOC Offers Export Assistance: Provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Administration. By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal� Editor Publish date: March 11, 2004 Tech cell: For CEOs
	Fact, fiction, and the feds: Dispelling myths about selling to the government By: John DiGiacomo, Contributing Writer The government is looking for companies like yours: machine shops, fabricators, and other manufacturers, that can provide it with what it needs to fulfill its mission and that of the armed forces. However, many myths stop businesses from thinking about doing business with the government. Publish date: September 14, 2004 Tech cell: For CEOs
	10 steps to winning a government contract - Step 1: Think like the government By: John DiGiacomo and Jim Kleckner, Contributing Writers Publish date: October 14, 2004 Tech cell: For CEOs
	10 steps to winning a government contract - Step 3: Bidding on a job By: John DiGiacomo and Jim Kleckner, Contributing Writers Last time we discussed finding bid opportunities. Before we dive in, it's important to note that recent statistics show that in 2003 the federal government wrote 10.9 million contracts; 23 percent went to small businesses, meaning small businesses actually got $3 billion more work than they thought they would. Publish date: March 1, 2005 Tech cell: For CEOs
	10 steps to winning a government contract: Array By: John DiGiacomo and Jim Kleckner Array Publish date: Array Tech cell: For CEOs
	10 steps to winning a government contract - Step 9: Step 9: Getting paid By: John DiGiacomo and Jim Kleckner Once you have your contract and have delivered product on time and within specifications, it's time to find out how to get paid in a timely fashion. Publish date: May 9, 2006 Tech cell: For CEOs
	Beating 'world' pricing: Nu-Way Industries finds the formula to take on competition from China By: Scot Stevens, Contributing Writer During the depths of the manufacturing slowdown that has cost the fabricated metal products sector nearly 300,000 jobs since 2000, Steven Southwell, president of Des Plaines, Ill.-based Nu-Way Industries Inc., faced a depressing challenge from one of his multinational OEM customers??either meet the ??total cost of acquisition? achieved in China or purchase the part from the Chinese supplier, inventory it, and incorporate it into the family of parts supplied by Nu-Way. Publish date: January 13, 2004 Tech cell: Fab Stories
	Mac's Muse: One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes ... gone! As U.S. steel industry gets its lunch eaten, many parties can share blame By: Don McNeeley, Contributing Writer A lot of parties can share the blame for what's happened to the North American steel industry, and its going to take effort from them all to pull the industry out of its quagmire. Can it be done? Time will tell. Publish date: November 15, 2001 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	Exporting— Exploring Foreign Frontiers: Take advantage of U.S. government agency resources to assist your exporting efforts By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal� Editor The U.S. export assistance network of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce offers U.S. companies help with exporting issues. The network provides marketing research, financial assistance, leads and contacts, legal assistance, trade advocacy, and trade events screening. Publish date: August 29, 2002 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	The end of the (welding) world as we know it?: Connecticut may face changes in its vocational-technical welding programs By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer The end of manufacturing is near for the state of Connecticut, some fear. Publish date: June 26, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 1 By: David Goodreau, Contributing Writer Publish date: July 10, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 2 By: David Goodreau, Contributing Writer Publish date: July 24, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	March for manufacturing By: Scot Stevens, Contributing Writer As the "jobless" recovery continues, the job cleansing of the U.S. manufacturing base tops 2.7 million. These millions now without jobs remain faceless, statistical footnotes to mainstream media reports about how the recession ended in 2001, production is on the rise, and how job losses are singularly attributable to productivity gains. The outsourcing of the American dream for small manufacturers proceeds unabated. Publish date: October 23, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	A 'bout' with the champion By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief Rep. Don Manzullo speaks about taxes, steel tariffs, health care, and manufacturing's future. Publish date: February 26, 2004 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	Goin' Global: How U.S. fabricators can angle in worldwide waters By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal� Editor The U.S. is considered to be the best consumer market in the world. However, competition for this market has increased as more and more countries have cast their rods in the U.S consumer pool. Publish date: March 11, 2004 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	Do you see the light? By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief In this article, The FABRICATOR® attempts to shine the light on opportunities for improvement in both the front office and on the shop floor. In this case, the light is on the lights—as well as the heating and ventilating system and other energy-sapping devices. Publish date: February 26, 2004 Tech cell: Shop Strategies
	Budget cuts hit welding hard: Extraordinary effort is critical to welding programs� survival By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer Publish date: September 25, 2003 Tech cell: Training and Retention
	Is your company a breeding ground for workplace violence? By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager Workplace violence—many of us think about it only when national or local media reports an incident. Most of us probably think it happens infrequently and never could happen where we work. And it's likely that workplace violence victims thought the same thing, before it happened to them. Publish date: November 6, 2003 Tech cell: Training and Retention
	Taking an integrated build approach to stamping tool tryout By: Jay Baron, Ph.D., Contributing Writer Market pressures to reduce tooling costs are pressing the tool and die industry to seek lower-cost tooling solutions. This column discusses different build approaches and the merits of an integrated build for trying out stamping dies (and molds) as part of the manufacturing validation process. Publish date: June 26, 2003 Tech cell: Tool and Die
	Venturing Into the World of 3-D Die Design: 10 questions to ask to make an informed decision By: Robert W. Harper, Contributing Writer 2-D, or not 2-D; that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to venture out into a brisk, bold, new world of 3-D or to stick with old, reliable methods in 2-D. Publish date: March 11, 2004 Tech cell: Tool and Die
	Managing environmental risk in tube, pipe production: What you need to know about state and federal regulations By: Kim Conant, Contributing Writer Publish date: January 29, 2004 Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Production
	Spinning your wheels?: Separate grinding wheel facts from myths By: Roger Cloutier, Contributing Writer Grinding wheels used in welding and fabrication are strong, tough tools, but many in the industry have called them "rocks" or "stones," implying that they're unbreakable. Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Consumables