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Shop Management - Page 38
- From The Fabricator
Next step for a growing aftermarket parts business: Exhibit at a Ford Bronco expo
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 7, 2022
- Blog Post
Job shop manager Nick Martin describes how he’s taking the next step to growing his aftermarket parts side business by exhibiting at a Ford Bronco expo.
Selling during an economic downturn
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Oct 4, 2022
- Article
When times get tough, successful manufacturing companies actually increase their sales activity. Here’s what sales leaders can do to weather the storm.
- From The Fabricator
How serious is your manufacturing company about starting a lean journey?
- By Jeff Sipes
- Sep 30, 2022
- Article
Is your metal fabrication company serious about lean manufacturing, or are you just dabbling? Considering the state of the world, lean guru Jeff Sipes writes that now would be a good time to get serious.
- From The Fabricator
Birdon Group USA opens Connecticut facility
- Sep 28, 2022
- News Release
Shipbuilding, design, and maintenance company Birdon Group USA, Denver, has opened a production plant in Portland, Conn., to modernize search-and-rescue vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard.
- From The Fabricator
The technical and systems thinking of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 27, 2022
- Article
Significant layoffs might not accompany the next recession, particularly if metal fabricators have the right mix of technical and systems-thinking talent.
- From The Fabricator
Magnetic Specialties commissions power supplies for tool manufacturer
- Sep 27, 2022
- News Release
Magnetic Specialties Inc., Telford, Pa., has shipped and commissioned two power supplies used in a continuous brazing furnace for a tool manufacturing company.
- From The Fabricator
Lutron Electronics to build manufacturing facility in Virginia
- Sep 27, 2022
- News Release
Coopersburg, Pa.-based Lutron Electronics, a provider of lighting control, automated shading systems, and fixtures, will invest $28.3 million to build a manufacturing facility in Ashland, Va.
- From The Fabricator
Broadwind Heavy Fabrications launches $3 million project in Texas
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, a precision manufacturer of structures, equipment, and components for clean tech and other specialized applications, will invest $3 million to upgrade and reconfigure its facility in Abilene, Texas.
- From The Fabricator
TN Composites to expand Tennessee factory
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Ebbtide Holdings LLC, doing business as TN Composites, has announced plans to invest $23.1 million in its boat manufacturing facility in White Bluff, Tenn.
- From The Fabricator
Cold Jet announces acquisition of Aquila Triventek’s dry ice product line
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Cold Jet, a Loveland, Ohio, provider of dry ice technology, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Aquila Triventek’s dry ice activities.
- From The Fabricator
Eriez SumpDoc reduces need to dump, refill fluid
- Sep 23, 2022
- Product Release
Eriez SumpDoc coolant maintenance equipment combines both sump cleaning and tramp oil removal in one package.
- From The Fabricator
Metal formers continue to expect little change in economic activity, says report
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
According to the September 2022 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies continue to expect little change in business conditions during the next three months and report a rebound in average daily shipping levels. Prepared monthly, the report...
- From The Fabricator
Vontobel Holding CEO elected to Bühler Group board of directors
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Dr. Zeno Staub, CEO of Vontobel Holding AG, has been unanimously elected to Bühler Group’s board of directors. He has nearly three decades of investment experience.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing industry rested, relaxed, and ready to roll
An economic slowdown might be a blessing for metal fabricators who have leaned hard on their employees for the last two years.
- From The Fabricator
Schuler, Otorio partner to offer data protection service
- Sep 21, 2022
- News Release
Schuler and Otorio have developed the Cyber Security Check program to help metalworking companies prevent hacker attacks.
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