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Shop Management - Page 100
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators: Share your success, for the sake of manufacturing
Even in the midst of this pandemic, the future looks bright for the metal fabricating industry. With that in mind, fabricators need to be more active in sharing their successes if they want to attract top talent into the manufacturing sector.
- From The Fabricator
Stamping companies remain cautious as economic challenges continue
- Aug 21, 2020
- News Release
Stamping companies reported a slight improvement in business conditions but continue to anticipate challenges during the next three months, according to the August 2020 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report. Prepared monthly, the report provides an economic indicator...
Searching for an upside when the world is upside-down
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Aug 20, 2020
- Article
The global pandemic has brought gloom and doom to many industries, especially in travel and hospitality, but it has led to growth in some manufacturing sectors. For metal fabricators looking for new opportunities, a little intuition can go a long way in finding new markets.
- From The Fabricator
G-Con Mfg. expands Texas facility for clean-room production
- Aug 20, 2020
- News Release
G-Con Mfg., a builder of prequalified clean-room systems, is expanding its clean-room construction site in College Station, Texas, from 189,000 sq. ft. to 245,000 sq. ft. This expansion, which is scheduled for completion in November 2020, increases its production capacity to 355 clean rooms per...
- From The Fabricator
Ace Metal Crafts announces staff changes
- Aug 20, 2020
- News Release
Ace Metal Crafts Co., Bensenville, Ill., a provider of stainless steel machining and fabricating services, has announced several staffing changes. Angela Pitzo, a third-generation Ace team member, has been named vice president of manufacturing. She joined the company in 2011 as buyer in the...
- From The Fabricator
Survey shows use of AR/VR technology for automotive design, production support
- Aug 20, 2020
- News Release
A survey of automotive manufacturing executives shows the critical steps carmakers are planning and taking to leverage more automation technology to deal with COVID-19 social distancing, staffing shortfalls, and the need for overall efficiencies in production. The online survey, commissioned in...
- From The Fabricator
How to master continuous learning
- By Bill Frahm
- Aug 14, 2020
- Article
Building a capable and motivated workforce is a deliberate, full-time job for management. Offering continuous learning opportunities, both in fundamental manufacturing skills and the latest technologies, will educate and motivate employees and bring success to the plant floor.
- From The Fabricator
Protolabs to host metal forming webinar Aug. 19
- Aug 13, 2020
- News Release
Protolabs, Maple Plain, Minn., will host a free webinar, “A Deep Dive into Forming and Formed Features,” on Aug. 19 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. CT. James Hayes, applications engineer with the company, will provide insight into equipment and forming techniques, key design considerations for sheet...
- From The Fabricator
Congress presses Commerce Department on aluminum import exclusions
- By Stephen Barlas
- Aug 13, 2020
- Blog Post
Spurred by criticism from the domestic aluminum industry and manufacturers, Congress asks the U.S. Department of Commerce to stop granting so many exclusions from the tariff on imported aluminum.
- From The Fabricator
Seco/Warwick to present online heat treatment seminar
- Aug 12, 2020
- News Release
Seco/Warwick, a provider of heat-treatment and vacuum metallurgy, will hold a virtual event, “e-SEMINAR 4.0 Heat Treatment & Metallurgy,” Sept. 9, 2020, at which international specialists will meet and share their knowledge and experience online. The event will comprise three thematic blocks...
- From The Welder
Tank fabrication goes vertical
- By Amanda Carlson and Rhonda Zatezalo
- Aug 12, 2020
- Article
Fabrication Solutions & Technologies partnered with Fronius to help customers fabricate tanks vertically, a process that is fast and yields high weld throughputs.
- From The Fabricator
Metalcon 2020 postponed until 2021
- Aug 10, 2020
- News Release
Metalcon 2020, an international event for metal construction products, technologies, and solutions, has postponed its 2020 show until Oct. 6-8, 2021, in Tampa, Fla., because of ongoing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization has announced three new initiatives: Metalcon...
- From The Fabricator
The hidden causes behind the skilled labor crisis
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 10, 2020
- 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
Fabricating a Grand Prix race car wheel into a coffee table
- By Josh Welton
- Aug 8, 2020
- Blog Post
In this video blog, Josh Welton walks through one of the latest projects from his Brown Dog Welding shop in Detroit. Welton takes a wheel from a Cadillac race car that participated in the Belle Isle Grand Prix and fabricates it into a coffee table.
- From The Fabricator
Report highlights economic impact of pandemic to metal fabrication job shops
- Aug 7, 2020
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., Elgin, Ill., has released the “2nd Quarter 2020 Forming & Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Report.” Presenting small and medium-size job shops’ and fabricators’ answers to 11 key questions and a year-over-year comparison of business...
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The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
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- 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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