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Shop Management - Page 204
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A 3-D CAD modeling case study: Focus on industrial design limits attention paid to future manufacturability
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 8, 2018
- Article
With the help of a case study featuring the design for a commercial coffee maker, columnist Gerald Davis shows how a focus on industrial design can help to place manufacturing issues on the back burner.
- From The Fabricator
Spectralytics opens facility dedicated to new product development
- Feb 7, 2018
- News Release
Spectralytics, a Cretex Medical company, a laser cutting and processing contract manufacturer serving the global medical device industry, has opened a product development center in Maple Plain, Minn. The new facility is dedicated to helping customers develop concepts, validate designs, design for...
- From The Fabricator
Economy Spring to expand capacity with new facility
- Feb 7, 2018
- News Release
Economy Spring, an MW Industries company, plans to relocate its precision metal components manufacturing facility to a larger facility in Southington, Conn., in early 2019. The 216,000-sq.-ft. facility will be more than twice the size of the company’s current plant. Equipment will be moved in...
- From The Fabricator
TigerStop introduces Dynamic Pack Optimization software upgrade for nesting packs, bundles
- Feb 7, 2018
- Product Release
TigerStop offers a new upgrade for TigerTouch software called Dynamic Pack Optimization, which nests packs or bundles of material for the greatest yield. The function optimizes entire packs or bundles of like-profiled material, rather than single pieces. It does so quickly and accurately while...
- From The Fabricator
Schwarze awarded ISO 9001 certification
- Feb 7, 2018
- News Release
Schwarze Industries Inc., Huntsville, Ala., has announced its certification to ISO 9001:2015. The company produces sweepers for parking area cleaning, industrial sweeping, mall and shopping center sweeping, airport runway sweeping, street sweeping, milling cleanup, and stormwater runoff...
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Ecolab sells Fab-Tech business unit to Dragon Products
- Feb 7, 2018
- News Release
Ecolab Inc. has announced it has sold its Fab-Tech business unit, a part of Ecolab’s Global Energy segment based in Casper, Wyo., that performs custom design, engineering, and fabrication of oilfield equipment, to Dragon Products Ltd. Based in Beaumont, Texas, Dragon Products manufactures...
- From The Fabricator
CGTech celebrates 30-year milestone
- Feb 7, 2018
- News Release
CGTech marks three decades in business in 2018. Based in Irvine, Calif., the company has 10 wholly owned subsidiaries in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Singapore, India, Brazil, and Korea. The company started when founder Jon Prun recognized a need to verify NC tool path programs...
- From The Fabricator
5 steps to successful career path management
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 7, 2018
- Article
Many managers feel uncomfortable talking to direct reports about their career goals. But they avoid it at their peril, particularly when hiring millennials, and especially in these times of poaching and record low unemployment.
- From The Fabricator
Scratching the surface of total productive maintenance
- By Jeff Sipes
- Feb 6, 2018
- Article
As lead times continue to shrink, equipment availability becomes increasingly vital. If your company is focused on breakdown maintenance, it may be time to consider TPM.
- From The Fabricator
Electrolux announces plans for $500 million facility upgrades
- Feb 6, 2018
- News Release
Electrolux has announced plans to modernize and expand a 400,000-sq.-ft. appliance manufacturing facility in Springfield, Mass. The company will invest $250 million to upgrade the plant, which should be completed in 2020. The expansion is expected to create 25 jobs and add advanced manufacturing...
- From The Fabricator
Solving metal fabrication’s greatest problem: skilled labor
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 6, 2018
- Article
A fabricator needs technology, but what really sets it apart are its talented people, and according to participants of FABTECH’s workforce development panel, the industry needs to engage to find more.
- From The Fabricator
Praxair named to 2017 Newsweek Green Rankings
- Feb 5, 2018
- News Release
Industrial gas company Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has again earned a place in the Newsweek Green Rankings. For 2017, Praxair ranked first among all industrial gas companies and ranked 26th on the U.S. 500. The company ranked fourth out of 35 companies in the Materials sector. The U.S. 500 is an...
- From The Fabricator
Sassy Engines fires up plasma cutter to stay on top of production needs
Sassy Engines is a leading engine manufacturer for the sport of tractor pulling. When lead times for small fabricated parts grew into several weeks, management decided to venture into the world of fabricating as well. It’s been a winning combination since that decision was made in early 2017.
- From The Fabricator
Silent auction at FMA’s Annual Meeting to benefit scholarships, manufacturing camp grants
- Feb 2, 2018
- News Release
The first fundraiser of the year for Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT) will take place during FMA’s Annual Meeting on March 7 at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. The annual silent auction, held during the opening Welcome Reception, offers an interesting collection of items, making this...
- From The Fabricator
Mergers and acquisitions in metal fabrication: The story behind one shop’s success
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 2, 2018
- Article
In December 2017 a large injection molding operation purchased a $45 million custom fabricator, a large shop with high revenue diversity. No one customer made up more than 3 percent of revenue. One more thing: Seven years before, the fabricator was just an $8 million shop.
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