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Shop Management - Page 68
Charity and metalworking begin at home
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 23, 2021
- Blog Post
Vocation programs and STEM education are necessary now more than ever for metal fabrication and manufacturing sectors, but we shouldn’t leave the entire burden to the school system. Familiarity with hand tools and machines, fondness for metalworking, and the satisfaction of a job well done can, and probably should, begin at home.
- From The Fabricator
Quick quotes to manufacturing customers—guaranteed
- By Kevin Duggan
- Sep 23, 2021
- Article
When a metal fabrication shop delivers a quote first, it has a strategic advantage. That advantage will help its customer base and business.
- From The Additive Report
Materialise introduces dental module for additive manufacturing software
- Sep 22, 2021
- Product Release
Dental module for popular AM software minimizes manual work for dental labs
- From The Fabricator
How to prevent manufacturing employees from quitting
- By Steve Zerio
- Sep 22, 2021
- Article
Why do employees quit theirs jobs a metal fabrication shop? They might have found a job that pays more, or they might not get along with their boss. Quite often, it’s both.
- From The Additive Report
Prusa opens Mideast 3D printing farm
- Sep 20, 2021
- News Release
Prusa Research, which operates a large 3D printer printing farm in Prague, recently opened an automated farm in the Mideast
- From The Fabricator
Shimco receives Bombardier approvals for metal surface treatments
- Sep 20, 2021
- News Release
Shimco, a manufacturer of aerospace-grade shims, shim materials, and precision parts in Cambridge, Ont., has completed a Bombardier site audit of Shimco’s new special processes facility.
- From The Fabricator
Wiley Metal Fabricating diversifies custom metal fabrication products, services
- Sep 20, 2021
- News Release
Wiley Metal Fabricating Inc., Marion, Ind., has announced the addition of several products and services.
- From The Fabricator
Generac to acquire Tank Utility Inc.
- Sep 20, 2021
- News Release
Waukesha, Wis.-based Generac Holdings Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of energy technology systems and other power products, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the shares of Tank Utility Inc., a provider of IoT propane tank monitoring that enables the optimization of propane fuel...
- From The Fabricator
Barbco names VP, business development
- Sep 20, 2021
- News Release
Barbco Inc., East Canton, Ohio, has promoted Thomas W. Schmidt to the newly created position of vice president, business development.
- From The Fabricator
Are record-high steel prices set to plunge?
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- Sep 20, 2021
- Blog Post
With U.S. steel demand softening and imports increasing, steel buyers are expecting a steel price correction, write John Packard and Tim Triplett of Steel Market Update.
- From The Additive Report
3D-printed copper parts help spacecraft chill out
- By William Leventon
- Sep 18, 2021
- Article
Additively manufacturing heat exchangers and other spacecraft components with copper allow the production of complex, one-piece designs.
- From The Fabricator
A manufacturing culture of dreamers and doers
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 17, 2021
- Article
Any manufacturing organization has a mix of doers and dreamers. Any modern metal fabrication shop probably needs both to succeed.
- From The Fabricator
Planning for the future of metal forming
- By Bill Frahm
- Sep 16, 2021
- Article
Bill Frahm offers projections for the future of the sheet metal forming industry based on his observations, research, and hope that we learn from past mistakes.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH Reporter’s Notebook: About increasing manufacturing velocity
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 16, 2021
- Blog Post
Fabricators are seeing unprecedented demand and uncertain supply. To keep cash flowing, they need to increase the velocity of everything between the initial order and the final shipment. A manufacturing leadership panel at FABTECH touched on just that.
- From The Fabricator
Southern States Machinery welcomes new employees
- Sep 16, 2021
- News Release
Southern States Machinery, a machine tool distributor based in Mooresville, N.C., has hired Andrew Depue as regional sales representative serving the Georgia area and Timothy Nichols as lead service technician.
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