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Shop Management - Page 10
- From The Fabricator
Metal formers continue to expect economic activity to stabilize
- Dec 20, 2023
- News Release
Metal forming companies expressed increased confidence that business conditions will continue to stabilize in Q1 2024, according to the December 2023 Precision Metalforming Association Business Conditions Report.
Machine performs coding, marking on extruded products
- Dec 20, 2023
- Product Release
Leibinger offers the IQJet for coding and marking of extruded products for product identification, traceability, and quality control.
- From The Fabricator
All Metals Fabricating celebrates 70th anniversary
- Dec 19, 2023
- News Release
Contract manufacturer All Metals Fabricating marked its 70th anniversary with an open house at its newly renovated facility in Allen, Texas, on Nov. 16.
- From The Fabricator
2024 metal fabrication forecast: A boring year ahead?
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 19, 2023
- Article
The 21st century has seen economic turmoil from the dot-com bust, the financial crisis, and a pandemic. We finally may be due for a conventional, sectoral downturn, and some metal fabricators might not even notice.
- From The Fabricator
5 metal fabrication trends for 2024
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2023
- Blog Post
It’s a complicated time for metal manufacturers. The industry faces wage pressures and a skills gap, but metal fabrication technology continues to march forth faster than ever.
- From The Fabricator
Generation Growth Capital launches American Consolidated Metals platform
- Dec 14, 2023
- News Release
Generation Growth Capital Inc. (GGC), a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, has formed the metal manufacturing platform American Consolidated Metals (ACM).
- From The Fabricator
Nonmarring nozzle protects equipment during blowoff
- Dec 14, 2023
- Product Release
Exair has introduced the PEEK 1/2 NPT Super Air Nozzle, engineered to produce powerful blowoff without damage to equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Miele to build plant in Alabama
- Dec 12, 2023
- News Release
Germany-based Miele has announced that its first U.S. plant will be built in Opelika, Ala.
- From The Fabricator
Griffin Welding to add 30 jobs in Connecticut
- Dec 12, 2023
- News Release
The Hartford Business Journal has reported that Griffin Welding has purchased a 20,000-sq.-ft. building in Waterbury, Conn., with plans to increase its staff from 10 to 40.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturers slow to adopt AI, report finds
- Dec 11, 2023
- News Release
As advancements in generative AI attract attention across industries, the manufacturing industry is slow to adopt AI technologies, according to the latest Sikich Industry Pulse report.
- From The Fabricator
NASA selects contractors for ground support equipment fabrication
- Dec 8, 2023
- News Release
NASA has selected the following companies for a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to fabricate ground support equipment at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- From The Fabricator
Metalworks expands capabilities with Flairwood acquisition
- Dec 8, 2023
- News Release
Ludington, Mich.-based Metalworks Inc. has announced its acquisition of Flairwood in a transaction that will expand manufacturing capabilities, industries served, and the customer base of both family-owned companies.
F.W. Webb expands through acquisition of J.D. Johnson Co.
- Dec 7, 2023
- News Release
Bedford, Mass.-based F.W. Webb Co. has opened a new location in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., following its acquisition of J.D. Johnson Co. The new facility offers custom metal fabrication and wholesale distribution of plumbing, heating, HVAC/R, and PVF products. The company’s training center in nearby...
- From The Fabricator
How VR can attract the next gen of structural fabricators
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 7, 2023
- Article
After Bill Issler sold his FabSuite MIS software in 2018, he knew all about the industry’s greatest problem, skilled labor, and aimed to use virtual reality technology to help solve it.
- From The Fabricator
Paperless Parts appoints chief technology officer and chief scientist
- Dec 6, 2023
- News Release
Paperless Parts has promoted Jason Luce from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer. In addition, company co-founder Scott Sawyer has been named chief scientist.
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