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- 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...
- From The Fabricator
Targeted metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 7, 2020
- Article
Fox Valley Metal-Tech of Green Bay, Wis., has fewer customers than it did in 2018. Thing is, it also has more revenue and greater profits through targeted metal fabrication.
- From The Fabricator
Ford’s Hackett leaves legacy of upheaval, uprighting, and upward trajectory
- By Kate Bachman
- Aug 6, 2020
- Blog Post
Ford’s wallowing stock market price is not a bellwether of its future nor a true picture of retiring CEO Jim Hackett’s contributions to the American auto manufacturer and his legacy.
- From The Additive Report
3D printing: outsource or DIY?
- Aug 5, 2020
- Video
Industry experts discuss 3D-printing parts in-house vs. outsourcing the work to a service bureau.
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres expands to accommodate vacuum oil quenching
- Aug 4, 2020
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has announced plans for a vacuum oil quenching line to be installed and fully operational by the end of 2020 at its Hermitage, Pa., facility. It includes a hardening furnace, tempers, washer, and charge car. To make room for the new line, the company continues...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2020 canceled; event partners cite ongoing pandemic
- Aug 3, 2020
- News Release
FABTECH event partners SME, FMA, AWS, PMA, and CCAI have announced that FABTECH, the largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, scheduled for Nov. 18-20 in Las Vegas, has been canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The metal forming, fabricating, welding, and...
- From The Fabricator
AME releases white paper on revitalizing the manufacturing economy
- Jul 31, 2020
- News Release
To help manufacturers successfully navigate the postpandemic economy, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Rolling Meadows, Ill., has published a white paper titled “A Manufacturing Marshall Plan.” The paper maps out how companies can prevent postpandemic supply chain...
- From The Fabricator
Company culture at METALfx shines during pandemic
In order to help a small-town community in California, METALfx and Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital join forces during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: From educator to AWS-certified welder
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Jul 30, 2020
- Blog Post
Erin Kelley spent more than a decade in the education field, but after coming across a story about the welder shortage, she decided to become AWS-certified and follow her welding dream.
- From The Fabricator
Pioneer Industries receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
- Jul 30, 2020
- News Release
Pioneer Industries, a sheet metal fabrication and machining shop in Fairview, Ore., has received a 2019 Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Co. issues the award annually to recognize suppliers that have achieved superior performance. Pioneer Industries maintained a Silver...
- From The Fabricator
Power Pool Plus expands in South Carolina
- Jul 30, 2020
- News Release
New Jersey-based industrial generator manufacturer Power Pool Plus has announced plans to open a facility in Greenwood, S.C. In addition to producing industrial power-generation equipment, the plant will offer contract steel fabrication and commercial and critical-care generator services. The $1.5...
- From The Additive Report
A richer 3D printing file format is growing in popularity
- By William Leventon
- Jul 28, 2020
- Article
The 3MF Consortium wants to replace STL—the oldest and most popular format for 3D printing files—with the 3MF format, which allows a package of model information to be delivered in a single file.
- From The Fabricator
MEC hires director of sales – aftermarket
- Jul 28, 2020
- News Release
Mayville Eng. Co. (MEC), Mayville, Wis., has hired Kevin Stokstad as director of sales – aftermarket. He has an extensive background in contract manufacturing, including 22 years in customer-facing roles at Nelson Global Products, most recently as general manager aftermarket and outdoor power...
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