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Shop Management - Page 117
- From The Fabricator
1970s: Metal fabricating finds its footing
The U.S. metal fabricating industry really began to establish itself during the 1970s. Here's a look back at the industry through the pages of The FABRICATOR magazine from decades ago.
- From The Fabricator
How one metal fabricator stays agile
Bloomington, Minn.,-based Dalsin Industries has earned The FABRICATOR’s 2020 Industry Award for its ability to remain successful and evolve as the metal fabrication market has changed.
- From The Fabricator
Kalamazoo Industries opens custom fabrication center
- Jan 31, 2020
- News Release
Kalamazoo Industries has added a 5,000-sq.-ft. custom fabrication center to its facility in Kalamazoo, Mich., to eliminate the backlog of the company’s standard products. “When we were modifying one of our standard products, we could always move it off to the side while we waited for a part...
- From The Fabricator
Toro to acquire Ventrac Tractors
- Jan 31, 2020
- News Release
Minnesota-based Toro has announced plans to acquire Venture Products, the Ohio-based manufacturer of Ventrac landscaping and outdoor equipment.
The deal is expected to close before the end of Toro’s fiscal second quarter.
- From The Fabricator
Renishaw appoints president
- Jan 31, 2020
- News Release
Renishaw Inc., West Dundee, Ill., a precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, has appointed Denis Zayia as president of U.S. operations. He succeeds Howard Salt, who remains with the company as senior business manager encoder systems. A 33-year industry veteran, Zayia started...
Influencing skilled labor in 2020 and beyond with STEM
- By Greg Knarr
- Jan 30, 2020
- Article
The shortage of skilled labor is nothing new, but it’s more acute now than ever. The unemployment rate is at a historic low, and schools aren’t turning out enough graduates with knowledge in STEM fields. Solutions lie in investing in robotics and automation.
- From The Fabricator
Job shop management: Are scheduling problems really symptoms?
- By Vincent Bozzone
- Jan 29, 2020
- Article
Scheduling at a metal fabrication shop can be a mess. The root causes, though, might not have anything to do with scheduling. It comes down to the overall job shop organization.
- From The Fabricator
Need direction on your lean manufacturing journey? Listen to the data
- By Jeff Sipes
- Jan 27, 2020
- Article
Acting on gut feelings when analyzing lean manufacturing practices is just too risky for modern business. You need to know the root causes, and to uncover them, you need to listen to the data.
Manufacturers planning for 2020 and beyond
- By Eric Lundin
- Jan 27, 2020
- Blog Post
If you’re a metal fabricator, you shouldn’t pay too much attention to the big-picture economic forecasts. Fabrication makes up just 2% of the U.S. gross domestic product, so you could say that 98% of an overall forecast doesn’t apply to this industry. By the looks of the recent FABTECH expo, it’s likely that we’re in for a robust 2020.
- From The Fabricator
Acme Metal Spinning adds automatic CNC spinning system
- Jan 24, 2020
- News Release
Minneapolis-based Acme Metal Spinning has increased its automatic CNC spinning capacity by installing an additional spinning machine to produce high volumes of components for lighting fixtures, tanks, ventilation, and aerospace parts. The model PNC-600 from Prism Machinery Ltd. can produce spun...
- From The Fabricator
NACC team wins state manufacturing competition
- Jan 24, 2020
- News Release
Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC), an FMA Certified Education Center, has announced that students Amy Hamilton (welder), John Headrick (machinist), and Ryan Rogers (designer) recently earned first place in the Project Manufacturing (Project MFG) state competition, held in Auburn, Ala....
- From The Fabricator
Milwaukee Tool to open manufacturing plant in Wisconsin
- Jan 24, 2020
- News Release
Milwaukee Tool has announced plans to open a vertically integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wis., located 20 minutes from its Milwaukee headquarters. The facility will manufacture new-to-market hand tools for professional electricians and utility linemen. With an initial expected...
- From The Fabricator
Lindberg/MPH ships electrically heated pit furnace to power industry
- Jan 24, 2020
- News Release
Lindberg/MPH has shipped an electrically heated HOMOCARB® pit furnace to a manufacturer in the power industry. The furnace is designed with a maximum operating temperature of 1,750 degrees F and gross workload of 1,600 lbs. Temperature uniformity of +/- 25 degrees F at 1,650 degrees F was...
- From The Fabricator
Tower Metalworking Fluids announces staff promotions
- Jan 24, 2020
- News Release
Chicago-based Tower Metalworking Fluids, a manufacturer of metal forming lubricants and metal removal coolants, has announced two staff promotions. Scott Prince has been named president/CEO. He joined the company in 2017, serving most recently as president/COO. Bob Anderson has been promoted to...
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing's skills gap crisis at a critical juncture
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 23, 2020
- Article
Millions of manufacturing jobs remain unfilled. What can a fabricator do? A skilled labor panel at the FABTECH show in November discussed some real solutions.
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