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Shop Management - Page 123
- From The Additive Report
ELI5: How do 3D printers work?
- By Kip Hanson
- Nov 8, 2019
- Blog Post
Additive Report blogger Kip Hanson follows some sage advice he found online while trying to explain 3D printing to his wife: “Explain like I’m five.”
- From The Fabricator
Hyster-Yale expands forklift production facility in Kentucky
- Nov 6, 2019
- News Release
Forklift manufacturer Hyster-Yale Group has begun a $25.7 million, 160,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its facility in Berea, Ky. The company opened the facility in 1973 with annual production of approximately 5,000 trucks. The consolidated business has since grown to become an international company that...
- From The Fabricator
AHB Tooling & Machinery hires director of business development
- Nov 5, 2019
- News Release
AHB Tooling & Machinery (AHB), Roseville, Mich., an industrial distributor servicing the metalworking industry, has hired Glenn Galli as director of new business development. Galli has 40 years of experience in metalworking. He entered the industry as a machinist and worked in varying capacities...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH excitement builds for blue-collar community, small fabricators
- By Josh Welton
- Nov 5, 2019
- Blog Post
FABTECH is right around the corner. Detroit metal fabricator/welder Josh Welton says excitement is building among the metalworking community, especially individual fabricators, industry Instagram influencers, and other small metal fab businesses.
- From The Fabricator
SEYI Mexico hires new sales manager
- Nov 4, 2019
- News Release
Irvine, Calif.-based press manufacturer SEYI America Inc. has announced the appointment of Miguel Hernandez as sales manager at SEYI Mexico.
Responsible for sales in the central region of the country, Hernandez has more than 20 years of experience in the metal stamping industry.
- From The Additive Report
College friends invent a 3D printer
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 3, 2019
- Article
The SAAM 3D-printer, produced by machine builder Cincinnati, is based on a design co-invented by the current general manager of the company’s Additive Manufacturing Division when he was an undergraduate.
- From The Fabricator
Automatic Feed names customer relations manager
- Nov 1, 2019
- News Release
Automatic Feed Co., a designer and manufacturer of coil processing and pressroom automation systems located in Napoleon, Ohio, has promoted Jon Knepley to the position of customer relations manager. He has been with the company for 35 years, previously serving as project manager, electrical...
- From The Fabricator
SH3636 blasting machine from Viking allows for continuous part processing
- Nov 1, 2019
- Product Release
Viking has introduced the SH3636 Spinner Hanger blaster. The unit has a 36- by 36-in. working area chamber and two VK PowerMax 15-HP blast wheels running at 3,525 RPM. The wheel has a capacity of 310 lbs. of abrasive per minute with a velocity of about 295 FPS. The blast cabinet rotates a primary...
- From The Fabricator
Strategies for small manufacturers to manage underperforming employees
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Nov 1, 2019
- Article
Every company has one or two; most managers don’t know what to do about them. They’re underperformers, and their presence undermines everything you’re trying to do as a small business owner. Industry veteran Lisa Wertzbaugher shares a few insights from her years working for a family-owned tube fabrication company.
- From The Fabricator
Key accounts manager joins Abicor Binzel
- Oct 31, 2019
- News Release
Abicor Binzel, Frederick, Md., has hired Jeff Barron as key accounts manager – automotive. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Barron comes to the company after many years in the welding and manufacturing sector. Barron began his career as a sales rep for Roy Smith Co. and later worked as...
- From The Fabricator
A thumbs up and positive reinforcement in a job shop go a long way
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 31, 2019
- Blog Post
The grind at a small metal fabrication business can be relentless and, oftentimes, thankless. Nick Martin of Barnes MetalCrafters reminds us that a little positive reinforcement and some doughnuts can go a long way in the job shop.
- From The Fabricator
NBT commends manufacturing’s finest contributors at inaugural awards gala
- Oct 28, 2019
- News Release
Elgin, Ill.-based Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., held its inaugural awards gala Oct. 24 to celebrate the philanthropic gifts and dedication to NBT’s mission exemplified by the award finalists. Each of the three awards...
- From The Additive Report
FABTECH to feature 3D/additive manufacturing pavilion
- Oct 28, 2019
- Blog Post
FABTECH is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event. Some 50,000 attendees and 1,800 exhibitors are expected at the Nov. 11-14 event in Chicago, including more than 60 exhibitors in the 3D/Additive Pavilion.
How the R&D tax credit rewards job shops and contract manufacturers
- By Tracy Lustyan
- Oct 25, 2019
- Article
Enacted in the 1980s, the R&D tax credit is an incentive created by Congress to help U.S. industry where it needed help the most: where innovation happens. This isn’t just for Fortune 500 companies or other big businesses, but small companies like yours as well. The real action in innovation and job expansion happens among the countless small companies that have just dozens of employees, so why not take advantage of this tax break?
- From The Fabricator
3 rules for job shops to follow to avoid unprofitable work
- By Vincent Bozzone
- Oct 24, 2019
- Article
A job shop that submits a quote for every request that comes in the door might keep its estimators busy, but with a lot of wasted effort.
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