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Shop Management - Page 228
- From The Fabricator
Mind your business
- By Bill Frahm
- Oct 2, 2017
- Article
Knowledge of accounting, probability and statistics, and persuasive writing can create a good foundation of business and communication skill for metal fabricators and metal formers.
- From The Fabricator
Three-zone conveyor oven developed
- Oct 2, 2017
- Product Release
Grieve has developed No. 865, a 750-degrees-F, three-zone conveyor oven currently used for curing coatings at the customer’s test facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven are 30 in. by 18 ft. by 15 in. Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements hold 90-kW, while three 1,500-CFM, 1-1/2-HP...
- From The Fabricator
Jordi Universal names Laser Experts as sales and service rep
- Oct 2, 2017
- News Release
Jordi Universal V.S.L., a manufacturer of fiber lasers, press brakes, and shears based in Lleida, Spain, and Laser Experts Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Ill., have entered into a sales and service partnership. Laser Experts now is responsible for the sales of all Jordi products in the Midwest, as well...
- From The Fabricator
Software measures robot performance
- Oct 2, 2017
- Product Release
Robotiq has launched Insights, a software product designed to optimize universal robot performance. The web application offers real-time performance metrics, optimization analytics, and alerts to let users know how productive their robotic operation was in any given period of time and to help them...
- From The Fabricator
Chemetall receives Airbus Best Performer Award
- Sep 29, 2017
- News Release
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF's Coatings division operating under the Chemetall brand has received the Best Performer Award from Airbus. Chemetall supplies Airbus with aircraft sealants, corrosion-protection products, cleaners, and pretreatment technologies to Airbus....
- From The Fabricator
Trayvax offers virtual reality tour of manufacturing facility
- Sep 29, 2017
- News Release
Trayvax®, a manufacturer of slim metal wallets and outdoor gear, has launched the Trayvax 360 Virtual Reality Tour, which offers a peek inside the company’s Bellingham, Wash., headquarters. Trayvax is giving away 500 virtual reality viewers and will release the video Oct. 3. To sign up for a...
- From The Fabricator
Becoming an ‘irreplaceable employee’
- By Vicki Bell
- Sep 29, 2017
- Blog Post
You have the hard skills. You can program machinery, weld, cut, bend, form, and finish with the best of them. Is your job secure? Maybe not. Soft skills and a good work ethic carry tremendous weight, especially in a small shop.
- From The Fabricator
ProfitKey appoints CEO/president
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
ProfitKey Intl., Salem, N.H., a provider of ERP systems for small and medium-size manufacturers and job shops, has appointed Randy Keith as CEO/president. Keith began his career in 1981 with Management Science America. He was president of Navision Software U.S. (now part of Microsoft) and software...
- From The Fabricator
Jones Metal celebrates 75 years in business
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
Jones Metal, a sheet metal fabricator in Mankato, Minn., marks its 75th anniversary this year. The third-generation business, which has been woman-owned since 1942, produces parts used by such companies as Kato and Caterpillar to build machinery. Employees and customers gathered recently to...
- From The Fabricator
MACCI announces 2017 Heavy Metal Tour for Oct. 4
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
The Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MACCI), in cooperation with regional partners, has announced the 2017 Heavy Metal Tour, which will take place on Oct. 4. The event, now in its sixth year, provides thousands of eighth-grade students across central and northern Wisconsin the...
- From The Fabricator
CB&I to close South Carolina pipe fabrication plant
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
Chicago Bridge & Iron, based in The Woodlands, Texas, has announced plans to close its fabricated materials plant in Laurens, S.C., on March 30, 2018, and lay off 250 employees. The facility had been working on the V.C. Summer nuclear station project, located in Jenkinsville, S.C. That project was...
- From The Fabricator
Newcomb Spring launches new website
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
Newcomb Spring Corp., Decatur, Ga., a manufacturer of custom springs, wire forms, and metal stampings, has launched a new website at www.newcombspring.com. The site features new technical resources, integrated Springulator® spring calculators, and a new user interface. In addition to a new layout,...
- From The Fabricator
U.K. bending machine manufacturer to open U.S. facility, support local vocational programs
- Sep 28, 2017
- News Release
Manufacturing represents many things to many people. It’s a key component in a strong economy, an industry that provides excellent jobs for people who thrive on working with machines and tools, and a source of careers that support the American Dream. Manufacturing’s image suffered somewhat in...
- From The Fabricator
HxGN Local Automotive Summit keynote to focus on technology and training
- Sep 27, 2017
- News Release
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, R.I., has announced that Jeff Krause, CEO of SME, will deliver the keynote address for its HxGN Local Automotive Summit on Oct. 10 in Novi, Mich. The keynote presentation, entitled "Automotive Manufacturing: Innovation through Technology and...
- From The Fabricator
Universal Steel Contractors opens in Oklahoma
- Sep 27, 2017
- News Release
Newly formed metal fabrication company Universal Steel Contractors LLC has opened in Muskogee, Okla.
The firm is expected to hire seven employees soon and grow to 20 workers in a few years.
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