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Shop Management - Page 71
- From The Fabricator
Consolidated Machine and Welding to expand in Missouri
- Jul 26, 2021
- News Release
Metal fabricator Consolidated Machine and Welding has announced it will expand its facility in Hannibal, Mo., creating 30 jobs.
- From The Fabricator
Entegra Attachments acquires Hercules Machinery, Titan Metal Worx
- Jul 26, 2021
- News Release
Entegra Attachments LLC, St. Charles, Ill., has acquired two Fort Wayne, Ind., companies formerly owned by Zeus Holdings Inc.
- From The Fabricator
Getting back to my roots and dirty hands on the metal fab shop floor
- By Nick Martin
- Jul 24, 2021
- Blog Post
When North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters recently experienced some sudden worker turnover, manager Nick Martin went from spending 10% of his week on the shop floor to 90%. He writes how he enjoyed getting back to his metal fabrication roots and dirty hands.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication through team collaboration
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 23, 2021
- Article
A metal fabrication shop manager might push a cross-training initiative, but that could be a temporary fix to a larger problem: the siloed nature of an entire manufacturing organization. Bill Ritchie says true collaboration is leveraged through quick-response manufacturing (QRM),
- From The Fabricator
Anca’s RoboMate LaserEtch and AutoMarkX offer automatic laser marking
- Jul 22, 2021
- Product Release
Anca offers two automatic laser marking options for a variety of applications and individual requirements.
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturing technology uproots tradition for some metal fab shops
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 22, 2021
- Article
The skilled labor shortage continues unabated in the pandemic recovery. Technological change continues unabated too. The two together uproot shop floor tradition.
- From The Additive Report
‘Software silos’ work against additive manufacturing interoperability
- By Kip Hanson
- Jul 21, 2021
- Article
A challenge additive manufacturers face is the lack of end-to-end interoperability that results from the availability of so much discrete software. There’s generative design software, simulation software, lattice and support software—to name a few—but they often don’t interact directly with one another.
- From The Fabricator
Exair renovates website
- Jul 21, 2021
- News Release
Exair Corp., a provider of compressed-air products, has updated its website.
- From The Fabricator
GE Appliances adds product line to Tennessee plant
- Jul 21, 2021
- News Release
GE Appliances, a Haier company, is investing $5 million in its Monogram Refrigeration subsidiary in Selmer, Tenn., to begin production of Zoneline vertical terminal air conditioners, formerly produced in Mexico.
- From The Additive Report
Shell plans digital future for spare-parts production and management
- Jul 20, 2021
- Article
3D printing optimizes Shell’s repair and replacement strategies and fosters a digital warehouse approach to spare-parts management.
- From The Fabricator
Prototek acquires Midwest Prototyping
- Jul 20, 2021
- News Release
Prototek Holdings LLC, Contoocook, N.H., a provider of rapid prototyping and low-volume production services for precision machined and sheet metal fabricated parts, has completed the acquisition of Midwest Prototyping LLC, an independent additive manufacturing services business.
- From The Additive Report
Canadian additive manufacturing company opens California plant
- Jul 17, 2021
- News Release
Burloak Technologies opens facility in Camarillo, Calif.
- From The Fabricator
Alexandria Industries names co-presidents
- Jul 16, 2021
- News Release
Alexandria Industries, a provider of customized aluminum extrusions and precision machining, finishing, welding, and assembly services in Alexandria, Minn., has appointed Joe Schabel and Steve Schabel as co-presidents.
- From The Fabricator
Study offers insights on retaining skilled manufacturing workers
- Jul 15, 2021
- News Release
The Manufacturing Institute’s Center for Manufacturing Research has partnered with the American Psychological Association to examine best practices for worker retention among manufacturers and explore the factors that affect retention.
- From The Fabricator
Metal Specialist to expand in North Carolina
- Jul 15, 2021
- News Release
Custom metal fabricator Metal Specialist LLC has announced plans to build a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Wallace, N.C.
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