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Shop Management - Page 84
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Xometry launches Autodesk Fusion 360 app
- Mar 11, 2021
- News Release
Rockville, Md.-based Xometry, a marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, has launched an app for Autodesk Fusion 360 in collaboration with Autodesk. This integration enables users to get an instant price and lead time from Xometry without leaving the Autodesk Fusion 360 platform. This app, which...
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East West Mfg. acquires Varitron
- Mar 11, 2021
- News Release
Atlanta-based East West Mfg. LLC, a design, manufacturing, and distribution services business for OEMs and distributors, has acquired Varitron Inc., a provider of integrated electronics manufacturing services, including printed circuit board assemblies and box-build assemblies, with four facilities...
- From The Additive Report
Canadian startup specializes in 3D-printing parts with complex geometries
- Mar 11, 2021
- News Release
GLOBE NEWSWIRE—Metafold is a new company focused on 3D-printing lattices and other highly complex geometries. It was launched by MESH Consultants, a Toronto geometric consulting firm serving the architecture, engineering, construction, and design industries. According to a press release...
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Amro Fabricating expands in California
- Mar 10, 2021
- News Release
South El Monte, Calif.-based Amro Fabricating Corp., a space and defense supplier and manufacturer, has announced it is expanding to Corona, Calif. The expansion, expected to create hundreds of jobs in the coming years, follows the company’s new partnership with Trive Capital, Aerospace...
- From The Additive Report
Atlanta 3D printing company purchases the assets of Voodoo Manufacturing
- Mar 10, 2021
- News Release
3D Printing Tech announced in March that it had purchased critical assets of Voodoo Manufacturing, a Brooklyn, N.Y., 3D printing service bureau that shut its doors last August. According to a press release, the acquisition will let the Georgia business continue to offer cost-effective printing...
Manufacturing recovery continues, slowly
- By Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel
- Mar 9, 2021
- Article
Most durable goods manufacturing sectors improved in December 2020 compared to the month earlier, but remained below December 2019 levels. Overall the economic recovery continues on a path that projects a return to prepandemic output levels by midyear, although employment is expected to lag.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturers’ optimism highest in two years, says NAM survey
- Mar 9, 2021
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers has released its first Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey of 2021, and the first since the Biden administration took office. The survey showed manufacturers’ optimism increasing to nearly 88%—the highest reading in two years, and up from 74% in the Q4 2020...
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Nothing wrong with looking for a dream job in manufacturing
Dream jobs can come to those metal fabricators who have the right experience and recognize the right opportunity.
- From The Additive Report
Pellet-extrusion systems move 3D printing beyond prototyping
- By William Leventon
- Mar 8, 2021
- Article
Titan Robotics says it production-ready system isn’t constrained by the limitations of conventional polymer additive manufacturing systems.
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Learning from mistakes in the fab shop
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 7, 2021
- Blog Post
No one in a metal fabrication shop is perfect. Fabricators and welders shouldn’t be afraid to make fixable errors and then learn from them, writes Josh Welton.
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ATW to expand in Ohio
- Mar 5, 2021
- News Release
ATW, a trailer and truck bed manufacturer based in Texas, has announced plans to expand its operations in Batavia Township and Mount Orab, Ohio.
The project is expected to create 249 jobs through 2023.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing continues to lead economy out of pandemic downturn
- By Gareth Sleger
- Mar 4, 2021
- Blog Post
Performance reports show that the manufacturing industry is in a strong V-shaped recovery and continues to carry the economy out of the pandemic downturn. Metal fabrication remains a top-performing sector.
- From The Additive Report
3D printer builder Markforged signs agreement to merge and go public, creating $2.1 billion company
- Mar 2, 2021
- News Release
Markforged, inventor of the integrated metal and carbon-fiber additive manufacturing platform The Digital Forge, has signed an agreement to merge with the special-purpose acquisition company one. Sponsored by A-star, one was founded and is led by technology industry veteran Kevin Hartz. The...
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A closer look at the “Made in America” manufacturing program
- By Stephen Barlas
- Mar 1, 2021
- Blog Post
The Biden administration announced a new “Made in America” program to encourage the federal government to purchase more domestically made goods from small and medium-sized manufacturers.
- From The Fabricator
Metro Worldwide merges with Titan Bus
- Mar 1, 2021
- News Release
Metro Worldwide, a division of Pritchard Companies, and Titan Bus, a division of Verhoff Machine & Welding, have announced their merger. The companies, operating as Metro Titan Group (MTG) in Ottawa, Ohio, continue to provide shuttle buses while expanding product and production capabilities....
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