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More from Gareth Sleger
- From The Additive Report
New HP facility in Spain raises bar for additive manufacturing production, design, collaboration
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jul 23, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
HP’s newly opened, 3-acre research facility in Barcelona solidifies the company’s commitment to integrating digital technologies with 3D printing. It also offers a prime setting for aligning HP engineering, R&D groups, customers, and partners.
- From The Fabricator
U.S. manufacturing growth hits three-year low as tariffs continue impact
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jul 2, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
ISM released its June Report on Business this week, registering its lowest PMI, 51.7 percent, since October 2016 and a 4.3 percent drop below a 12-month average. The manufacturing growth slowdown in sectors like fabricated metal products has been mostly blamed on volatile tariff tensions.
- From The Welder
What was your first welding machine? These welders share theirs.
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jun 21, 2019
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
Welders share a passion for metal fabrication unmatched by others in the industry. For many, it started with a bond they formed with their first welding machine.
- From The Fabricator
Workstation mobility for metal fabricators on the shop floor
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jun 18, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Newcastle Systems has spent the better part of the past decade and a half developing mobile workstations and industrial lithium batteries for manufacturing shop floors and warehouses. And now it is focusing on metal fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
Growing popularity of career signing days goes nationwide
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jun 12, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Henrico County Public Schools started a career signing day for students graduating from its Career and Technical Education program. But when the event gained national attention, it also addressed the value of beginning a manufacturing career right out of high school and the growing crisis surrounding college debt.
- From The Additive Report
Stratasys increases its 3D-printing footprint across auto racing
- By Gareth Sleger
- May 25, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Stratasys, a longtime provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions across auto racing, recently announced partnerships with Don Schumacher Racing and Arrow SPM at Rapid + TCT in Detroit. The AM company also will feature a Stratasys logo on 13 of the 33 IndyCars at the Indy 500.
- From The Additive Report
To 3D-print or not to 3D-print? Software identifies parts for AM
- By Gareth Sleger
- Apr 17, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
The Additive Manufacturing Part Identifier (AMPI) platform from German AM software company 3YOURMIND helps analyze and organize inventories to determine what parts are suitable for 3D printing.
- From The Fabricator
Bicycle design program rethinks manufacturing education
- By Gareth Sleger
- Apr 8, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Minnesota State College Southeast will launch its Bicycle Design & Fabrication program this fall, offering students a chance to learn advanced manufacturing, engineering, fabrication, and design skills. The program, with hopes to help bridge the manufacturing skills gap, is the first of its kind worldwide and has drawn the interest of Generation Z students.
- From The Fabricator
Section 232 panel addresses how tariffs affect supply chain
- By Gareth Sleger
- Mar 12, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Now that a year has passed since President Donald Trump imposed the Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, how has it played out for metal fabrication and other metalworking sectors? That was the focus of the “232 Tariffs and Quotas: The Mechanism of Protection” panel discussion, which took place during the FMA Annual Meeting in Nashville.
- From The Fabricator
ISM shows February manufacturing slowdown, but industry keeps expanding
- By Gareth Sleger
- Mar 5, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released its February Report on Business last week, registering a 54.2 percent PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) – a 2.4 percent drop from January. But many manufacturing analysts blame the slowdown on February's particularly brutal winter weather while shutting down recession risk in the near-term.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing survey shows productivity growth in Northeast Ohio
- By Gareth Sleger
- Feb 20, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The State of Northeast Ohio Manufacturing Report indicates that the region’s manufacturing industries, including metal fabrication, continue to be productive despite a skills gap, plateauing economic expansion, evolving tariffs, and rising raw material costs.
- From The Fabricator
New manufacturing report shows how worker turnover costs the industry
- By Gareth Sleger
- Feb 8, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A report released from Tooling U-SME, The True Cost of Turnover, finds that monetary drain of employee turnover can cost manufacturers hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Data from the report substantiates the growing skills gap problem in manufacturing.
- From The Fabricator
January jobs, ISM reports show continued manufacturing growth
- By Gareth Sleger
- Feb 2, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
January’s jobs report released on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that U.S. companies added around 304,000 jobs last month with manufacturing creating 13,000 jobs. This coincided with positive numbers from January's ISM report, which registered a 56.6 percent PMI. Metal-working sectors benefited from manufacturing expansion, including those in fabricated metal products and primary metals.
- From The Fabricator
South Carolina metal fabricator honors longtime employees with new cars
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jan 24, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
For their four decades of service to Anderson, SC, metal fabrication company Sargent Metal, Amanda Tiller, a customer service representative, and Doug Getsinger, a MIG welder, were each surprised with a brand-new 2018 Nissan Rogue to celebrate their 40-year work anniversaries.
- From The Additive Report
How metal additive manufacturing has changed over a decade
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jan 18, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Additive manufacturing is gaining traction. And materials manufacturers are investing more in developing new metal additive materials. That’s a big change from 10 years ago or even just five years ago. How far has metal additive come in the last decade, and what’s on the horizon for the rapidly growing technology? The Additive Report reached out to four experts in the metal additive space for their insight.
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