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Content about Fabricators and Manufacturers Association® - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
A guide to FABTECH 2023 in Chicago
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Aug 14, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
This September, FABTECH returns to Chicago as North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event of the year. Here's everything you need to know about the 2023 metal manufacturing tradeshow at McCormick Place.
- From The Fabricator
FMA’s Foundation, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, names 2023 Fall Scholarship Recipients
- Jun 22, 2023
- Shop Management
- News Release
NBT has awarded scholarships to 42 deserving students for the upcoming 2023 fall semester.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2023 unveils stellar lineup of keynote speakers and expert panels
- May 24, 2023
- Shop Management
- News Release
FABTECH 2023, the largest event in North America for metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing, has announced its schedule of keynote sessions and expert panels for the upcoming show.
- From The Fabricator
Bystronic contributes to NBT’s mission of building a diverse manufacturing workforce
- Apr 27, 2023
- Shop Management
- News Release
Bystronic Inc. has pledged its support to all 2023 girls-only Summer Manufacturing Camps funded by Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of FMA, to encourage more young women to pursue a manufacturing career.
- From The Fabricator
Precision metal fabrication needs more exposure to those outside manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 24, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Last month's FMA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas highlighted the need for outreach, but also showed all the enriching teamwork and problem-solving that the metal fabrication sector has to offer the manufacturing industry as whole.
- From The Fabricator
FMA names 2023 Safety Award winners
- Apr 17, 2023
- Safety
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International has announced the recipients of this year’s Safety Awards. Open to all FMA Business members, the program acknowledges metal fabrication companies for achieving safety records better than the OSHA recordable rate for their North American...
- From The Fabricator
FMA forms affiliate Association of Metals Processors and Distributors
- Apr 13, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. has announced the formation of a new affiliate, the Association of Metals Processors and Distributors (AMPD).
- From The Fabricator
Financial survey reveals metal fabrication growth spurt for 2023
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 26, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
FMA’s “Financial Ratios & Operational Benchmarking Survey” reveals the results of a growth spurt. It isn’t a bad time to be a metal fabricator.
- From The Fabricator
2023 metal fabrication forecast: Reshoring gets real for manufacturers
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 19, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Although talk of a 2023 recession pervades mass media, metal fabricators don’t expect a significant slowdown. The data supports their view. Much of that has come from real evidence of reshoring and nearshoring across the manufacturing sector.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2022 welcomes nearly 30,000 attendees in Atlanta
- Dec 1, 2022
- Shop Management
- News Release
FABTECH 2022, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event, made its return to Atlanta in November.
- From The Fabricator
Consolidating the curiously fragmented business of precision metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 29, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Realizing automation’s competitive advantage, metal fabrication is becoming even more capital-intensive. This and other factors might push the industry toward new levels of consolidation.
- From The Fabricator
How flexibility will shape metal fabrication’s future
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 24, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Many fabricators and manufacturers attending FABTECH aren’t looking to cut, bend, or weld faster. They’re looking for ways to stop on a dime, change direction, and adapt.
- From The Fabricator
Camp introduces girls to manufacturing and helps find that ‘maker gene’
- By Gareth Sleger
- Sep 16, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Middle-school-age girls at a Chicago-area manufacturing camp discover their maker gene by working with metal, designing on CAD, and operating machines, power tools. The GADgET Girls Camp at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., was part of the Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs summer camp series.
- From The Fabricator
Finding flow in custom metal fabrication with an efficient shop floor layout
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 25, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
A decade ago, a speaker at an FMA lean manufacturing conference revealed a proposed shop layout to promote flow. The bones behind the concept still apply to the industry today.
- From The Fabricator
NBT Foundation awards $50,500 in manufacturing scholarships
- Jun 28, 2022
- Shop Management
- News Release
Thirty-two students pursuing manufacturing careers received scholarships toward their postsecondary studies from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA).
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