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Shop Management - Page 141
- From The Fabricator
How lean manufacturing focuses on both processes and outcomes
- By Jeff Sipes
- May 21, 2019
- Article
How many orders did we ship? Did the job ship on time? By the time you ask these questions, it’s too late to prevent the problem.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricated Products Group announces new leadership team
- May 21, 2019
- News Release
Fabricated Products Group (FPG), Frankfort, Ill., a custom fabricator and machine job shop specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of architectural systems and components, has named Dan Shields as president, Russell Enzenbacher as senior manufacturing engineer, and Mark Worrell...
- From The Fabricator
AAM named as General Motors 2018 Supplier of the Year
- May 21, 2019
- News Release
Detroit-based American Axle & Mfg. (AAM), a Tier 1 automotive supplier that provides driveline, metal forming, and casting technologies, has won a General Motors Supplier of the Year Award. The automaker recognized 133 suppliers from 15 countries for consistently exceeding GM’s expectations,...
- From The Fabricator
Yearlong slide in steel prices continues
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- May 21, 2019
- Blog Post
Steel prices have slid for the better part of a year, and they might be reaching the point where service centers feel compelled to more aggressively support the mills’ announced price hikes, which really haven’t had an impact.
- From The Fabricator
Growing the skilled labor base, one training center at a time
- By Tim Heston
- May 20, 2019
- Article
The lack of skilled labor has become a global issue, but a unique training company based in Europe is taking a fresh approach.
- From The Welder
Even in the world of large manufacturing, it’s about people for brand ambassadors
- By Josh Welton
- May 20, 2019
- Blog Post
Detroit welder-fabricator Josh Welton details how he arrived early to the social media brand ambassador game and why personal relationships are at the root of all of his successful and long-term business relationships.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators unite in the fight against uncertainty at FMA annual Meeting
As metal fabricators face a sea of uncertainties, they look to their peers for wisdom. They had a prime opportunity to do that at the FMA Annual Meeting in Nashville, March 5-7.
- From The Fabricator
Machine simulation provides real-world advantages for OEMs and fabricators
- By Daymon Thompson and Matt Prellwitz
- May 18, 2019
- Article
Programming with PC-based automation software and MATLAB®/Simulink® helps fabricating machines increase throughput, part quality, and plant efficiency.
- From The Fabricator
Inert gas supply feed hose available from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT
- May 16, 2019
- Product Release
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT has introduced inert gas feed hose assemblies with leak-tight fittings and a low outgassing rate. They transport argon, helium, and other inert gases to the welding zone without contamination. The rubber feed hose comes with a regulator, which connects to inflatable...
- From The Fabricator
For metal fabricators, free time is a luxury
- By Josh Welton
- May 15, 2019
- Blog Post
With many metal fabricators utilizing social media platforms like Instagram to promote business, more and more people are taking advantage of that with expectations of free advice, instruction, and help with personal projects.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing used to create model of a baby’s face
- By Don Nelson
- May 14, 2019
- Blog Post
I had never heard a touching story about 3D scanning or additive manufacturing until last week, when I visited FARO Technologies’ Lake Mary, Fla., facility to learn how the two technologies complement one another. The company’s senior applications engineer and scanning arm specialist, Les...
- From The Fabricator
Huntington Ingalls Industries hires corporate director, Advanced Technologies Office
- May 13, 2019
- News Release
Military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has hired James J. LaCroix as corporate director of its Advanced Technologies Office in Newport, R.I. LaCroix has more than 35 years of leadership and technical expertise gained at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. He holds...
- From The Fabricator
Are content provisions for fabricated metal products suggested in USMCA?
- By Stephen Barlas
- May 13, 2019
- Blog Post
A new U.S. ITC report on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement suggests that regional value contents rules, mostly associated with the automotive industry, could apply to other metal fabricated products, providing another boost to the domestic metals industry.
- From The Fabricator
BSH Home Appliances opens North Carolina facility
- May 9, 2019
- News Release
New Bern, N.C.-based BSH Home Appliances Corp. has opened an expanded dishwasher manufacturing facility in New Bern, N.C. The $32 million expansion adds 100,000 sq. ft. to the previous 245,000-sq.-ft. facility. The new facility includes new equipment and processes, centralized warehousing, a larger...
- From The Fabricator
Fictiv’s 2019 State of Hardware Report finds tariffs add cost, complexity
- May 7, 2019
- News Release
San Francisco-based Fictiv has released its fourth annual State of Hardware Report, exposing the effect of tariffs on an industry already struggling to bring products to market quickly and affordably. This year’s survey of 711 developers and manufacturers spanning 53 industries found that...
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