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Shop Management - Page 153
- From The Fabricator
U.S. senator tours Harper College advanced manufacturing lab
- Feb 11, 2019
- News Release
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who in 2012 helped secure a $12.9 million Department of Labor grant to expand Harper College’s advanced manufacturing training program to other community colleges throughout Illinois, recently got to see some of the grant’s long-lasting effects firsthand during a tour of...
- From The Fabricator
Blickle opens facility in Georgia
- Feb 11, 2019
- News Release
Caster and wheel provider Blickle U.S.A. has opened a 62,491-sq.-ft., multimillion-dollar facility in Newnan, Ga. The opening completes Phase One of the company’s 19.5-acre U.S. headquarter campus. All U.S. operations are managed from the facility, including engineering, custom manufacturing,...
- From The Fabricator
Advanced Checkmate Mobile app from Dynamic Systems aids inventory management
- Feb 11, 2019
- Product Release
Dynamic Systems Inc. has introduced the Advanced Checkmate Mobile application, which uses bar codes to manage inventory and upload the information to any accounting system. The app is designed for businesses from small firms to larger manufacturers, distributors, and wholesale companies. It records...
- From The Fabricator
Linear friction welding on a large scale
A new, large linear friction welding machine opens the door for U.S. manufacturers to take on part development in a whole new way.
- From The Additive Report
What does today’s political environment mean for additive manufacturing in the U.S.?
- By Michelle R. Matisons
- Feb 8, 2019
- Blog Post
This is an edited version of a blog originally posted to MultiBriefs. For those utopians starry-eyed about emerging 3D printing/additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, former President Barack Obama’s enthusiasm was rather encouraging. As a new era has dawned in the White House, what is helping...
- From The Fabricator
New manufacturing report shows how worker turnover costs the industry
- By Gareth Sleger
- Feb 8, 2019
- 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
Finding a balance between lean tools and philosophy
- By Jeff Sipes
- Feb 8, 2019
- Article
Successful lean initiatives strike a balance between philosophy and the application of lean tools, such as 5S and visual management.
- From The Additive Report
Virginia research institute to build $25.5 million manufacturing center
- Feb 7, 2019
- News Release
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) plans to build a facility devoted to advanced manufacturing at its campus in Danville, Va. It’s scheduled for completion in 2021. The mission of the $25.5 million, 51,250-square-foot Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) is to teach the...
- From The Fabricator
Tariffs hurting America’s food service equipment manufacturers, says NAFEM
- Feb 7, 2019
- News Release
Tariffs on Chinese imports, along with tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, are making it more expensive to produce the commercial food service equipment and supplies, according to a recent survey by the Chicago-based North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM). More than...
- From The Fabricator
Fontijne Grotnes acquires Atlanta Grotnes Machine
- Feb 7, 2019
- News Release
Niles, Mich.-based Fontijne Grotnes Inc. has acquired Atlanta Grotnes Machine Co., located in Atlanta. The company will rebrand under the Grotnes name, have its headquarters in Niles, and continue operating satellite offices in Atlanta and Monterrey, Mexico. Grotnes is a provider of metal forming...
- From The Fabricator
PCS to repurpose Louisiana facility for steel fabrication
- Feb 7, 2019
- News Release
PCS, a Crest Industries company, has begun repurposing its entire facility in Eunice, La., to support the steel fabrication capacity at its sister company, DIS-TRAN Steel, in Tioga, La. A significant amount of plate processing from the Tioga plant will be moved to the Eunice facility. In addition,...
- From The Fabricator
Tesla acquires Maxwell Technologies
- Feb 7, 2019
- News Release
Electric car maker Tesla has announced the purchase of battery manufacturer Maxwell Technologies Inc.
Tesla Inc. expects to deliver 360,000 to 400,000 vehicles in 2019, a growth rate of 45 percent to 65 percent compared with 2018.
- From The Fabricator
Software helps cutting tool maker organize documentation for ISO certification
- Feb 6, 2019
- Product Release
SituationThe management teams of CountyLine Tool, a cutting tool manufacturer and refurbisher in East Peoria, Ill., were working toward the goal of ISO certification. But there was an elephant in the room: The company’s entire documentation was printed and kept in binders, and it was becoming...
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Sheet, tube fabricator increases productivity by 40 percent with automated material storage/delivery
- Feb 6, 2019
- Product Release
SituationKönig Metall, Gaggenau, Germany, is a fourth-generation family-owned business that processes sheet metal, tubes, and pipes for numerous industries, including electronics and automotive. The company, which employs 600 people in Germany and more than 1,200 worldwide with subsidiaries in...
- From The Fabricator
Keeping up with education, keeping up with manufacturing
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 6, 2019
- Blog Post
After high school graduation and a few years at a technical school, or maybe four years at a university, you’re done, right? Racking up 14 to 16 years in classrooms, full-time, should be more than enough for a career, shouldn’t it? How much education does the modern world really need from you?...
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