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Shop Management - Page 293
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Your product is only as good as your service
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 18, 2016
- Blog Post
What good is having that new product or machine if you can’t get service when you need it? Smart companies provide exceptional service. It makes good business sense.
- From The Fabricator
Orangewood Partners acquires majority stake in George Industries
- Oct 18, 2016
- News Release
Orangewood Partners, a New York-based private investment firm, has acquired a majority interest in George Industries LLC, a designer and manufacturer of mission-critical engineered components in Endicott, N.Y. George Industries’ founding family, led by Mark and Dan Ciaravino, retains a...
- From The Fabricator
AP&C breaks ground on second plant
- Oct 18, 2016
- News Release
AP&C, a Montreal-based powder manufacturing subsidiary of additive manufacturing equipment supplier Arcam AB, is building a second powder plant in Saint-Eustache, Que. AP&C, which specializes in plasma atomized metal powders for additive manufacturing, plans to invest up to $23.6 million in this...
- From The Fabricator
Catalog features 5S, lean signs
- Oct 18, 2016
- Product Release
Visual Workplace Inc.’s new catalog features 5S, lean, and visual management products. Included in the literature are electrically operated, customizable workstations; digital scoreboards with 3-in. LED characters to relay safety messages; tool shadows and pegboard; dry-erase boards with custom...
- From The Fabricator
American Mine Research to acquire PEMCO Corp.
- Oct 17, 2016
- News Release
American Mine Research Inc. (AMR), a provider of electronic monitoring, control, and communications products in Rocky Gap, Va., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bluefield, Va.-based PEMCO Corp., a manufacturer of electrical and power distribution equipment. The acquisition is expected...
- From The Fabricator
Double-sheet detector measures without contacting the metal
- Oct 17, 2016
- Product Release
Prime Controls has introduced the DS600 double-sheet detector. Its noncontact, single-probe sensor detects nonferrous metals, such as 300 series stainless steel and aluminum) in thicknesses from 0.001 to 0.150 in. By measuring the effects of eddy currents on the nonferrous metal near its face, the...
- From The Fabricator
Blue Grass Metals appoints president
- Oct 17, 2016
- News Release
Blue Grass Metals, Independence, Ky., a metal fabrication and assembly company that provides metal forming, stamping, tubing, and metal-related components, has named Dale Badger as president. He succeeds Tony Schmidt, founder and former president, who will continue to serve as CEO. Badger joined...
- From The Fabricator
Learning to take cybersecurity seriously
Cybersecurity expert Steve Douglas shares his thoughts on why metal fabricators need to pay attention to just how they are protecting their internal information and files. Shops may not think they are targets, and that's when they are at their most vulnerable.
- From The Fabricator
Software offers 100 percent traceable compliance with welding procedures
- Oct 14, 2016
- Product Release
Kemppi and Weldindustry have developed WeldEye software to help decrease the time spent on documentation. The software offers welding process information at the push of a button, eliminating the need for manually compiled documentation and spreadsheets. The software integrates two welding...
- From The Fabricator
6 steps to delegation success
- By Mark Ernst
- Oct 14, 2016
- Article
Managers need to delegate. Delegation helps employees learn new skills and allows a business to grow. But delegation isn’t easy, and these six steps should help managers overcome the challenges.
- From The Fabricator
Bermo establishes on-site quotation services
- Oct 13, 2016
- News Release
Bermo Inc., a Minneapolis-based manufacturer specializing in metal fabricating, stamping, welding, and assembly, has launched Quoting On-Site To Excel (QOTE), a service that provides customers with prices at customer premises to help reduce quoting cycle time. The initiative is designed to provide...
- From The Fabricator
Single-hose breathable air system works with compressed air supply
- Oct 13, 2016
- Product Release
The Quality Air Breathing System model 50 SL, manufactured by Martech Services Co., works with the existing compressed air supply to provide grade D breathable air for a NIOSH-approved respirator. With the provided 54-in. tool air hose, it can supply air for a spray gun. The system is available...
- From The Fabricator
Closing the skills gaps through apprenticeships
As manufacturers look for the manufacturing engineers and machine operators to replace retiring baby boomers, they are finding that traditional recruitment efforts are lacking. Many find that it’s easier to groom their own workers rather than hoping that they turn up on the doorstep.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators and the 2016 presidential election
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 13, 2016
- Blog Post
The 2016 U.S. presidential election is 25 days away. Who will be the nation’s 45th president? “Fabricating Update” readers weighed in on who they are voting for and why.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication investment strategy: Keep buggering on
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 13, 2016
- Article
This year’s “Financial Ratios & Operational Benchmarking Survey” from the FMA shows an industry that’s facing tight competition, but also one that is pushing on, investing, and making efficient use of resources.
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