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Shop Management - Page 362
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Manufacturing Day welcomes Deloitte as Gold Sponsor
- Sep 28, 2015
- News Release
The Manufacturing DaySM 2015 co-producers have announced that Deloitte has pledged its support to the national movement at the Gold level. Manufacturing Day sponsors provide the resources to support manufacturers participating in the program, a grassroots effort by U.S. manufacturers to...
- From The Welder
Closing the skills gap
- By Timm Boettcher
- Sep 28, 2015
- Article
A collaborative approach between industry and education brings purpose to a student’s learning experience, gives them a realistic road map to help them develop future plans, all while helping meet local and regional workforce needs.
- From The Welder
Creating a safe welding environment
- By Stephanie Lowney
- Sep 28, 2015
- Article
Implementing safety measures in the welding environment doesn’t need to be a top-down activity. Involving employees and encouraging them to provide insight can go far in establishing a safe welding operation and maintaining it. Choosing dependable safety equipment is also important. More durable products last longer, which reduces costs. Safety products that fit well and are easy to use also reduce downtime and increase worker acceptance.
- From The Fabricator
The gap between exact and real world
Engineers often know how to design things, but not necessarily how to make them. Fabricators that can give the next generation of engineers an idea as to how metal parts are made are doing everyone in manufacturing a favor.
- From The Fabricator
Women in Manufacturing receives $100,000 grant from the GE Foundation
- Sep 25, 2015
- News Release
Women in Manufacturing (WiM) has received a $100,000 grant from the GE Foundation as part of GE’s Developing Skills program. WiM is a national organization based in Minneapolis dedicated to supporting women in the manufacturing sector with year-round programming and a national directory for...
- From The Fabricator
Felling Trailers’ online auction Oct. 12 to benefit Alzheimer’s disease organization
- Sep 25, 2015
- News Release
Felling Trailers, Sauk Centre, Minn., is conducting its third online auction of an FT-3 drop-deck utility trailer to benefit a nonprofit organization. This year the company manufactured and painted one of its most popular trailers Alzheimer’s purple to be auctioned online for 10 days during the...
- From The Fabricator
External-mix atomizing nozzles positively stop liquid flow
- Sep 25, 2015
- Product Release
Exair offers atomizing spray nozzles that mix liquid and air outside the nozzle and allow the air and liquid flows to be adjusted independently. The new, patent-pending, no-drip external-mix atomizing spray nozzles positively stop liquid flow when compressed air is shut off. The nozzles are...
- From The Fabricator
Proto Labs to acquire Alphaform AG
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
Proto Labs Inc., Maple Plain, Minn., a digital manufacturing source for custom prototypes and low-volume production parts, has reached agreement in principle to acquire select assets and operations of Alphaform AG, a service bureau based in Feldkirchen, Germany. The planned acquisition will include...
- From The Fabricator
NAM names VP of government relations
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Washington, D.C., has appointed Joe Trauger as its new vice president of government relations. He leads the government relations team responsible for coordinating the NAM’s advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill. Trauger previously served as the...
- From The Fabricator
Hawk Ridge Systems opens digital manufacturing lab in California
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
Hawk Ridge Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., a provider of 3-D engineering and manufacturing systems, has opened a new digital manufacturing lab to showcase its professional and production 3-D printers. The lab gives customers a place to test and prototype their 3-D designs. The ProJet 3D...
- From The Fabricator
NIMS receives new funding to advance U.S. precision manufacturing workforce
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), Fairfax, Va., has announced new funding in partnership with the National Network of Business and Industry Associations, an effort led by Business Roundtable and ACT Foundation, aimed at advancing skills, training, and talent development for the...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2015 brings roaring 3-D scanning event to Art Institute of Chicago
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
FABTECH® 2015, North America’s largest collaboration of technology, equipment, and knowledge in the metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing industries, brought 3-D scanning technology to the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago in September. Exact Metrology, a 3-D scanning...
- From The Fabricator
FMA seeking applicants for The FABRICATOR’s Industry Award
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., is seeking applicants for The FABRICATOR®'s 2016 Industry Award. For the past nine years, this award has celebrated companies or individuals in the metal forming and fabricating industry that have successfully improved...
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Cincinnati Sub-Zero celebrates 75 years in business
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
Cincinnati Sub-Zero, based in Cincinnati, is celebrating its 75th anniversary of providing temperature-management systems to a variety of industries. The company has been owned by the same family since it was founded in 1940 by Robert Jacobson as a distributor of the first practical freezer for...
- From The Fabricator
Caterpillar announces restructuring and cost-reduction plans
- Sep 24, 2015
- News Release
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., has announced significant restructuring and cost-reduction actions that are expected to lower operating costs by about $1.5 billion annually once fully implemented. The cost-reduction steps will begin in late 2015 and reflect recent, current, and expected market...
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