PM Blog
What you Need to Change to Thrive in Great Times
What keeps us afloat in bad times might prevent us from thriving in better times.
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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining, March 2017 - 58.4
The precision machining index grew at an accelerating rate for the fifth straight month.
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Toyota Donates Building to Education Center
The state of Kentucky is giving Boone County Schools an almost $7 million Work Ready Skills Initiative grant to convert a Toyota building into a high school.
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Somma Tool Announces the Acquisition of Reynolda Cutting Tools
Somma Tool Company has purchased the RCT line from Reynolda Manufacturing Solutions.
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Success One STEP at a Time
A certified woman-owned business owner has been recognized by PMPA and Illinois Manufacturers Excellence Center for her energy and accomplishments.
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ABB Sells its First Robot Manufactured in the U.S.
ABB recently sold its first U.S.-manufactured robot, a compact IRB 2600 with commemorative red, white and blue paint, to Hitachi Powdered Metals USA.
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Cutting Tool Consulting
Faced with a complex and challenging application, machine shops have a solid resource in cutting tool suppliers with engineering departments to help achieve their production goals.
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Sandvik Coromant Opens Project/Training Site at Don Schumacher Racing
Along with Don Schumacher Racing, Sandvik Coromant has announced the opening of a project and training site—a collaborative hub with a focus on automotive engineering projects and customized training—in Brownsburg, Indiana.
Read MoreDigital Tool Management Optimizes Shop Productivity
Although new methods for digital access to information are constantly being developed, the principle behind these systems is that every employee should have access to tool data.
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Indiana High School’s Precision Machining Program Receives One-of-a-Kind Donation
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling recently donated an Andretti-Autosport-branded tool management system to the Precision Machining program at Plymouth Community Schools.
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Unleaded Brass: Change Your Thinking
By recognizing and accommodating for their lack of lead, and the resultant different thermal conductivity, differences in chip forming and the need to up-tool for heavier feeds rather than higher speeds, your shop can be successful at making parts from these newer, more challenging grades.
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Training the Next Generation: Future Workforce Canada
Charles Ruecker, president of Core Powered, picked his collaborators to help realize his vision of bringing manufacturing to local high school students so they could see the career opportunities available for them in precision machining.
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