PM Blog

7 Nov 2014

A New Facility from the Old

Last month, PM traveled to Fair Lawn to celebrate Sandvik's grand opening of its new headquarters. What’s interesting is the new headquarters' facility was constructed on a portion of the original building footprint.

5 Nov 2014

ABB Joins UN Network to Promote Energy Efficiency

ABB announced at the UN Climate Summit in New York that it is joining the United Nations Environment Program’s global action on improving appliance and equipment efficiency.

Workforce Development 4 Nov 2014

Equipment Upgrades Equal Workforce Upgrades

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was recently awarded a JOBS1st PA Tech Grant of $148,970. PMPA wrote a letter to support the grant application.

29 Oct 2014

GF Machining Solutions Celebrates New California Facility

GF Machining Solutions welcomed more than 150 guests, including many city and state officials, at the grand opening of its new Irvine, California, facility on Oct. 9.

28 Oct 2014

OSHA Top 10 Violations from 2013

Savvy managers will make sure their safety training plans cover the general industry and general requirements topics listed here.

24 Oct 2014

Reshoring Optimism

The company recently announced a major shopfloor reconfiguration to free up manufacturing space for the influx on new business coming back to the U.S. from overseas.

22 Oct 2014

SMTCL Announces Upcoming U.S. Factory

To complement its current manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia, SMTCL has announced plans for a 100,000-square-foot facility to supply the North American market.

21 Oct 2014

PMPA Opposes OSHA’s Expanded Workplace Rule

The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) filed official comments opposing an administration proposal to place additional burdens on employers while loosening injury reporting requirements on employees.

Parts Cleaning 20 Oct 2014

Select an Efficient Cleaning System

For a shop to be as efficient as possible, management must take all aspects of the company into consideration, including its parts cleaning processes.

CNC & Machine Controls 20 Oct 2014

Tool Monitoring for Complex Machining

One of the biggest challenges to tool monitoring on a multitasking machine is coping with simultaneous cutting operations. Caron Engineering (Wells, Maine) designed a system to meet this challenge.