PM Blog
The Real inflation Rate
When we look at things we actually buy, we get a different look at inflation.
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Business Conditions Unchanged
But facilities with 20-249 employees saw improving business conditions in December.
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Online Search Engine for Machine Tools
This month Techspex launched its version 3.0 for its online machine tool search engine.
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How-To Guide Focuses on Developing and Recruiting a Skilled Workforce
The Manufacturing Institute has developed a one-stop, how-to guide on developing and recruiting a skilled workforce.
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Top Shops 2013 Winners
The 2013 Top Shops benchmarking program produced four Honors Program winners who were particularly effective in the program’s four categories.
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Another Crack in the ‘Glass Ceiling’
Nancy Peterson Hearn, chairman of the board at Peterson Tool Company, has been awarded the prominent Gold Micrometer Award by the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) for making significant contributions to the industry during her 40 years of service.
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Shipments Strong in November
PMPA’s Business Trends Index for November 2013 is 116, down 10 points from last month’s value, yet at the highest value we recall for November.
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Apprentice Wins Top Honor
One of Rochdale, England-based machine tool manufacturer, Holroyd Precision Limited's mechanical engineering apprentices won a top honor at Rochdale Training’s 44th annual prize-giving event on November 14.
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Paying it Forward
We all know that Detroit is undergoing rough times. However there are good things happening in and around the Motor City.
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Merry Christmas from PM!
We would like to wish all of our readers a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today we stray slightly from our typical industry content to offer you a little bit of Christmas trivia.
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The 'Skinny' on the New Year
One New Year's resolution you should seriously consider for your shop is to work on going as lean as possible, and our articles on productionmachining.com can help you reach your goal.
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More Tools for Swiss-Types
Iscar is expanding its line of square-shank toolholders for Swiss-type automatics and CNC machine tools by adding new tools for high pressure coolant and also tools without the internal coolant feature.
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