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The One Item You Underestimated In This Year's Budget
It’s the New Year. Hooray! In with the new, out with the old. Change.
Read MoreCreate A Road Map For 2009 At PMPAs
As we know all too well, 2008 was one of the most challenging years in recent memory, not only professionally, but also personally. Creating a road map to help our companies successfully navigate the challenges before us—as well as those that lie ahead—is the goal of Management Update 2009. With GPS-like precision, the Management Update Committee has selected speakers from a talented pool of professionals to help us address the most important areas of concern for any business leader.
Read MoreFamily Firms--Not To Be Ignored
When I grew up—way back in the mid-20th century—everyone aspired to have a job with a major national publicly traded company. If you could land a job with one of the big boys, you had a guaranteed job for life. General Motors.
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Material Impacts On The Precision Machining Industry - December 2008
The prices of all of the raw materials that we track are well below last year’s levels, and volatile. Producers are in a race all over the world to idle capacity to prevent excessive supply from further damaging their margins.
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Pigging Out: High Feed Machining Techniques For Small Cutters
Small machining applications—those relying upon tool diameters smaller than 2. 0 mm—are continuing to grow based upon both consumer demand and developing machining technology. It’s apparent that the trend to produce ever-tinier electronic goods will continue (smaller cell phones, minute keyboards, plastic ear buds, and so on); all require small and precise mold insert creation.
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In-House CMM: An Efficient Choice
MAPCO Precision Machining, a Canton, Mich.-based CNC parts manufacturing business, agrees that having its own CMM capability is an essential part of contract manufacturing today.
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Measurement Technologies Step Up to Production Machining Needs
The increasing capabilities of high-production turning equipment such as Swiss machines have also raised expectations for inspection technology. Determining the best solution requires a close look at the application and the needs of the end user.
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Best Of Both Worlds
The proven advantages of wiper technology for indexible insert cutting tools continue to evolve. This article looks at some of them.
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New Equipment Gives Students A Learning Boost
Haimer USA entered a partnership agreement with the Institute for Manufacturing Productivity at York Technical College (Rock Hill, S.C.). By supplying equipment to the school, the company gives students, and those already working in the manufacturing industry who receive training at York, exposure to processes that can make them and their employers more successful.
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PMPA Members Get New Financial Benchmarking Tool
As I write this in early October, the stock market has lost more than 30 percent, the federal government has signed on for $850 billion in bailout monies for the financial market, and the shared values of many major companies have fallen precipitously.
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PMPA Management Update 2009 – “The Good Stuff”
Are you uncertain about your company’s future? Does your company encourage a culture of innovation and creativity to enhance productivity and profitability? Are you looking for a new plan to market your company and grow your business? Are you looking to develop or strengthen offshore business opportunities?
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PMPA Works To Assure Sustainability In Metalworking Fluids
In September, PMPA members learned about the proposed Rule 1144 for the four-county Los Angeles/Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Former PMPA president Jim Hemingway of Alger Manufacturing LLC, Ontario, Calif., provided the information.
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