So I was sitting on the patio of the Hotel del Coronado with a couple of PMPA members talking about things on a beautiful San Diego afternoon when this lady with a hawk on her wrist came up.
At the recently concluded PMPA annual meeting in San Diego, the organization named Darlene Miller, president of and CEO of Permac Industries, as its new president. She's also the first female president of the association.
I remember visiting the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vt., several years ago and seeing examples of machine tools from the 19th century. I remember the detail attached to the casting of components used to assemble them.
Being of German heritage, I never met an Oktoberfest I didn’t like. This fall has been rife with opportunities to attend various translations of this German tradition.
Gibbs and Associates announced that it will collaborate with Gardner Business Medias’ Modern Machine Shop (sister publication to PM) to present a free webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m. Pacific) on October 16.
Through the years, leaders of many companies needed the courage to make the technological leap from machining precision parts on single-spindles to investing in their first rotary transfer machine.