Chris Koepfer

Chris Koepfer Editor Emeritus

Change: The Only Constant

What a difference a couple of months makes. When I last sat at the keyboard to write this column, it was late August, and the number one thing on my mind was an upcoming trip to Europe to attend the EMO show in Hanover, Germany. For me, such priorities have been rearranged, not by choice, but by force.

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Search For A Silver Lining

  It’s not news that business conditions in most of the precision parts manufacturing sector have pretty much tanked. And it doesn’t look like any kind of dramatic turn around is on the near horizon, although there are some barely audible rumblings. Those might, of course, be hunger pangs.

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Basics

Getting To Know Us

Well you're holding issue three of Production Machining. So far, response to this publication dedicated to the screw machine industry has been better than we could have dreamed. We thank you very much. As most of you know, Gardner Publications publishes the magazines Production Machining and Modern Machine Shop.

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A Model For The 21st Century Builder?

For me, the first thing about Dr. Kapitza that stands out is his passion for the machine tool business. Whether you manufacture machining centers or multi-spindle screw machines, a machine tool business cannot be run from a textbook. It takes an understanding of the volatile cycles, which are endemic to the busines

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Work In Process

Why bring out a new magazine for the screw machine products industry? Well the short answer is that we believe Production Machining will give you information and insight that is unavailable elsewhere. Production Machining uses the staff and editors of Modern Machine Shop to create a practical and useful magazine de

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