Miles Free Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA

14 Mar 2014

Optional Respirators: You Need a Program

Respirators or dust masks can provide an additional level of comfort and protection for the employees.

11 Mar 2014

Teamwork Leads to AS9100 Certification for Permac Industries

I asked a group of employees at Permac what were the unexpected challenges and what made their efforts work. If you are a manager, you might want to jot a few of these down.

Automotive 4 Mar 2014

American Honda—Exporting More Cars than Importing

We love foreign direct investment. We love the fact that Honda is paying the wages of about 13,700 employees here in Ohio.

25 Feb 2014

PMPA Member Participates at White House CEO Roundtable

Michael Tamasi, CEO of Accurounds, was called to the White House to share AccuRounds’ successes in building a partnership to re-employ local residents in the manufacturing industry.

13 Feb 2014

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting: What You Need to Consider

“If your shop used, for example, over one truckload of leaded steel, or over four truckloads of 303 stainless steel, or over 42,000 pounds of 360 brass last year, you need to read this.”

13 Feb 2014

Four PMPA Members Honored by STEP Awards

Four PMPA members were honored by the Manufacturing Institute’s second STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing.

11 Feb 2014

5 Positive Facts About U.S. Manufacturing

Great news for manufacturing from the latest Bureau of Economic Analysis news release on revised GDP statistics by industry.

28 Jan 2014

Reasons You Can’t Predict Firm Metals Pricing this Year

Your customers may demand that you give them firm pricing for raw materials, but here are four reasons that say “It ain’t gonna happen.”

21 Jan 2014

PMPA Members to be Awarded Manufacturing Institute’s STEP Award

PMPA congratulates the four PMPA members to be awarded the 2014 STEP Award by the Manufacturing Institute.

Parts Cleaning 17 Jan 2014

Craftsman's Cribsheet: Three Contributors to Plating Problems on Steel Parts

Plating difficulties are invariably related to three potential contributors: inadequate cleaning, insufficient stock removal and features of the part being plated.

Basics 8 Apr 2020

Deal Differently with Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty

Let's take a look at the differences between certainty, risk and uncertainty, examples of each, and how we make decisions when faced with these situations.