PMPA: Precision Machined Products Association
Technical Member Profile: Northwest Oil Company
Northwest Oil Company is a supplier of industrial lubricants and specialty fluids, including cutting oils, water-based coolants, grinding fluids, cleaners, degreasers and corrosion inhibitors. The company had its beginnings as a Union 76 truck stop in Wapakoneta, Ohio, owned by Dick Mowery.
Read MoreVision--Strategy--Success: Be Part of Your Industry's Annual Meeting
The Precision Machined Products Association Annual Meeting is our industry’s most influential, strategically oriented event. From October 24 to 28, at The Westin Savannah, in Savannah, Ga.
Read MoreMember Profile: EMC Precision Machining
EMC Precision Machining, manufacturers of precision machined products and assemblies, has a long history with PMPA, but has an even longer history of being a family-run business dedicated to its employees, customers and community. Brad Ohlemacher, the current president of EMC Precision Machining, is the fourth generation of Ohlemachers to work for the company.
Read MorePMPA Management Update ’08
The Precision Machined Products Association invites you to participate in this year’s Management Update Conference, to be held Thursday, February 28, to Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally planned for 2007, the conference was rescheduled for February 2008 to give the hotel and city time to recover from Hurricane Katrina. PMPA’s Management Update Committee chair, Katherine Coffman, president of Champion Screw Machine Engineering, Inc.
Read MoreRecent PMPA Listserve Topics
PMPA members use e-mail Listserves to share ideas, solve problems, sell excess material and equipment and learn about new business opportunities. Here is a list of topics that were recently discussed: Have a customer who needs quote for large quantity pin Delinquent customer account Bill pay and transfer controls Looking for help with AGT grinder control Radios on the shop floor Pre-employment tests Workers’ comp Work visa Speeds and feed on CDA 792 leaded nickel silver Product segregation Looking for material source Cutoff application in ETD150 in a 5/8 Acme Iemca CNC Boss 542 Ultem 100 machinability Oil containment systems Metric material Metric 304 tubing Source for 8622 barstock Looking for SS316 tubing source Extruded aluminum Davenport index stopping Used Fanuc robots VDI 30 tooling Tornos shave cam Cold-headed part Live Z unit BND34s, two wanted ISO 9001 design and development Remember that you must be a PMPA member to subscribe to the PMPA Listserves and to receive the benefits. .
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Meet The New PMPA President: Jim Hemingway
The PMPA installed its new president October 2007 at the PMPA annual meeting held in Tucson, Arizona. Jim Hemingway of Alger Manufacturing moved up from his role as first vice president to fill the position held by outgoing president Richard C. Gorton.
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Trends In Markets For Precision Machined Parts
What markets for precision machined parts are likely to grow? Which are stagnant? Are North American producers always more expensive than foreign sources? Which customer trends are likely to influence your machining business in the years ahead? These questions, and many others, are answered in PMPA’s newest “Business Intelligence Report: Trends in Markets for Precision Machined Products. ” The PMPA Marketing Committee commissioned market research firm Kleinhenz & Associates to work with members of PMPA’s staff to explore the trends that would affect the industry in the near future. There were two primary objectives.
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Technical Member Profile: Tornos Technologies
Tornos Technologies is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Swiss machine tools and automatic lathes. The company had its beginnings in the Swiss watch-making industry, which is known for its emphasis on superior mechanical precision.
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Member Profile: Accu-Swiss, Inc.
Accu-Swiss, Inc. is a custom manufacturer of precision, CNC-machined products, as well as a provider of fabrication and engineering services. Founded in 1977, the company is headquartered in Oakdale, California, about 90 miles east of San Francisco. It has 20 employees and occupies 10,000 square feet of space in two buildings.
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Technical Member Profile: Gosiger Import
Gosiger Import, a division of Gosiger Inc., markets precision machining equipment to manufacturers throughout the United States. The company’s three principal lines are Euroturn multi-spindle automatic screw machines, Nomura CNC Swiss turning centers and BTB flexible, rotary transfer machines.
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Technical Member Profile: New Dimension Metals Corp.
New Dimension Metals Corp. (NDM) is a supplier of cold-finished carbon and alloy steel bar products. The company was founded in 1990 in Dayton, Ohio, by John C. Gray, who has spent his entire career in the steel business.
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Member Profile: Ray Industries, Inc.
Ray Industries, Inc. specializes in precision thread rolling, as well as precision machining of ballscrews, lead screws, mechanical actuators, worms and threaded fasteners.
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