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CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ORDERS UP 104 PERCENT
The machine tool business remains strong, but AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association both view the rest of the year with cautious optimism, given the weakness in parts of the economy and the Dow’s recent plunge.
Equipment Financing: Guarded But Growing
Bankers and finance executives in the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation report that confidence in the U.S. economy and the capital markets – which drives more consumer goods, equipment and durables, and investments – remains strong for the next four months. But an underlying uncertainty is the reason that forecasts remain guarded.
ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN? NOW IS THE TIME TO FINANCE EQUIPMENT
Moving On Up: In this uncertain economy, increasing or upgrading that equipment is an expense and risk that many decision makers are avoiding. However, with low interest rates and numerous incentives, David Malone of Community Bank explains why this may be the best opportunity ever to finance equipment for your business and gain that competitive edge you need.
Premier Tool & Die to Restart Vacant Plant
Premier Tool & Die Cast plans to acquire the shuttered plant IGC Die Castings in Dowagiac, MI, and invest $3.2 million to install a new diecasting line for zinc and aluminum at the site, which may have as many as 100 workers employed there in the next 18 months.
Micro Waterjet Delivers First Fully Enclosed System To Switzerland
The totally enclosed microwaterjet® F4 is a next-generation machine with a polymer concrete base that ensures platform rigidity to maintain ±3 micron positioning accuracy necessary for continuous precision production.
EX-IM Bank Doubles MAG Working Capital to $20 Million
The increase enables the manufacturer to handle increased foreign demand for its products, which will increase sales and help maintain approximately 100 high quality manufacturing jobs related to exports.
REDUCE YOUR PRECISION GRINDING COSTS
Flexibility is the key to making money in precision grinding. If you are looking for ways to reduce your grinder operating costs and improve your margins, check out the flexibility these machines offer.
EDUCATION: CHANGING THE STATUS QUO
Doing More With Less: Guest columnist Dale Petts of Simonds International sees a perfect storm brewing as baby boomers retire and young people view factory work as dirty, dangerous and unfulfilling. But he also sees an industry that is discovering how online training technology can build the competitive value of its workforce.
FROM TRAINING TO PRODUCTION: NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DO IT
An offline personal computer can be used to train the operators, who then run the program on a virtual control to prove it out, all before running it on a costly machine tool . . . Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry explains how this evolution of the quasi-CAM system brings so many advantages to the shop.
HORIZONTAL MACHINING & ROBOTIC WELDING IN CELL CONFIGURATION
The cell system uses a Toyoda FA800 horizontal machining center and two 6-axis ABB robotic welding units to address current production constraints at D&S Manufacturing.
Flow Recognized with 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Customer Excellence Award
The waterjet manufacturer is honored for implementing a multi-phased roll-out of the enterprise-wide platform that contains financial, project tracking, inventory control and supply chain management software, initially across eight countries, with over 400 system users in six languages.
Industry Watch: People
People making recent headlines in the business of fabricating and metalworking.
