Published June 2018
By Miles Free III
In today’s fast-changing world, changing materials requirements make materials knowledge essential for machinists to successfully deliver parts to spec.
Author: Debbie Feiler
Published May 2018
By Miles Free III
Two PMPA members were honored by the Manufacturing Institute’s 2018 STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing.
Published May 2018
By PMPA Staff
More than 90 years ago, Clarence H. Gosiger founded the C. H. Gosiger Machinery Company in Dayton, Ohio.
Published May 2018
By Miles Free III
In my experience, when things go bad, the first questions asked are usually, “Who did this? Who is responsible?” These are the wrong questions to ask and will actually create obstacles to conducting the root cause analysis needed to make a permanent corrective action.
Published April 2018
By Matthew Hooper
Some of the fastest-growing disruptive technologies we see these days are online, cloud-based parts sales brokerage companies.
Published April 2018
By PMPA Staff
Long before he bought the machine that laid the foundation for Cox Manufacturing Co., William Cox, Sr. worked on airplanes for the United States military
Published April 2018
By Miles Free III
Thanks for asking about whether or not lead is a hazardous material. I can understand your curiosity, knowing I worked with lead in the lab, in the melt shop, in the mill where probably 25 percent of our product was leaded steel for machining and in PMPA member company shops when I am asked to help them solve process problems.
Published March 2018
By Sterling Gill III
Effective teams are an integral part to every company’s success.
Published March 2018
By PMPA Staff
A little more than 50 years ago in Watertown, Connecticut, Prime Engineered Components was only a handful of screw machines in a garage, making munitions for the Vietnam War efforts. Today, the company has grown into one of the largest ISO/TS-16949 certified, automatic screw machine companies in the region.
Published March 2018
By Miles Free III
It’s no argument that our world is changing. Our industry has gone from hunker-down mode and playing defense against overreaching regulatory abuse under the last administration, to a new normal where we are producing at record highs despite seasonality.