Author: Debbie Feiler
Published October 2017
By PMPA Staff
Before it was a 60-employee, full-service milling company capable of high-volume production across a number of different industries, Montague Tool and Manufacturing was a modest machine shop run by an owner with a knack for milling ingenuity.
Published October 2017
By Sterling Gill III
The game-changing Manufacturing for Future Generations (MFG) training resource from PMPA-MFG is available exclusively to PMPA member companies.
Published September 2017
By Sterling Gill III
Education and training have undergone many changes. What types of changes? How do these changes affect the quality of educational programming?
Published September 2017
By Miles Free III
I am often asked my opinion about a material’s machinability, and I have found that I have to assess the person’s motivation, job title and location before I can answer the question.
Published September 2017
By PMPA Staff
In 1985, Dave Chenevert started Swissline Precision in a small garage in Millbury, Massachusetts, with little more than six mechanical cam-driven Swiss machines.
Published August 2017
By Sterling Gill III
How do we grow? How can we compete? How do we identify our needs?
Published August 2017
By PMPA Staff
After forming ZPS America in 2008, the company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the only remaining multi-spindle screw machine manufacturer that produces both newly designed CAM and CNC multi-spindle machines in mass production.
Published August 2017
By Miles Free III
Technology or people. Which is your focus? It is not a defective question. It does not have a simple answer.
Published July 2017
By Sterling Gill III
Recruiting the future workforce is at the forefront of the minds leading our shops today. Previously, I talked about how shops can open their doors to people within their communities. Another avenue is to provide specific activities and events that focus on students.
Published July 2017
By PMPA Staff
Years before he started his own business from scratch, John Collins sold steel for some of the biggest metal companies in the world and had worked in mills and warehouses since 1971.