Published May 2016
By PMPA Staff
For almost 25 years, PartMaker Inc., a subsidiary of Autodesk’s Delcam unit, has worked tirelessly to stay on the cutting edge of CAD/CAM software solutions—even when the CNC industry was still catching up to it.
Author: Debbie Feiler
Published April 2016
By PMPA Staff
Manufactured goods are an integral part of our life at home and work.
Published April 2016
By PMPA Staff
Zach came to work for NEM in January 2015, as part of a co-operative position that was developed to have a junior and senior employee share a full-time machinist position.
Published April 2016
By PMPA Staff
In July 1966, two engineers, Richard Lawton and Ernie Corts, with over 50 years combined experience working in the screw machine industry, partnered to start Buell Automatics Inc.
Published April 2016
By Miles Free III
The commercial demands of keeping our shops busy, machines up and running and employees working means that many of us spend just enough time to get the job to the floor, but no more.
Published March 2016
By Miles Free III
Americans today still believe that manufacturing is the foundation of a strong economy.
Published March 2016
By PMPA Staff
In 1964, Donald Holbrook took two Brown & Sharpe cam screw machines he purchased from a dissolved machine shop and set them up in a bay of the garage of his family home in North Easton, Massachusetts, to create what would become North Easton Machine Company (NEM).
Published March 2016
By Miles Free III
Customers are quick to scold and point out perceived waste in our plant operations, but when was the last time you evaluated your customers to see how much waste and lost revenue your customers create for your companies?
Published February 2016
By Miles Free III
When was the last time you evaluated your customer list to see how much waste and lost revenue your customers create for your companies?
Published February 2016
By Bernie Nagle
In coordination with our advocacy team in Washington, The Franklin Partnership and PMPA members recently spent two hectic days thrashing shoe leather in the halls of the House and Senate office buildings in D.C.