Published November 2006
By PMPA Staff
When the Howard H. Fischer Company was founded in 1957, carbide tooling was still relatively unknown.
Author: Debbie Feiler
Published November 2006
By Miles Free III
Copper is selling for $3.70 per pound at the time that I am writing this in mid-September.
Published August 2006
By Miles Free III
You have a new customer located in Germany who is not experienced in the logistics of importing from the United States.
Published August 2006
By PMPA Staff
When a vocational school in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, recently found itself without a CNC lathe, a number of PMPA members and non-members came to the rescue.
Published August 2006
By PMPA Staff
Bill Sammon, the senior White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner, will speak at the PMPA Annual Meeting during the Business Session to be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2006.
Published August 2006
By Miles Free III
Having worked with and supplied a number of Japanese transplant manufacturing companies, I was always impressed with the depth of their systems and planning that made just-in-time work for them.
Published July 2006
By Miles Free III
“Continuous Improvement (CI) of the people and processes under my authority” is the fourth point of my internal compass.
Published July 2006
By PMPA Staff
High Tech Research, Inc. (HTR) develops software and turnkey systems for manufacturing plants.
Published July 2006
By PMPA Staff
“Energy is the most strategic factor in global geopolitics,” states Dr. Michael Economides, one of the speakers at the upcoming PMPA Annual Meeting.
Published July 2006
By Miles Free III
Two incidents early in my career started me on the path to learning all that I could about how tools fail.