Published October 2019
By Carli Kistler-Miller
There are so many stories to tell and Carli encourages PMPA members to share their PMPA professional and personal stories.
Author: Debbie Feiler
Published October 2019
By Miles Free III
The properties of the steel materials we machine in our shops are the result of a complex interplay between chemical composition, developed by hot and cold work, and further controlled by various thermal treatments to develop microstructures.
Published September 2019
By Carli Kistler-Miller
Founded in 1953 by Mike Ondercin as a general machine shop, third-generation owner, Tanya DiSalvo, shares how Criterion Tools and Die in Brookpark, Ohio, continuously improves in “No Failure” industries.
Published September 2019
By Carli Kistler-Miller
A Peak Behind the Scenes at PMPA Carli explores the power behind PMPA ListServes which provide answers, recommendations and solutions through a peer-to-peer email network.
Published September 2019
By Miles Free III
Operational Excellence, Product Leadership, Customer Intimacy — one of these rules them all. Miles Free visited PMPA member, HORN at their headquarters in Germany and returned home with four questions which can be used to determine customer delight.
Published August 2019
By PMPA Staff
In 2019, at its new headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois, Tornos Technologies US celebrated its 60th anniversary as one of the world’s leading producers of Swiss-type automatic lathes and multi-spindle machines.
Published July 2019
By Miles Free III
You know your sales number, but do you know what it means?
Published July 2019
By PMPA Staff
For more than a decade, Peerless Machinery has made a name for itself in the industry by challenging some of the misconceptions associated with the used machine tool equipment market.