Rocky Mountain Edition of the A2Z Manufacturing Magazines Nov 2022

Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, ID, MT & WY)

When will the shoe fall? We’re in a recession, or are we? Is it here or is it coming? True, it is highly unusual to see positive economic indicators paired with historic labor and supply chain challenges. According to the Institute for Supply Management, the manufacturing economy is forecast to keep expanding for the rest of 2022, at the rate of 9.2 percent. That is 2.7 percentage points higher than a December 2021 forecast of 6.5 percent.

Okay, you might say, these are forecasts, and they may not match what happens in reality. But when you look at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from a cross section of the $1 tril lion equipment finance sector, it showed their overall new business volume for September was $10.2 billion, up 11 percent year-over-year from new business volume in September 2021. Volume was up 16 percent from August.

ELFA President Ralph Petta said, “Third quarter new business volume in the equipment finance industry is exceptionally strong, indicating that the eco nomic contraction projected by many economists has not yet arrived. Another data point supporting this is that end users of commercial equipment continue to make on-time payments to their finance providers.”

The Deloitte report says that optimism in revenue growth is held in check by caution from ongoing risks, most notably supply chain instability and workforce shortages. More than 1/3 of executives surveyed rate the workforce issue as their top priority for 2022.

Manufacturing businesses must proactively put plans in place to lessen the workforce shortages risk. Our cover article story demonstrates how businesses, regardless of their size as well as their mix of products (low volume, high mix included), can automate. In fact, the shop interviewed in Idaho has nearly a 1:1 ratio of employees to Cobots. It can be done.

Interestingly, there may be a silver lining to the workforce shortage postpandemic. Plans to enroll in a four-year college are declining, with a 14% drop in teens saying they plan to enroll at a four-year university compared to before the pandemic. NPR says that more than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began.

If they are going to work, and many are, they are often going into positions like service or distribution. And while these industries have raised wages, likely they will not pay what a person can make in manufacturing over time.

As an industry, we need to rethink our approach to hiring if we want to attract talent today. Staying the course could be devastating for manufactur ing industry and the U.S. economy. The Deloitte study found that younger workers don’t view manufacturing as a sector that allows for flexibility. Maybe we’re going to have to offer options like flexible work hours. And pandemic has helped companies see that your work can still be done at different times than the 9-to-5 we’re used to. Automation will help, but there will always be a need for a workforce, albeit a smaller one. I think those that embrace flex ibility will win the smaller available talent pool. Until next issue, I wish you the best, and as always, God Bless our Troops, our healthcare providers and our First Responders.

Linda Daly, Publisher

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Announcements & Releases

KD Capital Equipment Welcomes Bill Bursik To Their Team!

KD Capital Equipment is very excited about the addition of Bill Bursik to our team. Bill brings a wealth of experience and professionalism in particular in the area of specialty cnc turning applications where for many years he was in charge of overseeing engineering and turnkey projects for major machine tool manufacturers. In addition, his technical expertise and 31 years of sales management experience for a major machine tool distributor will no doubt provide our organization and the used machine tool marketplace a tremendous resource for equipment values and manufacturing solutions for our valued customers.

Please feel free to reach out to Bill for your CNC Machining or Fabrication machinery needs. Welcome to our team Bill!

Machine Shops Are The New Sexy!

By: Matt Wardle; JD Machine Workforce Development Chair

I ran across an article in CNBC about a startup that raised $90M

in private equity money to get in the machined parts business. You can check out the article here. I’ve shared this article with a few of my NTMA buddies outside of Utah and it’s been an interesting discussion point.

I think Chris Power is a very charismatic salesman but I do believe he made a good case for investing in U.S. manufacturing. Some of his points are flat out demeaning and I can’t wait to see how it will all play out when he tries to spin up an entire company doing job shop work. I wonder how patient his customers and investors will be as he brings on hundreds of new people, equipment and customers.

There are so many things that can go wrong with each job we run. The complexity of this business cannot be underestimated and developing the culture, systems, brain-trust, etc. is not for the faint of heart. One takeaway is that people with a lot of money to invest are betting on the future of our industry.

Announcements & Releases

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for September was $10.2 billion, up 11 percent year-over-year from new business volume in September 2021. Volume was up 16 percent from $8.8 billion in August. Year-to-date, cumulative new business volume was up nearly 6 percent compared to 2021.

Receivables over 30 days were 1.5 percent, unchanged from the previous month and down from 1.6 percent in the same period in 2021. Charge-offs were 0.17 percent, unchanged from the previous month and down from 0.35 percent in the year-earlier period.

Credit approvals totaled 77.3 percent, up from 75.2 percent in August. Total headcount for equipment finance companies was down 2.4 percent year-over-year.

Separately, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) in October is 45, a

decrease from the September index of 48.7.

ELFA President and CEO Ralph Petta said, “Third quarter new business volume in the over-$1 trillion equipment finance industry is exceptionally strong, providing fresh evidence that the economic contraction projected by many economists has not yet arrived. Another data point supporting this relatively benign economic scenario is extremely low delinquencies, indicating that end users of commercial equipment continue to make on-time payments to their finance providers.”

Hollis Bufferd, CEO, Star Hill Financial LLC, said, “Despite continued challenges in the supply chain, inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, the industry and our finance company continue to grow. Like our peers, we have continued expectations for the balance of 2022, as end-users plan for year-end capital acquisitions. Charge-offs and delinquencies remain at historic lows. The probability of continued Fed interest rate increases on the horizon creates some uncertainty, but we are seeing increased demand for fixed rate leases and loans to support our clients’ capital expenditures. With an eye on global economic disruptions, I am cautiously optimistic.”

The MLFI-25 is the only near-real-time index that reflects capex, or the volume of commercial equipment financed in the U.S. TThe MLFI-25 is a financial indicator that complements the durable goods report and other economic indexess.

L3Harris’ RASOR EDGE

As the U.S. military builds more and more complex mission-enabling technologies, individual components become tightly coupled in these systems-of-systems, which adds unneeded complexity when looking to insert new capabilities into the architecture.

Traditional development strategies degrade the ability to rapidly adapt to changing battlespace dynamics. As such, the U.S. Department of Defense is moving toward a modular system approach to promote interchangeability and interoperability with capabilities from a wide variety of sources.

Modular Open System Approaches (MOSA) are gaining traction within the DOD, with requirements aligned to MOSA being included in new industry requests for information and proposals. Further, the individual military branches are beginning to converge on agreements regarding best practices and standards to increase total-force alignment.

“If you think of the war of yesteryear and the next peer-topeer conflict – where the United States will go up against highly sophisticated adversaries that might have the ability to challenge or defeat our communication capabilities –our military needs to rapidly adapt in the field to meet new requirements,” said Brendan O’Connell, president of L3Harris’ Broadband Communications business.

Additionally, 70 percent of typical procurement costs are reserved for outyear support and sustainment; a modular approach significantly reduces the financial burden of these considerations due to the on-the-fly insertion capabilities it offers.

RASOR aligns to major U.S. DOD and industry-adopted technical standards and embraces an innovative design to enable rapid technology insertion and capability deployment fit for the near-peer fight and Joint All-Domain Command and Control operations.

There are numerous complex integration challenges involved in designing open systems architecture, according to Matt Tuttle, L3Harris Product Management manager. One step toward mitigating the complexity is L3Harris’ RASOR development concept as a system within a system that empowers and enables third parties to interface with the company’s ecosystem.

RASOR leverages a tight form factor with a reference architecture and design that can be easily manipulated to meet unique requirements in manned and unmanned aerial, ground and naval platforms.

“Because of our design approach, we have been able to truly minimize the time in which we can customize RASOR to meet bespoke requirements,” Tuttle added.

The L3Harris RASOR chassis, known as RARE™ (Rapidly Adaptable Ruggedized Enclosure), bring a highly innovative additive manufacturing approach leveraging various advanced-manufacturing technologies, such as 3D-printing. RARE can scale from three to 12 slots with customized modules, which include L3Harris-proprietary technology as well as third-party solutions. The individual modules provide a wide breadth of cross-domain capabilities with multi-level security, from resilient line-of-sight and beyondline-of-sight communications to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Command and Control, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing and Electronic Warfare.

The company is “quickly pacing to become” the industry leader in providing cross-domain security and encryption, an imposing challenge for modular systems, according to Tuttle. Moreover, the innovation in the adaptability in the chassis design is “very pivotal” and is strengthened by the core ecosystem software known as Dynamic Software Capability

Orchestrator, or DSCO™.

DSCO brings the entire ecosystem of once dissimilar capabilities together through task, chassis and resource management functions, Tuttle added. The innovative approach also enables rapid capability insertion via software development kits and open-source Docker and Kubernetes, which empower third parties to leverage L3Harris’ hardware and ecosystem with a software approach that “containerizes” native code and runs it through an agnostic process to deploy or undeploy at needed scale.

RASOR is building upon a strong pedigree of earlier generation open systems, such as the Advanced Signal Processing Engine (ASPEN™), fielded on the U.S. Army UH-64 Apache, and several programs within the classified space. L3Harris started fielding open systems last decade and continues to build off of the lessons learned while integrating new industry standards.

The company invested internal research and development into studies on how to implement the technology and conducted rigorous study and analysis to prove its battlereadiness. The company is also leveraging best practices from its long-standing relationship with the U.S. National Security Agency in developing RASOR’s security architecture, he added.

Amazon Project Kuiper Satellites Join Debut Flight Of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Rocket

The first flight of United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket won’t just take a startup’s lunar lander into orbit when it launches in early 2023, it’s going to carry two satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper in orbit as well.

The Centennial-based rocket company and Seattlebased Project Kuiper, the Amazon offshoot aiming to build an internet service using thousands of satellites, announced that two small test satellites for the internet service will launch as a secondary payload aboard the first Vulcan Centaur rocket expected to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the first quarter of 2023.

Project Kuiper has become a major customer for ULA, having already contracted

launches on nine of ULA’s Atlas V rockets and another 38 using the Vulcan Centaur rocket that ULA is developing as its launch vehicle of the future.

“ULA is scheduled to provide 47 launches for our satellite constellation, and using Vulcan Centaur for this mission will give us practical experience working together ahead of those launches,” Project Kuiper said.

The main payload for the maiden Vulcan launch remains the Peregrine lunar lander being built by Pittsburgh-based startup Astrobotic.

The Vulcan launch deepens the connection between ULA and billionaire Jeff Bezos. Bezos founded Blue Origin, a space manufacturer based in Kent, Washington, and with offices in Highlands Ranch, that makes the BE-4 engines ULA is using to power Vulcan rockets off the launch pad.

ULA has been waiting for the first flight versions of BE-4 engines to be delivered so it can build the first Vulcan rocket and launch it.

Each Vulcan uses two BE-4 engines to provide 1.1 million pounds of lift for its booster stage. One engine from the first set has been delivered by Blue Origin, ULA said, and another is on its way to final acceptance testing.

The 2,500-employee rocketmaker expects to finish assembly of the first Vulcan in its Decatur, Alabama, factory and deliver the rocket to Cape Canaveral next month. The Vulcan will go through test fueling and a test firing in December and, barring issues, is expected to be ready for a first-quarter launch.

The switch to Vulcan for the

Medtronic To Spin Off Monitoring, Respiratory Intervention Businesses

Medtronic plans to spin off its patient-monitoring and respiratory intervention businesses into a new company.

The two businesses together account for about $2.2 billion in annual revenue, or about 7% of Medtronic’s total revenue of $31.7 billion, and about 8,000 employees.

The patient monitoring group includes business lines such as Nellcor pulse oximetry products, a brain-monitoring system called BIS and HealthCast, a platform that gathers medical information from devices and feeds it to either electronic medical records or to physicians, including in real time.

The respiratory intervention group includes Puritan Bennett ventilators — a business that saw a surge of sales early in the Covid-19 pandemic, when ventilators were one of the few treatments for the disease.

Medtronic said that the two businesses had revenue growth and gross margin profiles that were slightly lower than the overall company, but an operating margin profile that is slightly higher.

Medtronic’s financial advisers on the transaction are Perella Weinberg Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. Its legal advisers are Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and

In a statement, Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha said the move would boost growth prospects for both Medtronic and the still-unnamed new business (dubbed “NewCo” for now). “This separation will allow Medtronic to focus our company and our capital on opportunities better aligned with our long-term strategies to accelerate innovation-driven growth, and will position NewCo to unlock value,” he said.

In the past few years, the company began a restructuring aimed at tailoring the company’s growth in key areas. Earlier this year, for example, Medtronic and Denverbased DaVita Inc. said they would form a new company using kidney care operations from both businesses.

Medtronic said that the latest spinoff could be completed within 12 to 18 months, though there are still some big questions — including who will lead the new company. Currently, the respiratory intervention business is led by Ariel Mactavish; Frank Chan leads the patient monitoring business.

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There’s also the question of a headquarters for the new company. Medtronic is legally based in Dublin, but its executive leadership in is Fridley, Minnesota.

But neither of the two business lines is based in those locations. Both business leaders are based in Colorado, where Medtronic is building a 400,000-square-foot campus to consolidate teams in the region.By Mark Reilly – Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

NASA Buys More Artemis Spacecraft From Lockheed Martin Space

NASA has finalized a $1.99 billion contract ordering three more Orion capsules from Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space as the space agency sets a target launch time for a test flight of the spaceship.

The new order lets the aerospace company start tasking suppliers for long-lead items needed to build the sixth, seventh and eighth flight versions of Orion that NASA will need for future Artemis program missions to and around the moon.

NASA had, under previous contracts, paid for development of the spacecraft and the first three production version of the capsules. The latest contract keeps Lockheed Martin Space working on Orion capsules for moon missions later this decade.

“This order includes spacecraft, mission planning and support, and takes us into the 2030s,” said Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin Space vice president and general manager for commercial civil space. “We’re on the eve of a historic launch kicking off the Artemis era and this contract shows NASA is making long-term plans toward living and working on the Moon, while also having a forward focus on getting humans to Mars.”

Lockheed Martin Space has been the prime contractor leading development of Orion capsules for NASA since 2006. It’s considered the first spacecraft developed for deep-space astronaut flights into the solar systems and is built with the goal of one day reaching Mars. But in the nearer term, it’s the centerpiece of NASA’s program returning people to the moon.

A test-flight version of the Orion capsules flew a successful mission in late 2014, but NASA hasn’t flown one since. By Greg Avery – Denver Business Journal

Department of Defense (DoD) Awards

Lightforce USA, Inc., Orofino, Idaho, was awarded a Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quan-tity (IDIQ) order (H-9240322-D-0009) with a value of $17,674,500 for Squad-Variable Powered Scopes (S-VPS) and Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS); both standard and long range. Along with these scopes, USSOCOM will have the ability to procure parts.

This contract will fulfill the full operational capability (FOC) requirements for all U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) components. Fiscal year 2022 opera-tions and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,085,462.00 were obligated at time of the award. The contract was awarded in accordance with 10 USC 2304 (c)(1) as imple-mented by FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source.

Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado is awarded a $350,400,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee unpriced letter contract modification (PH0008) to a previously awarded and announced unpriced letter contract (N00030-22-C-1025) for program management, engineering development, systems integration, long lead material procurement, and special tooling and equipment procurement in support of missile pro-duction.

This contract award contains option line items. Work will be performed in East Aurora, New York (26.2%); Simsbury, Connecticut (19.3%); Denver, Colorado (19.0%); Magna, Utah (13.8%); Orange,

Virginia (4.2%); Sunnyvale, California (2.6%); Seattle, Washington (2.4%); Bristol, Pennsylvania (1.3%); Andover, Maryland (1.1%); Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1.1%); Boonton, New Jersey (1.0%); Downers Grove, Illinois (1.0%); North Tonawanda, New York (1.0%); and various other locations (less than 1.0% each, 6.0% total).

Work is expected to be completed on November 9, 2026 once the contract is definitized. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,850,000 will be obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $24,276,383 will be obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is being awarded to the contractor on a sole source basis under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

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J.M. Grisley’s Team of Automation Experts Help Customers Use Technology For Success

The manufacturing sector fared significantly better than most in dustries during the pandemic; U.S. manufacturing employment lost only 1 in 20 of the overall jobs that went away during the period. In fact, many shops were able to remain open, as they were deemed essential businesses. That momentum has continued into the post-pandemic economy; since the pandemic ended, the manufacturing sector has added around 1.3 million jobs, just about as many as it lost.

The resurgence of the domestic manufacturing sector stands out as one of the U.S. economy’s bright spots, and the nearterm outlook for the sector remains optimistic. Today, many manufacturers continue to report significant order backlogs that will drive their business activity into early 2023. There is a ‘But’, which is that virtually all research indicates that labor shortages remain the greatest long-term obstacle to growth.

Lars Grisley, president of 4th generation machine tool dealer J.M. Grisley, says, “Our customers are located in the Rocky Mountain region, including the states of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Outside of cities like Salt Lake City and Denver, many of the machine shops we support are based in rural areas, and it isn’t unusual for our customers to live in towns with less than 1000 people. There just isn’t an available labor force to draw from, and this hasn’t improved since the pandemic ended – in fact it has just gotten worse.”

Stuart Gill, Regional Sales Manager for J.M. Grisley says, “At J.M. Grisley we help our customers to grow their businesses by facilitating automation in their shops, which helps to alle viate their need for more employees. J. M. Grisley offers two categories of automation. The first, we term ‘hard automation’, and it includes systems that physically connect to one ma chine. These include pallet and gantry systems. The second is Robotics Automation. We have seen a huge increase in ‘Cobots’ as they are often referred, and they are designed to work alongside humans. Cobots can be used by a number of machines, as they are not tied to a specific machine.“

Dan Wall, Head of J.M. Grisley’s Automation Lab, pictured on the next column, adds, “The COVID-19 pandemic accentu ated the need for resilient supply chains and human-machine collaboration at work. Despite labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and other production challenges, manufactur ers still have to meet their customers’ production needs. To bring the best of both worlds – human creativity and robotic precision – we are helping our customers adopt automation that can reduce human interaction and accelerate produc tion cycles.”

He continues, “Cobots can revolutionize production, as

they improve human capa bilities in per forming tasks with greater strength, ac curacy and data capa bilities.”

The J.M. Gris ley team is seeing un precedented adoption of automation from their customers, both with pallet/gantry systems and with robots, both collaborative and Industrial. Asked about the adoption of automation solutions in the precision manufacturing industry outside of their customers, Stuart says, “There are robot companies out there that are promoting their specific robot or cobot solu tions. What differentiates J.M. Grisley from many of these other companies is that we have a complete understanding of the machines the shops are using, the process of machining, and how to integrate ro bots into the part making environment.” He added, “When you go into a shop that has a cobot sitting unused because nobody knew how to install it, it was likely purchased by a standalone cobot com pany that just wasn’t equipped to integrate it with the machines. Our machine tending knowledge is invaluable to our customers implementing automa tion.” J.M. Grisley is also capable of providing flex ibility and options when it comes to Robotics. As an Authorized Fanuc Robot Integrator and a stocking Doosan Cobot dealer, as well as having partnerships with companies like Schunk, 5th Axis and Air vice for work holding, they can offer the best platform for each project.

Gantry and Pallet Systems

Stuart describes the pallet systems that the team at J.M. Grisley installs for its customers. “Gantry systems are, in essence, workpiece changers. They are installed exclusively on lathes (~30% of DN Solutions’ lathes are spec’d with a gantry pallet as an option), and they load piece parts directly onto the lathe. Like gantry systems, pallet systems are ‘hardwired automation’ because you set them up on

one machine and they will be used exclusively by this machine. With a pallet system, you are loading parts onto the pallets versus loading parts directly onto the machine. The benefit to gantry and pallet systems is that the machinists do not have to change the way they are making the part in any way. With a pallet system, the efficiency comes from setting up a new pallet while the machine is working on another product on another pallet or in the case of the gantry system, of loading parts automatically.” He adds, “Also, pallet systems can be installed on older machines, whether they are 3, 4 or 5 axes.”

He continued, “Pallet systems as a step in automation are popular because they are super easy to implement…they are the low hanging fruit. Pallet set up is identical to what the machinist is do ing today, only they are setting up the parts on the pallet offline. There is no extra machining to do, no learning curve, and it is a re ally safe way to get into automation. Depending upon the number of pallets and cycle time, the machine can often run unattended.

Dan says, “We have a number of customers who are implement ing automation solutions in conjunction with the Doosan (now DN Solutions) machines we have sold to them. In particular, we have customers who are doing automation with the DVF 5000, DN Solutions’ newest line of 5 axis machines. Since the DVF 5000 rotary axes are a cantilevered B and C configuration, pallets move in and out thru an automatic sliding door on the right side, allowing the operator full access to the front of the machine and CNC controller.”

Robotics

Dan says, “While gantry and pallet systems are easy to introduce into a shop since they require no major changes in the way the machinists operate with the part and with machining, cobots change the way in which parts are made. Cobots are so different from what machinists are used to and there comes the fear of not just how to run the cobot but also will this work me out of a job.“

He adds, “The more tech savvy the machinists are in a business, the more likely they will pick up and embrace the use of robot ics. Like with gantry and pallet systems, cobots can reduce much

of the mundane work that happens in a shop, including part loading.”

Stuart adds, “Our Automation Lab is extremely valuable to our customers who are installing robotics, as all proof of concept happens with the help of our team.”

Dan says, “At one of our customers, they were deburring ~10,000 of a particular part each month. Naturally it was tedious for the machinist. When we put a cobot in place to do the deburr ing, we freed up the machinist to run parts on a machine. He is so much happier with his new role today.”

He continues, “With another customer, they had a part that required a caustic chemical. Those who were involved in the chemical process had to wear special clothes and breathing appara tuses. As you can imagine, nobody wanted to do this job. Once we installed the cobot, human contact is almost completely eliminated and the cobot solved the labor issue.”

The J.M. Grisley Automation Installation Experience

Dan says, “If we are installing the automation with a new machine, we typically do the integra tion at our shop and then we bring it out to the customer’s facility. We will then come onsite to provide training to get our customer up and running as quickly as possible, typically within a week of training.”

Stuart adds, “We offer as much installation sup port as our customers want. We can offer as little as technical support for customers who have inhouse capabilities all the way to turnkey, where we even make the initial parts for our customer. Turnkey means providing everything, including the grippers and vices, the relays and solenoids, and we will do all the electrical installation. At J.M. Grisley, our Automation Lab team is expert at ensuring that our customers are up and run ning quickly and are maximizing the benefits available with their new automation equipment. With J.M. Grisley installs, you won’t see cobots off in a corner of the shop unused.”

Lars says, “Contrary to perceptions, automation can work well with older machines, whether they are 3, 4 or 5 axis. In fact, we do installations on older machines, even those from other build ers. Additionally, many people believe that

automation works well only in production (high volume, low mix) environments. While it works well in these environments, it can be extremely beneficial in low volume, high mix shops maximizing your skilled labor time and efficiency.”

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Visser Precision’s Adoption of Technology Makes It A Cool Place To Work

“Our founder loves manufacturing and embraces new technologies, and automation is a huge part of that. Our newest acquisitions, procured from J.M. Grisley, are the addition of 2 DN Solutions’ DVF 5000s, which are 5-axis machining centers. We purchased both machines equipped with the Automatic Work Changer (AWC). Each DVF 5000 has 12 pallets. For a specific Nascar job where we are machining suspension components, we are effectively doubling our spindle capacity. We are running the parts throughout the night so when the operator comes in the next morning, there aren’t inprocess parts; they are all finished.

Our DN Solutions (Doosan) DVF 5000 with the AWC means has so many benefits:

• less operator interaction

• increased machine to operator capacity

• increased predictability of each and every part; if we set it up right, every part will come out perfect

• improved spindle utilization

There has never been such a dearth in the availability of human la bor, and automation is literally the only way to increase productivity while minimizing the need to grow our team. Further, automation allows us to reduce mundane tasks like loading machines, allowing us to free up our team to do other things. If you don’t have automa tion, you have no choice but to have an operator doing the work.

We just finished installation of the AWCs, and the experience was absolutely outstanding. The J.M. Grisley person showed up on a Friday to train us. One of our programmers and I attended the training; our J.M. Grisley trainer showed us how to use the AWC and I jotted it down on my phone. The control on the AWC is so intuitive it took us 10 minutes to learn. I liken it to how you can add new apps to a smart phone, and you can learn and do it with almost no direction.

At Visser Precision we are technology driven and people powered. We don’t settle for old technology and we don’t ever feel that what we have is ‘good enough’. J.M. Grisley is a highly skilled partner in our automation process.” Patrick, Manufacturing Manager, Visser Precision

“A few years ago we were doing some repeti tive work on one of our machines when it crashed. A technician from J.M. Grisley hap pened to be at our shop when it happened, and he said, “You should get a Cobot.”

Shortly after, we did buy a Cobot from J.M. Grisley. When it arrived, I was thinking how am I going to get this thing running. J.M. Grisley has an automation specialist, I call him Robot Dan. Dan was at our place to help set up the Cobot. Dan is outstanding - he is so smart.

The next year we bought another Cobot, and this year we bought our 3rd. One is used on our lathe and it does the 2nd operation. The second is used on our ‘blow off station’ and the 3rd Dan retrofitted to do our hand filing. We’re ready to buy our 4th shortly.

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wave of first-time users and buyers due in part to changing habits brought on by the CO VID-19 pandemic,” said Honeywell Aerospace President, Americas Aftermarket, Heath Patrick. “The business aviation sector is expected to re cover to 2019 delivery and expenditure levels by 2023, which is much sooner than previously anticipated. Demand for new business jets is as high as we’ve seen it since 2015, and we expect high levels of demand and expenditures for new aircraft for several more years.”

Key findings in the 2022 Honeywell Global Busi ness Aviation Outlook include:

Honeywell’s 31st annual Global Business Aviation Outlook forecasts up to 8,500 new business jet deliveries worth $274 billion from 2023 to 2032, which is up 15% in both deliveries and expenditures from the same 10-year forecast a year ago. This year, surveyed operators reported new jet purchase plans on par with 2019 levels, with fleet addition rates doubling from last year’s reported intentions. Respondents’ feedback in this year’s survey aligns with industry reports of sold-out business jet production lines for the next several years.

“The business aviation industry is greatly benefitting from a

• New business jet deliveries in 2023 are ex pected to be 17% higher than in 2022. Expen ditures are expected to be 20% higher.

• Five-year purchase plans for new business jets are up three percentage points compared with last year’s survey; this reaches 2019 levels and is equivalent to 17% of the current fleet.

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• New jet deliveries and expenditures throughout the next decade are projected to grow at a 2% average annual rate, in line with expected worldwide long-term economic growth.

• One-third of those surveyed expect to fly more in 2023 versus 2022; 64% expect to fly at least the same amount, and just 4% expect to fly less.

• Large, long-range aircraft classes are expected to account for more than 70% of all expenditures of new business jets in the next five years.

• Just 2% of surveyed operators plan to dispose of an air craft without replacement, which is half the rate expressed in 2021.

• Five-year purchase plans for used jets remain high, to taling 28% of the current fleet and on par with last year’s results. High demand for used jets will keep pressuring the already low inventory of jets available for sale.

New users of business and private aviation The business aviation industry is benefitting from waves of first-time private aviation users and buyers, which is

likely attributed to COVID-19. At times in 2022, flight activity met levels not seen since 2007, which was the busiest year ever for business aviation. Concerns about exposure to pathogens and the reduction of premium class airline services helped drive recent growth in business and private aviation. The 2022 Honeywell survey sampled first-time business aircraft owners who have made their purchases since 2020 and operators who are capturing first-time private aviation users.

• Nearly 74% of surveyed new users of private aviation expect to keep the same level of flying in 2023 as they did in 2022, which is 10 percentage points above the whole fleet average. Only 4% expect to fly less in 2023.

• Nearly 85% of first-time users operate in the Ameri cas.

• Within the Americas, 80% of first-time buyers operate in the United States; the rest mostly operate in Brazil.

• Business turboprops and small cabin jets each make up 35% of the fleet carrying these new users, followed by medium jets (18%) and large long-range jets.

Sustainability in Business Aviation Honeywell is committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2035 in its operations and facilities and to driving aviation sustainability with a wide range of ready-now solutions that will support a more sustainable future for the sector. This year’s survey features a dedicated section on operators’ current and future plans to re duce their carbon footprint during operations.

• Half of this year’s surveyed operators report cur rently implementing at least one method to reduce their carbon footprint, which is 30 percentage points above last year’s survey.

• The most frequently mentioned current method to reduce carbon footprint is “fewer or slower private jet trips” (20%), followed by “increasing passenger capacity” (17%).

• Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is the third-most men tioned current method to reduce carbon footprint (14%); however, operators cite challenges with SAF availability.

• More than 60% of operators plan to either adopt or increase methods for more environmentally friendly operations in the future, and 37% cite SAF as the most common way to achieve this goal.

• The survey asked the remaining 40% what would

compel them to adopt any methods to address sustain ability in the future, and 57% of these operators cited eco nomic incentives such as tax benefits or operating cost savings.

Making an impact on business decisions

The Global Business Aviation Outlook reflects current op erator concerns and identi fies longer-cycle trends that Honeywell uses in its own product decision process. The survey has helped identify op portunities for investments in sustainability solutions, has ex panded propulsion offerings, innovative safety products, services and upgrades, and has enhanced aircraft con nectivity offerings. The survey informs Honeywell’s business pursuit strategy and helps consistently position the com pany on high-value platforms in growth sectors.

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Honeywell’s forecast meth odology is based on multiple sources, including macro economic analyses, original equipment manufacturers’ production and development plans shared with the com pany, and expert delibera tions from aerospace industry leaders. Honeywell also uses information gathered from interviews conducted during the forecasting cycle with 152 nonfractional business jet op erators worldwide. The survey sample is representative of the entire industry in terms of ge ography, operation, and fleet composition. This comprehen sive approach provides Hon eywell with unique insights into operator sentiments, pref erences, and concerns and provides considerable insight into product development

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The Space Development Agency, the technology procurement arm of the U.S. Space Force, awarded contracts for satellite development to Denver-based York Space Systems and Boulder-based Ball Aerospace.

The awards are for two separate projects, but both set prices at developing small satellites and building them for deployment in low-Earth orbit at about $17 million

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Earlier this year, York was among a trio of companies awarded larger contracts to build satel lites that will make up the core of the Tranche 1 Transport Layer. Those contracts brought $1 billion worth of work to local companies.

The earlier contract with York covered building 42 satellites. Now it will build another 12 satellites for the project.

The SDA plans to launch the York Space Systems-built satel lites and others for the Tranche 1 network on a Space Force launch slated for 2024. United Launch Alliance, the Centen nial-based rocket maker, was previously awarded the con tract to handle that launch.

The SDA selected Ball Aero space to develop 10 satellites the agency will use as a testing ground for military payloads designed for future deploy ment in small-satellite networks, what’s being called the Experi mental Testbed for the National Defense Space Architecture, or NExT program.

per satellite, a low cost that helped each company win SDA bids.

Denver-based York Space Systems won a $200 million contract to develop, build and deploy 12 satellites that will augment the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer, a low-Earth orbit constellation of small satellites being fielded as a new kind of tactical communications network relaying data among satellites and down to military users on Earth or flying in planes.

York’s proposal for building the dozen satellites provided the best value among the companies bidding for the work, said Derek Tournear, SDA director.

“York was selected among many other competitive offers, reaffirming there is a healthy stable of solution providers,” Tournear said. “We remain committed to provide regular opportunities through our spiral development model to promote a marketplace of industry partners that match our value system.”

York Space Systems is a small company focused on standardizing satellite

The prototype agreement with Ball Aerospace covers devel opment, manufacture, deploy ment, launch and operations of the space vehicles, plus their mission-enabling ground sys tems, the SDA said.

“NExT is an exciting program that has a lot of tie in with our mission partners and will help to advance future tranches of the National Defense Space Archi tecture,” Tournear said. “We’re confident that selection of the Ball Aerospace team provides the best overall solution to de

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Hill Aerospace Museum Celebrates Construction Of Third Gallery

Officials gathered last month to celebrate the work underway on Hill Aerospace Museum’s new, 81,000-square-foot gallery.

Aaron Clark, Hill Aerospace Museum direc tor, said the expansion will drive a major reorganization of the entire aircraft col lection. The museum began in 1984 as a 12,000-square-foot warehouse with five aircraft and a handful of artifacts. With the help of the U.S Air Force Heritage Program and the creation and support of the Aero space Heritage Foundation of Utah, the museum has expanded to 145,000 square feet of exhibit space under two galleries and a 34-acre outdoor airpark.

A Feeling of Belonging Key to Employee Attraction for CoorsTek

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The 6,000-person company hired 2,000 people last year at a time when many manufacturers struggle to fill their workforces.

Is a family-owned company, now run by the fifth genera tion, one that would attract employees?

Millennials’ technology expectations have been shaped by smartphones, Facebook and digital media – in other words, by easy and ubiquitous connectivity. It’s not surprising, then, that traditional manufacturing systems can seem as retro as waiting for dial-up internet to connect. And that’s bad for the manufacturing sector, because its skills gap is looming large.

Well, it seems the answer to this question is yes, as Co orsTek, founded in 1910 by Adolph Coors, was able to hire 2,000 new employees last year and is looking to hire that many more this year. And for a company, which manufactures technical ceramics for a wide range of industries, that has 6,000 employees, it’s no small feat. Attracting that many employees, in a very tight labor market is unusual, but the company believes that its culture is the reason for its success. “As a family com pany, we have always looked out for the whole person,” explains Chief People & Systems Officer Irma Lockridge, “and this has been a differentiator when we approach potential employees.”

A joint study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting projects a surge of nearly 3.5 million open manufacturing jobs created over the next decade. Some of the empty slots will come by way of retiring baby boomers, while others are related to new positions created as a result of natural business growth, the report found.What the report also predicts: As conditions stand now, 2 million of those jobs will go unfulfilled. In other words, the need for the manufacturing sector to appeal to Millennials – the generation typically defined as those born between 1981 and 1997 – is both critical and a very tall order.

Indeed, manufacturing still has a negative image among younger generations, experts say. In a 2015 public perception of manufacturing study, also by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte, respondents ages 19 to 33 ranked manufacturing as their lowest preference in terms of potential career choices.

To ensure continued success, the company introduced CoorsTek Academy. After two years of development, the company decided its headquarter location in Golden, Colorado, was an ideal location to train future and current employees as its primary factories area in the area.

Manufacturing’s image problem is complex and in, some aspects, based on false assumptions. But one real obstacle is that some manufacturing systems can seem antiquated, and it’s an issue that many manufacturers and related organizations are already addressing.

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“The academy was designed to be a world-class train ing center that drives growth, engagement and excel lence in our manufacturing environment globally,” says Lockridge. And to drive this excellence, the Academy focuses on new hires as well as reskilling current team members. “We want to optimize the productivity of our new talent, advance skill development that increases productivity, ensures a safety culture, promotes a qual ity mindset in all we do to ensure an environment of continuous learning and growth.”

Forward-looking companies and organizations in the manufacturing sector are working to update systems so they better align with the ease and accessibility of user experience so pervasive with personal technology. Traditional manufacturing platforms – for example, manufacturing execution systems and supply chain applications – are being redesigned with new mobile interfaces, cloud capabilities and modern-day dashboards to make what has historically been perceived as arcane into something far more friendly and familiar to a tech-savvy audience.

The most important aspect of new hire training, which is done over a two-week period in a dedicated building, is sharing the company’s culture. “In the training, we cover everything a new team member needs to know about the company beyond the job they will be doing but how they fit in, can impact our success and how they can grow with us for the long term,” explains Lockridge. “We want them to view the opportunity as not just a job but a long-term career.”

“As Millennials move into the manufacturing environment, there’s a certain expectation that the technology they are interacting with will work the same as what they grew up with,” said Matt Wells, product general manager for automation software at GE Digital. “The entire generation expects that data will be available to them anytime, anywhere, even outside of the plant. If they need access to information, they don’t want to call someone; they want to pull out their phone and see what’s going on.”

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Wells said. “Millennials

that matches the employee’s talents and the company’s culture.

The company has an interview team and a resource manager that helps with placement based on skills and business needs. Candidates are introduced to a variety of career paths and then are placed in a job that best matches their interests. And the pro cess doesn’t end there. “We established dedicated trainers and ambassadors that help them through the learning process and ensure their success,” explains Lockridge.

As to how the company finds potential employees, CooksTek uses a number of strategies:

CoorsTek has hosted several open houses with local high schools, trade schools and universities. In these open houses, we give a tour, discuss careers with CoorsTek and have a Q&A session with alum for the schools.

CoorsTek partners with Denver Scholarship Foundation to provide scholarships to high school students. Partnered with DSF to host a resume writing workshop for high school students.

Annually CoorsTek sponsors and judges science fair projects for students interested in STEM careers

The other mission of the Academy is to reskill current team mem bers. With the increase of automation, new skills are necessary. “For those employees who have been with the company a long time, and weren’t sure how to move up, the Academy offers a clear path

of training and advancement,” says Lockridge.

Given the continued demand for the company’s products, and the continuing shortage of work ers, the company is placing a great deal of effort on ensuring that its current workforce sees the Academy as a way to both upgrade, but also to explore different parts of the company. This effort has been working and this year the company was able to reduce its turnover rate by just under 10%.

This reduction of turnover is based on a strong value proposition that CoorsTek offers, says Lock ridge, which includes good pay, benefits and operations. “But hands down it’s our people,” that is the reason people want to work here.” She cites the company mottos, for five generations now, of Better Today, Better Together, Better Tomorrow.

In tandem with creating a better tomorrow, the company aims to make the work measurable bet ter. “We make products that touch every industry in the world, and we want to do that responsibly and sustainably,” says Lockridge. “We want new and existing team members to help us with our ability to deliver on that promise for years to come. Manufacturing is a critical industry for the world, and we want future generations to join our effort.”

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The Army looked at the risk and the cost associated with each alternative in order to fully integrate them into its future Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). Northrop Grumman is developing and will field IBCS — the brains of the future missile defense system

Overall, the Army determined the baseline Patriot option had the highest operations and maintenance costs. However, the Patriot upgrades stay within the Army’s cost target and would show improvements over the baseline option in addressing threats.

Replacement alternatives with X-band interceptor communication arrays were determined to be the most costly, exceeding Army cost targets. But they “have the most improvement” over the baseline Patriot, according to the slides.

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The Army also evaluated the cost based on 91 procured radars — four prototypes and 87 production assets — and 485 launchers consisting of four prototypes and 481 production assets.

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The Army concluded that upgrades and replacement radar options take nearly the same amount of time to field. The baseline Patriot would reach initial operational capability in fiscal year 2027, upgraded Patriot in early fiscal 2028, MFCR and MFCR with surveillance capability in late fiscal ‘28. G/ATOR would take the longest to reach initial operational capability, according to the slides, reaching the milestone past fiscal 2029.

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Autoliv, Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, and POC, a global leader in snow sports and cy cling protection, have joined forces to study and develop bicycle and e-bike helmets equipped with airbag technol ogy to improve head protec tion and reduce the conse quences of an impact.

Head injuries alone account for half of the deadly bi cyclist injuries. Although it is established that helmets are beneficial to head safety, the latest Bicycle Safety report by Swedish insurance company Folksam makes the case that helmet absorption efficiency could still be greatly improved, especially when collisions occur with a car at speeds above 20 km/h (12 mph).

POC and Autoliv have been working together to assess the potential of using airbag technology in helmets. The airbag would act as the initial energy absorber while the underlying helmet would be the following energy absorber.

After conducting a pre-study, conclusion from the Autoliv research team is that a cycle helmet with an integrated airbag can significantly improve protection and reduce the consequences of impacts to cyclists. The combination of both absorbing technologies en ables a reduction of the peak linear head acceleration and significantly reduced head injury risk in impact tests. The pre-study also showed that the protection improvements could be reached without critically compromising the design, weight, or comfort of a helmet designed with integrated airbag technology.

The pre-study showed that the addition of airbag technology on top of the helmet can significantly con tribute to enhanced safety performance, especially in linear impacts. It is estimated that the risk for a bicyclist to sustain moderate to fatal head injuries is reduced from 80% to 30% in a 20 km/h (12 mph) impact.

“Together with Autoliv, we have embarked on a de velopment journey with airbag technology, asking ourselves what could be done to excel in current test scenarios and push the envelope towards even more shock absorbing capacity” says Oscar Huss, Chief Product Officer, POC.

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By the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance?

Are you an Idaho-based product company/manufacturer that is poised for growth, but hampered by an equipment problem, supply chain issue, or labor shortages? There aren’t always easy answers to these challenges, but getting in step with the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance (IMA) — and Idaho’s greater manufacturing community — is a great place to start.

Recently, we had a conversation with Sheri Johnson, Executive Director of the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance, who shared with us the many ways the organization is holding up its three tenets: to connect, support, and promote manufacturing in Idaho.

What tips you would give to Idaho manufacturers looking to grow, get involved, and find connections in the industry?

SJ: Build relationships. Take the time to get out of your business and meet others in the industry, whether that’s through attending an IMA event, getting directly connected to others in your role, or intentionally seeking to meet the other manufacturers in your neighborhood or city, etc. These connections and conversations will be incredibly valuable!

Once connected, use your peers. Learn from their mistakes and benefit from their wins. Ask questions. Be interested in other people’s stories and journeys. Find ways you can help each other.

Be willing to consider all available resources. During my years of running a manufacturing business, I was unaware of the valuable services and programs certain organizations, groups, and government agencies offered — many of which are free or have incentives to offset costs. We live in a great state that is considered very business-friendly. Our Labor, Commerce, and Workforce Development groups are all committed to helping Idaho businesses grow and thrive.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Use the community! Odds are, someone else has had the same problem and can help you navigate to a solution. IMA has a sourcing needs/ member requests section in our monthly newsletter that handles a lot of this. Equipment needed, equipment for sale, business systems user group needs, hiring, suppliers or parts needed, etc.

Spread the word. Manufacturing is a GREAT industry! Share with people in your circles all the cool things made in their backyards. If you need help learning about who some of those companies are, let us know!

What are some services the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance offers that would be helpful for product companies/ manufacturers in this state?

SJ: Our 401k Association Retirement Plan, TalentSorter hiring platform, Nice Healthcare program, and some on-demand safety training offerings (coming soon) are something all manufacturers should be looking at. These programs all help in hiring, employee attraction/retention and offer great savings for members.

We currently offer both an HR and IT Cohort call each month. Those have been very valuable for manufacturing members to help problem solve in a safe, small-group environment.

As product companies/manufacturers work to find answers to new business and economic challenges, the Idaho Manufacturing Alliance continues to offer resources, connections, and support. “No one has all the answers,” says Johnson. Her advice? “Leverage the knowledge that members of the manufacturing community can offer. Your business — and life — will be richer for it!”

The Idaho Manufacturing Alliance (IMA) is a membership organization that creates benefits for the manufacturing industry and community as a whole.By: Sheri Johnson

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Spindles GMN USA 800-686-1679

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Surface Plates Starrett 949-382-4123

Toolholding

Industrial Supply 800-288-3838 Vices and Vice Jaws Desert EDM Sales 480-816-6300

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

LK Metrology 949-716-4440

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Coordinate Measuring Mach. Gage Lab Products 801-716-2972

Innovative Measuring Systems 602-527-5488

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

LK Metrology 949-716-4440

Moncktons Mach Tools 303-571-4933

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Selway Machine Tool 888-735-9290

Total Quality Systems 720-338-2581

Zeiss Industrial Metrology 800-327-9735

Gauging Equipment

Gage Lab Products 801-716-2972

Innovative Measuring Systems 602-527-5488

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

LK Metrology 949-716-4440

Renishaw _________ 847-286-9953

Starrett 949-382-4123

Total Quality Systems 720-338-2581

Laser Marking Systems

KEYENCE _____720-614-9241

Measurement Systems

KEYENCE _____720-614-9241

Starrett ___________ 949-382-4123

Metrology Instruments Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972

Innovative Measuring Systems 602-527-5488

KEYENCE _____ _____720-614-9241 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 LK Metrology 949-716-4440 Renishaw 847-286-9953 Starrett 949-382-4123

Total Quality Systems 720-338-2581 Zeiss Industrial Metrology 800-327-9735 Microscopes

KEYENCE _____720-614-9241

Optical Comparators Gage Lab Products 801-716-2972

Innovative Measuring Systems 602-527-5488

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 LK Metrology

Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466

Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310

TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000

Mold Steel

AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600

Nickel Alloys

AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600

Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310

TW Metals 800-203-8000

United Perform. Metals 317-946-0025

Plate-Precision Saw Cut

Erickson Metals 877-543-6061

Pre-Honed Tube

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Stainless Steel

AZ Tool Steel LLC 480-784-1600

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Olympic Metals 303-286-9700

Ryerson 303-227-6310

United Perform. Metals 317-946-0025

Steel

AZ Tool Steel LLC 480-784-1600

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Ol ympic Metals 303-286-9700

Ryerson 303-227-6310

Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310

United Perform. Metals 317-946-0025

Titanium

Laube Titanium___805-388-1050x124

METAL DISTRIBUTORS

Erickson Metals 877-543-6061

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Laube Titanium 805-388-1050x124

Olympic Metals 303-286-9700

Ryerson 303-227-6310

TW Metals 800-203-8000

United Perform. Metals 317-946-0025

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

NEW MACHINERY

3D Metal/ Additive Manufacturing Machines

Production Machine Tools _ 425-881-1200

Renishaw 847-286-9953

CHIP CUTTING

CNC Drilling/Tapping

Methods West 602-437-2220

CNC Mills

Action Machinery ______888-289-9100

AME, Inc. 303-922-9266

DATRON 480-826-3689

DMG Mori 801-561-2001

Doosan 973-618-2500

Bystronic Inc____ ____ 702-340-6964

Cold Saws

Fullerton Tools 989-799-4550

KNUTH Machine Tools 847-415-3333

CNC Punching Centers

S&S Machinery Sales 602-368-8542

CNC Routers

Multicam 970-218-9046

Drill Lines

Production Machine Tools _ 425-881-1200

Fiber Lasers

Bud’s Machine Tools 385-271-6718

Multicam 970-218-9046

Production Machine Tools _ 425-881-1200

Grinding Machines

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

KNUTH Machine Tools 847-415-3333

Multitool USA 800-660-0880

Iron Workers

Action Machinery ______888-289-9100

Production Machine Tools 425-881-1200

602-368-8542

Laser Cutters ______888-289-9100 385-271-6718 702-340-6964 847-415-3333 303-571-4933 425-881-1200 602-368-8542 303-424-0268

Magnetic Particle (NDT) 800-533-5339

Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers

Bystronic Inc__ 702-340-6964

S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Plasma Cutters

Action Machinery ______888-289-9100

Bystronic Inc__ 702-340-6964

KNUTH Machine Tools 847-415-3333

Multicam 970-218-9046

Production Machine Tools 425-881-1200

Press Brakes

Action Machinery ______888-289-9100

Bud’s Machine Tools ___ 385-271-6718

Bystronic Inc__ 702-340-6964

Production Machine Tools 425-881-1200

S&S Machinery Sales 602-368-8542

Rotary Surface Grinders

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

Sawing Machines

Action Machinery ______888-289-9100

Fullerton Tools 989-799-4550

Production Machine Tools 425-881-1200

Shearing Machines

Action Machinery

Bystronic Inc__ Bud’s Machine Tools S&S Machinery Sales

Vacuum Tables

OTHER ACCESSORIES Grinding Accessories Multitool USA

Tooling Systems

Desert EDM Sales USA EDM Supply

PALLET SYSTEMS

Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco __________ 847-593-8420

Automatic Door Opener Systems Midaco 847-593-8420

Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Midaco 847-593-8420

Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco __________ 847-593-8420

PLASTICS

RECYCLING

Western States Calibration 801-466-1700

Consultant,Operational Consultant, ISO

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

BMSC 602-445-9400

MEP ___________ 801-863-7001

Contract Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech 303-469-6161

Klontech Measure Sol 480-626-8131

Quality Measurement Services970-413-2438

Education

Ogden-Weber Tech College_801-395-3795

Electrical: Breakers/Switches/ Starters

Denver Breaker Supply 855-4UR-BRKR

Engineering Services

Advanced Coord. Tech 303-469-6161

Financing

Tech Financial Services 414-224-0209

Univerity Federal Credit Union 801-463-3597

First Article Inspection

Advanced Coord. Tech 303-469-6161

Heavyhaul

IRH 801-972-5581

Injection Molding

3D Parts To Go 801-380-7935

Inspection Services

Advanced Coord. Tech 303-469-6161

Quality Measurement Services970-413-2438

Lean Consulting

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

MEP Center 801-587-0713

Logistics/Freight R&R Transportation ____801-747-2607

Metrology Services Advanced Coord. Tech 303-469-6161 Hexagon _________ 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial 480-948-1871

Quality Measurement Services970-413-2438

970-535-4604 480-966-2300 970-482-7676 303-652-0431 800-780-7075 801-334-6317 505-242-6545 801-866-0175 480-966-2300 505-247-4276 801-886-2755 801-773-6331 505-823-1453 480-892-7800

877-727-0281

S.A. Composites

______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: Composites

S.A. Composites 970-776-3877

Fabrication: Enclosures

Kustom Koncepts 307-472-0818

Star Precision 303-926-0559

Fabrication: Medium & Large

CAID Industries 435-890-8823

EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236

EPOCS Mfg 970-535-4540

Group Mfg Serv _____ 480-966-39528

Weiser Engineering 303-280-2778

Fabrication: SheetMetal

A1 Precision Metal 623-377-2191

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

AzMark 480-926-8969

CAID Industries _____ 435-890-8823

Denver Machine Shop 303-295-6000

Dynamic Design & Mfg __ 303-652-0431

EMJD Corporation 303-761-5236

EPOCS Mfg 970-535-4540

Group Mfg Serv 480-966-3952

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Jensen Precision 801-866-0175

Kustom Koncepts 307-472-0818

Metalcraft 888-280-7080

Pillar Machine _____ 801-965-1900

Richards Fab 801-409-0392

Star Precision _______ 303-926-0559

Weiser Engineering 303-280-2778

Wrico 480-892-7800

Fabrication: Steel Bandsaw LLC 303-744-7181

CAID Industries 435-890-8823

EMJD Corp ______ 303-761-5236

FINISHING

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

Coating Technologies 623-581-2648

CPCS 303-438-8328

Metals Finishing LLC 801-718-7969

PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Precision Mach’d Prod 970-482-7676

Star Precision 303-926-0559

Superior Grinding 801-487-9700

TVT Die Casting 800-280-2278

Wasatch Powder Coating 801-718-7969

Anodizing/ Passivation Focused on Machining____ 303-922-307

Dry Film Lubrication PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies 623-581-2648 PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Iron Phosphates Metals Finishing LLC 801-718-7969 Wasatch Powder Coating 801-718-7969

Passivation

Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661

Coating Technologies _623-581-2648

PAS Technologies _____ 602-744-2648

Photochemical/Etching

VACCO Industries 626-443-7121

Powder Coating

CPCS 303-438-8328

Metals Finishing LLC 801-718-7969

Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

Star Precision 303-926-0559

Wasatch Powder Coating 801-718-7969

Sandblasting

Metals Finishing LLC 801-718-7969 Wasatch Powder Coating 801-718-7969

Shot Peen PAS Technologies 602-744-2648 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech 801-292-0493

FORMING

FOUNDRY Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

GAS NITRIDING Blanchard Metals Proc. 801-972-5590

GEAR CUTTING Ponderosa Ind 303-298-1801 Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252 Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind 303-298-1801

GRINDING AzMark 480-926-8969 Diversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093 GMN USA 800-686-1679

Prec. Mach’d Products 970-482-7676

Ron Grob Co. _______ 970-667-5320

Steel Services Grinding 800-662-0126

Superior Grinding 801-487-9700

The Toolroom Inc. 801-773-6331

Grinding, Blanchard

Auburn Tool & Machine 303-278-8769

Diversified Metal Services 801-972-6093

Steel Services Grinding 800-662-0126

Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Grinding, Centerless

Ron Grob Co. 970-667-5320

Grinding, Cold Saw

AA Carbide 801-486-4881

Grinding: OD

AzMark 480-926-8969

Ron Grob Co. 970-667-5320

Superior Grinding 801487-9700

Grinding: Tool & Cutter

BC Tool & Cutter Grinding 713-638-0303

Exact Tool Grinding 801-712-2720

Machine Tool & Cutter Grinding 435-512-4416

HEAT TREATING

Blanchard Metals Proc. __ 801-972-5590

Controlled Thermal 602-272-3714

Inspection Services

Klontech Measure Sol 480-626-8131

Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300

LASER CUTTING

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236

EPOCS

Loveridge Machine Co.

480-926-8969

Blackwing Machine ___ 801-645-4485 303-420-7422 505-242-6545 801-782-4403 ______ 800-244-4130

Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500

MTI 505-247-4276

Mountain View Machine

435-755-0500 Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709 Quick Turn Machine 801-334-6800 RD Machine & MFg 801-977-0447 Radtech 303-789-4247 RP Machining 719-550-1724

Skydandee Mfg 801-774-8031

Paramount Machine 801-886-2755

Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

Precision Tech _______ 801-285-7288

Quick Turn Machine 801-334-6800

RP Machining 719-550-1724

S.A. Composites 970-776-3877

The CNC Pros 801-973-0800

The CNC Pros

801-973-0800 TVT Die Casting 800-280-2278 Tymar Industries

Weiser Engineering 303-280-2778 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech Machine 801-975-1117

Tymar Industries _____ 719-548-8995

Machining: Aerospace

AzMark __________ 480-926-8969

CAID Industries 435-890-8823

CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450

Flex-Pro 480-773-3239

GroveTec Machining 503-557-4689

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545

LAYKE, INC_________ 602-272-2654

LV Swiss 435-635-1482

Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300

Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500

Paramount Machine 801-886-2755

Pinnacle Precision 435-563-2722

Ponderosa Ind 303-298-1801

Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676

Radtech 303-789-4247

RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447

RP Machining 719-550-1724

Skydandee Mfg 801-774-8031

Machining: Automatic StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics 719-687-0888

Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics 719-687-0888

Machining: CNC

A1 Precision Metal 623-377-2191

Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766

Accutech Machine 801-975-1117

American Machine & Eng. 801-973-0494

Apex Engineering 435-713-0072

Auburn Tool & Machine 303-278-8769

CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450

CNC Machine& Design 801-531-9922

Cornerstone Machine 801-731-8862

Denver Precision Products 303-469-1771

DMSI___________801-972-6093

Dynamic Design & Mfg 303-652-0431

EPOCS Mfg 970-535-4540

Faustson 303-420-7422

Flex-Pro 480-773-3239

GL Manufacturing 801-634-5894

H& S Machine 801-755-7627

HPMP ___________

801-619-9850

Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Jensen Precision 801-866-0175

Kings Peak Manufacturing 801-337-5926

LAYKE, INC 602-272-2654

Leading Edge Machine 435-563-9425

Loveridge Machine Co. 801-262-1414

LV Swiss 435-635-1482

Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

MTI 505-247-4276

Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

Pinnacle Precision 435-563-2722

Quick Turn Machine 801-334-6800

The CNC Pros _______ 801-973-0800

Tymar Industries 719-548-8995

Electromechanical Design

RD Machine & Mfg 801-977-0447

RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724

Star Precision _______ 303-926-0559

The Toolroom Inc. 801-773-6331

Wrico 480-892-7800

Machining: Composites Metalcraft 888-280-7080

Machining: Contract

American Machine & Eng. 801-973-0494

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Jensen Precision 801-866-0175

LV Swiss 435-635-1482

Machinists Inc 800-244-4130

Paramount Machine 801-886-2755

Radtech 303-789-4247

Electromechanical Design

Skydandee Mfg 801-774-8031

Machining: DoD

CM Manufacturing 406-543-4450

Machining: Laser

AzMark 480-926-8969

DATRON

480-826-3689

Dynamic Design & Mfg __ 303-652-0431

EPOCS Mfg ________ 970-535-4540

Focused on Machining___ 303-922-3076

GL Manufacturing 801-634-5894

GroveTec Machining 503-557-4689

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Kings Peak Manufacturing 801-337-5926

LV Swiss 435-635-1482

Machinists Inc ______ 800-244-4130

Metalcraft _________ 888-280-7080

Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500

MTI 505-247-4276

Pillar Machine _____ 801-965-1900

Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676

Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

Loveridge Machine Co. 801-262-1414

LV Swiss 435-635-1482

Paramount Machine 801-886-2755

Ponderosa Ind 303-298-1801

Precision Enterprises ___ 731-642-8709

Precision Tech 801-285-7288

Quick Turn Machine 801-334-6800

Radtech ______303-789-4247

RD Machine & Mfg 801-977-0447

RP Machining 719-550-1724

Star Precision 303-926-0559

The CNC Pros _______ 801-973-0800

Machining: Prototype

Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766

Accutech Machine 801-975-1117

American Machine & Eng. 801-973-0494

Apex Engineering 435-713-0072

Cornerstone Machine 801-731-8862

Denver Precision 303-469-1771

Faustson 303-420-7422

Flex-Pro ____ ______ 480-773-3239

Focused on Machining___ 303-922-3076

Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Jensen Precision 801-866-0175

Kings Peak Manufacturing 801-337-5926

LAYKE, INC 602-272-2654

Leading Edge Machine 435-563-9425

Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500

Pillar Machine 801-965-1900

Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

Quick Turn Machine 801-334-6800

Radtech 303-789-4247

RD Machine & Mfg 801-977-0447

RP Machining 719-550-1724

Skydandee Mfg 801-774-8031

S.A.Composites 970-776-3877

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

The Toolroom Inc. 801-773-6331

Machining: Precision

Able Machining & Eng. 801-268-6766

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

American Machine & Eng. 801-973-0494

Blackwing Machine 801-645-4485

CM Manufacturing 406-543-4450

Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862

Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239

Focused on Machining___ 303-922-3076

GroveTec Machining

Jaguar Precision Jensen Precision Kings Peak Manufacturing Loveridge Machine Co. LV Swiss Mountain View Machine MTI Pinnacle Precision Ponderosa Ind Precision Enterprises Quick Turn Machine RP Machining Precision Machined Prod. StarRex Precision The CNC Pros TVT Die Casting Tymar Industries

Machining: R & D

American Machine & Eng. 801-973-0494

Dynamic Design & Mfg 303-652-0431

Flex-Pro 480-773-3239

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545

Jensen Precision 801-866-0175

Pillar Machine _____ 801-965-1900 Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709

The CNC Pros 801-973-0800 Tymar Industries 719-548-8995

Machining: Swiss CNC Machine & Design Inc 801-531-9922

HPMP 801-619-9850

Jaguar Precision 505-242-6545 JD Machine 801-782-4403

LAYKE, INC 602-272-2654

719-548-8995 303-280-2778

Machining: Ultra-Precision

Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing 503-557-9407 435-563-2722 MANUFACTURING 303-373-1540 435-890-8823

801-531-9922 480-966-3952

503-557-4689 731-642-8709 Electromechanical Design 435-890-8823 801-977-0447 Composites

801-292-0493

888-280-7080

Leading Edge Machine 435-563-9425 Machinists Inc 800-244-4130 Metalcraft

Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500 MTI

505-247-4276 Precision Enterprises 731-642-8709 RD Machine & Mfg 801-977-0447

RP Machining 719-550-1724

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344 The CNC Pros 801-973-0800

METAL STAMPING

A1 Precision Metal ____ 623-377-2191

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Hi-Production Precision Stamping Metalcraft 888-280-7080

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

MOLDS

Blackwing Machine ___ 801-645-4485

Loveridge Machine Co. 801-262-1414

Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

Molds: Plastic Injection

LTM Plastics ________ 303-592-9548

Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

Molds Steel

DMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Aero Tech 801-292-0493

Loveridge Machine Co. 801-262-1414

PACKAGING

Tymar Industries 719-548-8995

PAINTING

Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648

CPCS 303-438-8328

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Pil lar Machine 801-965-1900

Richards Fab 801-409-0392

Painting CARC Frontier Group 602-437-2426

PLATING

Blanchard Metals Proc. 801-972-5590

Foresight Finishing 480-921-0000

Anodizing

Blanchard Metals Proc. 801-972-5590

Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

Copper

Foresight Finishing 480-921-0000

Electroless Nickel

Foresight Finishing 480-921-0000

Nickel/Chrome/ Copper

Foresight Finishing 480-921-0000

Tin Plate

Foresight Finishing 480-921-0000

POLISHING

PRECISION FORMING

Richards Fab 801-409-0392 Thompson Machine 505-823-1453 Wrico 480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL Chemical PAS Technologies 602-744-2648

Etching/Photochemical VACCO Industries 626-443-7121

PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go_____801-380-7935

PUNCHING

JD Machine ________ 801-782-4403 Star Precision 303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering __ 303-280-2778

RECYCLING

Recyclable Metals

Iron & Metals, Inc 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works 801-364-5679

REPAIR

Bearing Surface Denver Machine Shop __ 303-295-6000 Hydraulic Cylinder Denver Machine Shop 303-295-6000

Rolling: thread

Ron Grob Co. 970-667-5320

Scrap Metal Recycling

Iron & Metals, Inc 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works 801-364-5679

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Integrated Systems Inc 928-649-9600

ROUTERING, CNC Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300

SERVICES

AS9100 Certification

SINTERING

Western Sintering 509-375-3096

SPINNING: METAL Metal Spinning Solutions 480-899-0939 SPLINES

Specialty Steel Services 801-539-8252 SPRINGS Custom/Compression/Exten sion/Assembly/Torsion

Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 Flat & Wire

Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831

SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

STAMPING

A1 Precision Metal

Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303

Frontier Metal Stamping 303-458-5129 Metalcraft 888-280-7080

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038

Richards Fab 801-409-0392

The Toolroom Inc. 801-773-6331

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Wrico 480-892-7800

High Production Precision Stamping

Frontier Metal Stamping 303-458-5129

Stamping:Aerospace

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Stamping:Deep Draw

Frontier Metal Stamping 303-458-5129

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Wrico 480-892-7800

Stamping:Design

The Toolroom Inc. 801-773-6331

Stamping:Flat Forming

SPRING WORKS Utah 801-298-0113

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Stamping:Foil Forming

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Stamping: Light

SPRING WORKS Utah 801-298-0113

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Stamping:Precision

Frontier Metal Stamping 303-458-5129

Metalcraft 888-280-7080

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

A1 Precision Metal...39

Accutech Machine Inc...41

Ace Wire Spring & Form...44

Acieta...34

Action Machinery...37

Advantage Manufacturing...40

Aero Tech Mfg...40

AME, Inc...34

Auburn Tool & Machine...40

Autodesk...33

AZ Tool Steel...39

Barton Mines...24,36

BC Tool & Cutter Grinding...41

Blackwing Machine...43

Blanchard Metals Proc...40

BMSC...6,38

Bystronic...37

Chipblaster...33

CM Manufacturing...43

CNC Machine & Design...39

Coastal Metals...10,36

Coating Technologies...41

Controlled Thermal...41

Custom Powder Cutting Sol...41

Datron...37

DCM Tech...37

Denver Machine Shop...40

Denver Precision Products...42

DMG Mori...33

DMSI...39

Dynamic Design & Mfg...44

Edge Technologies...36

EDM Network..35

EDM Perf. Accessories...35

EMJD Corp....41

ENS Welding...45

Epic Approvals...38

EPOCS Mfg...40

Erickson Metals...3,33

Exact Tool Grinding...45

EZ-Access...36

Fiero Automation...34

Flex-Pro...30,41

Index of Advertisers

Focused On Machining...45

Foothills Machinery...35,37

Foresight Finishing...44

Frontier Metal Stamping...44

Fullerton Tools...34

Gage Lab Products...34

Hexagon...26,45

Horizon Carbide...35

Imaginetics...39

Industrial Heat Treat Co...41

Industrial Supply...9

Ingersoll...33

Innovative Measuring Systems...35

Innovative Precision...39

IRH...36

Iron & Metals, Inc..16,36

Jaguar Precision...42

JD Machine...39

JM Grisley..1,5,20-22,33-37

K.D. Capital Equipment...38

KEYENCE...35

Kings Peak...42

Micropulse West ...39

Midaco...36

MMT Productivity 7,19, 33-37

Mountain View...39

MP Systems...33

MTI...39

MultiCam...37

Multi-Tool...37

Nelson Engineering...40 NUNTMA..27

O’Keefe Ceramics...42

Ogden-Weber Tech College...35 OGP...34

Olympic Metals...12,36

Orion Registrar...35

Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing...43

Paramount Machine...40

Phoenix Heat Treating...41

Phreedom Technologies...31

Pilkington Metal Finishing...41

Pinnacle Precision...43

Platinum Registration....15,38

Sandvik...36

SCHUNK...33

Sentry Insurance...38

Skydandee Mfg...39

SMB Hub...18

Smith Machinery...,33,47

Southwest Waterjet & Laser...45

Specialty Steel Serv....32,40

SPRING WORKS Utah...44

Star Metal Fluids...2,33,35

Star Precision...40

Starrett...35

StarRex Precision...42

Steel Services Grinding...41

Sulli Tool & Supply...33

Superior Grinding..8,41

Tech Financial Services...31,38

The CNC Pros...39

The SMBHub...18

The ToolRoom Inc...45

ThinBit..33,48

Thompson Machine...,41

Klontech Industrial...34

Knuth Machine Tools...36

KTR Machine...36

L.V. Swiss...42

Laird Plastics...37

Laube Titanium...35

LAYKE Inc...44

Leading Edge Machine...42

LeGrand. (C2G)..35

Level III Nadcap Consulting...38

LK Metrology..13,34

Loveridge Machine...43

LTM Plastics...29,44

Machine Tool & Cutter Grinding...34

Machinery Resources Intl...29

Mario Pinto...35

Maverick Mold & Machine...39

MEP Center...38

Metalcraft...42

Methods West...33

Metzfab...25

Precision Die & Stamping....45

Precision Enterprises...29,39

Production Machine Tools...37

Qualichem...36

Quality Measurement Services..38

Quality Vision Intl...7

R&R Tansportation...38

Radtech...42

RD Machine...44

Renishaw..23,34

Resell CNC...38

Richards Fab...40

Robo-Jet...45

Roentgen USA...36

Romi Machine Tools, Ltd...36

Ron Grob CO....28,41

Royal Products..28,33

RP Machining, Inc. ..42 Ryerson...27,33,35-37

SA Composites...45

S&S Machinery...39

T.J. Snow...11

Toolnet International...33

Total Quality Systems...35

TUFFLabels...41

TVT Die Casting...17,39

Tymar Industries....43

TW Metals...36

Ultimate Manufacturing...35

United Asset Sales...13

United Perform Metals...28,35

Radtech...59 RD Machine...60

ResourceMfg...29,56 Richards Fab...56 RPM CNC Precision RMTMA...47

University Federal Credit Union...38

Utah Metal Works, Inc...14,36

Vacco...41

Von Ruden Mfg...33

Wasatch Powder Coating...41

Rocky Mountain Roentgen USA...52 Ron Grob CO....57 Royal Products...18,49 Ryerson...17,49,51,52,53 SA Composites...61 S&S Machinery...50 Samuel Son & Sandvik...49 Sawblade.com...5 Seco Tools Inc...50 Setco Spindles Shop Tools, Inc..10,50 Skydandee Mfg...55 Smith Machinery...49,63 SolidCAM...20,54

Weiser/Mile High Precision...45

Western Sintering...45

Western States Calibration...37

Western States Metals...17,34

Wrico Stamping...41

Zeiss Industrial...35

Radtech...59 RD Machine...60 Resell CNC ResourceMfg...17,56 Richards RMTMA...48 Rocky Mountain Roentgen Ron Grob Royal Products...38,49 Ryerson...15,49,51-53 SA Composites...61 S&S Machinery...50 Samuel Son Sawblade.com...7 Scientific Seco Tools Sentry Insurance...54 Setco Spindles Shop Tools, Skydandee Smith Machinery...49,63 Specialty SPRING St. Vrain Manufacturing...59 Stacy Machine Star Metal Star Precision...56 Steel Services Steen & Sons Superior Grinding..6,57 Sustaining TAPIT All TCI Precision Teton Machining...58 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain • 46 • Nov / Dec 2022