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Cover & Inside Cover This Month’s Cover , Inside Cover, Shop Profiles, & Articles:
What’s The Future of Manufacturing? ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTINUES IN 2016; Manufacturing Growth Expected in 2016; Revenue to Increase 4.1%; Capital Expenditures to Increase 1.0%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 81.6%; Non Manufacturing Growth Projected in 2016; Revenue to Increase 3.2%; Capital Expenditures to Increase 7.5%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 87.9% ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Growth is expected to increase in 16 manufacturing industries and capital expenditures, are expected to increase by 1% in the manufacturing sector. Expectations for 2016 are positive as 63 percent of survey respondents expect revenues to be greater in 2016 than in 2015. The panel of purchasing and supply executives expects a 4.1 percent net increase in overall revenues for 2016, compared to a 1.4 percent increase reported for 2015 over 2014 revenues. Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives reported they expect to see growth in 2016. They are optimistic about their overall business prospects for the first half of 2016, and are more optimistic about the second half of 2016. “In 2015, manufacturing experienced 10 consecutive months of growth from January through October, followed by one month of contraction in November, resulting in an average PMI of 51.7 for the first 11 months of 2015 as reported in the monthly Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. Purchasing Executives expect raw materials pricing pressures in 2016 to be very low, and expect their profit margins will improve in 2016 over 2015. Manufacturers are also predicting growth in both exports and imports in 2016. Though some of the purchasing community is unsure of the impact of a strong dollar, greater than 60 percent feel the strong dollar did not have a negative impact on their business. As we enter the New Year let’s be optimistic and look forward to entering new markets and digging new wells in other locations. I talked to a major metal distributor that did business in 45 states in 2015 and always subscribes to having many wells to draw the water of business from. This is a good business model and kept his business viable! As the NewYear comes to greet us with positive business and opportunities, we want to wish you continued successes and continued happiness! Thank you for your continued support! May you all enjoy your holidays this year. God Bless our Troops, and God Bless our USA!
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Linda Daly, Hugh Taylor, Eugene Wirth, Stephen Hannemann, Kate Carpenter Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news, contracts, trends, and to supply a viable supplier source for the industry. Circulation: A2Z Manufacturing West Coast maintains a master list of over 14,000 decision makers consisting of fortune 1000 companies, small manufacturing companies, engineering firms, DOD & Scientific Lab facilities, machine shops, fab-shops, and secondary source businesses. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 25,000 people. The majority of our readers are based in CA, OR, WA area! Advertising Rates have remained the same since 1999, deadlines and mechanical requirements furnished on our website at: www.a2zManufacturing.com. All photos and copy become the property ofA2Z Manufacturing. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for the contents of any advertisement, and all representations are those of the advertiser and not that of the publisher. The Publisher is not liable to any advertiser for any misprints or errors not the fault of the publisher, and in such event, the limit of the publisher's liability shall only be the amount of the publishers charge for such advertising.
Announcements & Releases OMAX Corporation Expands Abrasive Waterjet Training Program OMAX® Corporation, a global leader in advanced abrasive waterjet technology, recently increased the capacity of its state-of-the-art training center in Kent, Washington, to provide OMAX and MAXIEM® JetMachining® Center owners with enhanced resources for improved productivity and profitability. As a key element of the company’s headquarters and manufacturing campus, which spans more than 22,000 square feet, the training center features a new technology-training classroom that supplements an existing equipment-training lab. According to Dr. John Cheung, CEO and co-founder of OMAX Corporation, the company has always taken a comprehensive approach to helping customers utilize the full potential of their OMAX or MAXIEM machines. And, through the training center expansion, his team can ensure customers continue to receive total training support as the company experiences increased demand for its products. “We design our equipment to cut virtually any material or part geometry with unmatched speed and accuracy, and our training programs help ensure our customers capitalize on those capabilities,” he said. The new classroom provides additional space for training that takes customers step-by-step through the process of making parts, including all the ways in which the company’s intuitive Intelli-MAX® Software Suite speeds up and simplifies complex part production. In the equipment-training lab, customers receive hands-on experience on how to operate and maintain OMAX and MAXIEM machines for maximum performance.This involves using the company’s current technology to cut parts designed during the software portion of the training. To complement its on-site training, OMAX Coporation offers several eLearning opportunities that include certified instructors hosting live and on-demand webinars, software and maintenance training videos, and tutorials available through the company’s online support site and OMAX and MAXIEM machine control units. OMAX Corporation also offers software, machine operation and maintenance training at customer locations. This includes fee-based customized training where a training manager works one-on-one with a customer to determine the best training focus for meeting a specific production requirement. On-site training at OMAX Corporation headquarters takes place monthly on a first-come, first-served basis. OMAX machine owners receive free training for as long as they own their equipment, while MAXIEM machine owners receive free training during their first year of ownership. For more information on OMAX and MAXIEM training, please visit www.omax. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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com/customer-training. About OMAX Corporation OMAX® Corporation is the global leader in advanced abrasive waterjet systems that make it easy for users to cut virtually any material and thickness with unmatched speed and accuracy. Based in Kent,Washington, the company manufacturers and markets OMAX and MAXIEM® JetMachining® Centers, which come in a variety of table sizes as well as feature the most intuitive control software and efficient pump technology available. The company also has the most comprehensive service and support network in the waterjet industry to ensure customers stay ahead of the manufacturing curve in today’s competitive global marketplace. For more information, please visit OMAX.com or connect with the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube
Fine-tune Your Operations with Sherpa Design Is your On-Machine Probing purchase giving you a return on investment? The industry trend is to spend $20,000 on probing, but never have time to set-up or implement this time-saving tool. Some of the probes gather dust and managers walk by and ask, “why’d we spend money on those things?” Get your On-Machine Probing going with help from us. We can help automate OMP tasks through developing custom controller macros for you. We can also integrate probing routines into NX CAM and NX post processors to reduce programming time. Run faster setups and faster first article checks, save time and money and keep ahead of the competition. What We Can Deliver: • New post processors • Offsite programming and spot training • Automated OMP tasks • Custom controller macros • Integrated probing routines More interested in NX simulation kits with full machine kinematics? We do that too.A sim kit will run concurrently during machine operation.This allows for critical testing and simulation of new operations while avoiding costly interruptions, meaning your machine is always running. An idle machine affects your bottom line. Downtime can be reduced significantly or avoided altogether by using sim kits. In addition sim kits provide operational efficiency, allowing for maximum performance during a machine’s operating lifetime. At Sherpa Design we use sim kits and probing on our own CNC machines. Our specialists have experience developing sim kits for a variety of applications and can assist you with a tailor-made solution. Sherpa Design is a mechanical design think-tank specializing in engineering and product development. We provide a suite of services including new product design, virtual simulation, industrial design, rapid prototyping,
and individualized machining and fabrication. Sherpa Design’s goal is to guide others to success, helping them get there. For more information about OMP set-ups and sim kits from Sherpa Design, please contact Pat Barrett at 503-771-3570 ext. 105 or info@ sherpa-design.com. Sherpa-Design.com.
Edge Technologies Introduces New Economically Priced Scout 320 Magazine Bar Feeder The Scout 320 is the newest and most economically priced Edge brand magazine bar feeder for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar stock in a diameter range of 3-20mm and lengths up to 12’ into CNC lathes. It features robust construction with heavy gauge structural steel that ensures rigidity and long term durability.A two-pusher system drastically reduces the overall length of the unit by as much as 4 feet. A short pusher pre-feeds the bar then retracts, then a second full-length pusher lowers into position to continue the feeding process. The Scout 320’s double pusher system is propelled by a toothed belt for accuracy, as well as smooth quiet running. As a standard feature on the Scout 320, the synchronization device for Swiss style lathes employs an electro-magnetic coupling, mechanically linking the lathes headstock’s z-axis travel to the bar feeder’s pusher to ensure synchronous movement and no loss of connection between the bar stock and pusher collet. Dual anti-vibration devices stabilize the bar stock at two critical points between the guide channel and lathe spindle maximizing RPM potential. Its adjustable roller design provides superior support and easy set-up of all bar diameters without the cost of multiple bearing blocks. The Scout features a 3-20 mm bar diameter capacity with hydrodynamic quick-change polyurethane guide channels. An extruded aluminum case surrounds the Scout’s polyurethane guide channels, increasing strength and stability. The channel is flooded with oil to create a hydrodynamic effect to support the rotating bar resulting in the ability to run at higher RPM with reduced noise and vibration. The top guide channel is profiled for all bar stock sizes.The “U” shaped bottom guide channel sections slide easily out of their base. To make the change for a new channel size, a new section is inserted, a screw is tightened and the Scout is ready to run a new bar stock diameter. The Scout 320 features the convenience of an easy-to-use remote control pendant with a Mitsubishi control and servo drive that provides the Scout’s motion control and functionality. Functions include: manual and automatic operation, manual load/unload of bar stock for set-up and/or change over, movement of bar pusher, and the emergency stop. The control is easy to program, yet flexible enough for all applications. Parameters are
set through simple F functions. Alarms are well defined and displayed on the operator control panel; panel swings out for ease of use. At their national technical center headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Edge Technologies not only stocks bar feeders, but provides full-service technical support, service in the field, and order desk capabilities for their stock of parts and accessories. Installations and training round out Edge Technologies’ offerings. Edge Technologies has extensive experience and a history of success and innovation demonstrated by 25 years providing bar feeder and lathe automation solutions, including over 10,000 successful installations of magazine bar feeders in the North American marketplace. For more information, visit our website: www.edgetechnologies.com
Mazak Broadens ManagementTeam as Part of Aggressive Business Plans Over the past few years, Mazak Corporation has aggressively mapped out long-term structural changes for its Kentucky-based operations to ensure continued business stability and future company growth.Among the various forward-thinking strategies the machine tool builder has already put into place are the complete digital integration of its factory and, most recently, adding a new executive vice president to its leadership team. Since opening its factory doors in 1974, Mazak has continuously evolved
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Announcements Continued and grown its Kentucky operations to be able to quickly adapt to market changes as well as push the envelope in developing new products and services that advance beyond the competition. As a result, the company has remained successful and continues to provide its customers with a competitive advantage in an ever-evolving marketplace. As today’s manufacturing landscape evolves at a faster, more dynamic pace than ever before, Mazak continues to lead the way by, once again, aligning its business strategy with the modern landscape. And, to help the company continue down its successful path, Mazak Corporation President Brian Papke expanded his leadership team with the appointment of Daniel Janka to the position of executive vice president. Following a thorough search, Papke hand selected Janka who will officially begin his new post on January 1, 2016. Under Papke’s direction, Janka will be responsible for the company’s North American operations, which includes providing strategic leadership and performance management of the company’s short and long-term goals. According to Papke, Janka is a perfect fit for the role in that his experience as an accomplished, results-driven leader perfectly aligns with Mazak’s aggressive growth strategy. Overall, he has more than 30 years of machine tool experience, working with companies across a variety of manufacturing segments, including aerospace, oil and gas, automotive and mining equipment. He also comes to Mazak with extensive international business development experience as well as merger, acquisition and joint venture expertise. “As we ramp up for the next Industrial Revolution where big data drives unconventional business growth, Dan will play an important role in ensuring our company and customers are on the right track for increased growth and stability,” said Papke. “His previous involvement in machine tool utilization software, for instance, dovetails precisely with our commitment to MTConnect and our new SmartBox technology platform that provides an easy, secure entrance into IIoT.We are confident in his leadership capabilities and trust his experience will help us expand these and other technologies intended for data-driven manufacturing and plantwide connectivity.” Additionally, Janka has been involved with several manufacturing-related associations and committees. Currently, he is an active member of the National Association for Manufacturing as well as the NationalTooling and Manufacturing Association. He also served as chairman for the Association for Manufacturing Technology from 2009 to 2010 and was involved with the U.S. Manufacturing Revitalization Task Force Board in 2010.
Announcements Continued personally prepared, and the business is ready, and market conditions are conducive offers the best opportunity to maximize results. M&A activity in 2015 has been strong and 2016 market conditions look promising. Here’s why: • Economy - Expectations are for a continuation of the recovery that began in 2009. Buyers make acquisitions and pay more when they can reliably forecast future earnings growth. • Strong manufacturing –The Institute for Supply Management’s December executive consensus was for 4.1% revenue growth in 2016. In Pepperdine University’s Q4 survey of M&A brokers, the strongest interest was in the manufacturing sector, and the consolidation trend in contract manufacturing continues. • Strong public stock market – Public companies with high valuations enjoy a lower cost of capital with which to make acquisitions, and many are on a buying spree. • Abundant cash – Corporations have strong balance sheets and private equity groups have cash to deploy. They are competing for acquisitions. • Debt financing – Debt is used in most acquisitions. Commercial banks are lending, debt ratios have returned to pre-recession levels, and even though the Fed may raise interest rates this month, rates are should remain attractive. • Valuation multiples – Multiple studies and databases confirm that private company earnings multiples are at pre-recession levels. • Moderate tax rates – Individual capital gains tax rates are still only 20% compared to 28-35% for most of the past 50 years. Government spending is at all-time highs and a recent budget deal removed the Federal debt limit. Sellers can expect higher taxes in the future. Exit Strategies is seeing the best response to manufacturing business offerings that we have seen in years, resulting in: (a) more buyer candidates, (b) multiple offers per deal, (c) more offers in the upper valuation range, (d) higher percentage in cash, (e) more seller-friendly terms, (f) shorter time-on-market, and (g) buyers that did not win these deals hounding us for more opportunities.
2016 Promises to be a Banner Year for Mergers and Acquisitions
How long the good times will last is anyone’s guess. At 78 months, the current economic expansion is already longer than 29 of the 33 expansions in the U.S. economy since 1854.
Deciding how and when to retire is one of the toughest decisions in a manufacturing business owner’s life. Selling to a strategic buyer, investment group or management team represents the culmination of years of hard work and investment. Going to market when the owner is
Al Statz is CEO of Exit Strategies Group, Inc., which provides merger and acquisition brokerage and valuation advisory services to manufacturing companies in the Western U.S. He can be reached at alstatz@ exitstrategiesgroup.com or 707-778-2040.
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Recommendations from the research: • Have a strong, skills-focused talent acquisition strategy, but don’t stop there. • Identify needs via assessments and gap analysis. • Create a learning environment that fosters frequent, continuous development. • Leverage technology to deliver learning targeted at specific skills gaps. • Continuously measure the impact learning is having on both the learners and the organization. The Skills Gap Is Real - Approximately one-quarter of companies say their strategy for a skilled workforce is primarily to hire properly trained people. Another 17 percent say they have a basic onboarding program, but nothing beyond that. That means that 41 percent of companies are relying on people to come through the door with the optimal skill set and continue to meet the organization’s need from then on. The fallacy in this approach becomes quickly apparent when we see that 90 percent of companies say they have difficulty hiring skilled workers. Almost one-third of companies report skilled worker turnover of more than 10 percent. This means that the very people an organization needs the most are the most likely to walk out the door. Also, skilled workers are more likely to realize they are not developed properly and seek out an organization that provides more development opportunities. The Impact is Real - This perfect storm of too few skilled workers coming in and too many leaving has a real, tangible effect on companies. Companies report challenges growing the business, keeping up with competitors, and maintaining quality. Identifying the Problem - Knowing your critical roles and planning for them are two different things. Brandon Hall Group’s 2015 Talent
Shortage Study found that 24 percent of companies have not identified their needs for skilled workers. Nearly half of those that have identified their needs have only done so for the next 12 months. From the Skills Gap Study, we find that even if companies know what they need, only 21 percent have assessed their entire current skilled workforce against those future needs. The majority of organizations have no idea if the people they currently have in place possess the skills to meet the company’s needs. Learning Can Close the Gap - So if companies can’t find skilled workers and they keep losing them, what’s the solution? After identifying what and where the gaps are, it is time for Learning and Development to take center stage and make sure those gaps are closed. Our research finds that highperforming organizations (HiPOs) recognize the role learning plays more so than others. One of the first things we see from our 2015 State of Learning and Development Study is that HiPOs put more effort into linking learning to performance. Companies are finding that in order to effectively develop the right skills within their workforce, learning has to move beyond traditional methods alone.A company can no longer expect to drop people into classrooms and have them walk out highly skilled and ready to make an impact. In fact, in terms of the most effective learning modalities, the classroom is actually fourth. It is not that the classroom is dead or even dying. In fact, it is still the No. 1 method of delivering learning as far as quantity is concerned. Rather, the new reality is that if an organization expects to have a highly skilled workforce, it needs to be prepared to develop those workers in a variety of ways, the most effective being coaching and mentoring.We also see informal learning and on-the-job exercises at the top, which lends great credence to the 70/20/10 learning model, where 90 percent of learning is informal and experiential and only 10 percent is formal. Measurement - The final piece of the puzzle is measurement. By measuring the quality of learning and how it affects behaviors and performance, it becomes far easier to target programs to close specific skill gaps. The problem is, organizations still struggle to measure learning, especially when it is not formal. The No. 1 thing that gets measured by all companies is completion of courses, used by nearly three-quarters of companies to measure at least 50 percent of their learning. However, only 19 percent of companies say this is
an effective measurement. The most effective metrics are:• Reduction in errors/accidents •Time to effectiveness • Increased productivity • Meeting corporate objectives • Ability to perform new tasks Fewer than 35 percent of companies use these more effective measurements to a great extent. Instead they rely on smile sheets, questionnaires, and surveys, which provide great feedback on how well received a program is, but offer no insight into how well it is helping the company get to where it wants to go. Conclusion - It is clear that companies of all industries are having some degree of difficulty with skills in their workforce. Some can’t find skilled workers, some can’t keep skilled workers, some don’t develop skilled workers, and many suffer from all three challenges. Part of the learning strategy should focus on skills and competencies to ensure the learning programs, tools, and technologies are being leveraged effectively to close or at least mitigate any gaps. Source: NTMA A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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6. Nonexistent Rationalization - Over time the number of parts, suppliers and products grow. Equipment is located where there was space at the time. All of these are rationalized as part of ongoing operations in successful businesses. Work on your business, not just in it. Money is lying around waiting for you to find it.
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Risk to Aircraft From Drones Being Debated In August, the Federal Aviation Administration said that reports of close calls by pilots had soared, even though F.A.A. rules prohibit drones from being flown near airports. But over the past two years, aviation experts and regulators have become increasingly concerned about the growing number of drones flying near airports and the risks they could potentially create for aviation safety. Last Saturday, for instance, a California Highway Patrol helicopter nearly crashed into a drone and the pilot avoided a collision only because he veered away.
The study broadened the definition of close encounter to include incidents in which a drone flew close to a plane, not just those in which a pilot had to take evasive action. The study reviewed 922 incidents involving drones and manned aircraft in the national airspace over the past two years. These incidents were reported to the F.A.A. and NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System, a confidential reporting system for pilots, from December 2013 to September 2015. The researchers found that 327 incidents or 35 percent of the cases could be described as close encounters, defined as drones coming within 500 feet of aircraft.
But while the number of drones is growing rapidly, their impact on flight safety is still being debated. More than 400,000 drones were sold last year and this year the Consumer Technology Association is forecasting sales of 700,000 more.
In 158 of those cases, a drone came within 200 feet or less of an aircraft, and in 28 instances, a pilot reported having to maneuver to avoid a collision. The study also found 90 close encounters between a commercial jet aircraft and a drone, and 38 involved helicopters.
As consumer and commercial drones increase in popularity, the government is taking more steps to address safety concerns and regulate the aerial vehicles.The F.A.A. is considering requiring drone owners to register themselves when they acquire a drone, probably before the end of this year. Regulators are also working on new rules for commercial drone operators, which will be completed next year. Under those rules, drones would be barred from flying above 500 feet, or faster than 100 miles per hour. Operators will also have to maintain a line of sight with drones.
Arthur Holland Michel, one author of the study, said regulators and policy makers, as well as the public, needed more accurate and impartial data to get a better understanding of the risks.
A study by two researchers at the Center for the Study of the Drone, at Bard College tries to provide a more comprehensive overview of the risks.
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Radar Market Poised for Modest Growth After several relatively flat years, the global market for military radars is poised to grow modestly. Between 2011 and 2015, the worldwide radar market hovered around $12 billion, according to an analysis conducted by Avascent. Based on the US’ five year defense plan and other nations’ budgets and program commitments, Avascent projects the market will climb over $13 billion in 2016 and 2017, and after a quick dip in 2018, stay above $12.5 billion through 2025. The two main drivers are deliveries of fixed-wing aircraft with integrated radar systems, notably the F-35, and the proliferation of demand for air and missile defense radar systems, said Sebastian Sobolev, project manager for Avascent’s analytics division. “The short-term bump is AMDR and F-15 modifications,” he said. “I think a lot of the airborne fire-control spending is really going to be driven by a lot of the programs that we all sort of know and love here and abroad: It’s F-35 coming on line and spinning up to high production rates.” Farther out, there will also be substantial demand for air and missile defense radar systems, he said. “That’s going to come from the Middle East and Asia, by and large, those are requirements that have either been stated as a matter of policy that those countries are going to pursue, or gaps that we’ve identified,” Sobolev said. For the next decade, air and missile defense radar systems and airborne fire control will continue to make up more than half the market, he said. Along with the US, nations with welldeveloped militaries are transitioning away from mechanically scanned array antennae to active electronically scanned
array (AESA) radars, said Douglas Barrie, a London-based senior fellow for military aerospace with the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “It’s a much more reliable technology” and has several performance advantages, he said. “The mean time between failures is far less. It gives you greater range. It allows you to do a number of searches pretty much simultaneously.” Joe Hulsey, a retired Navy officer who flew EA-6B Prowlers and served as Northrop Grumman’s program manager on the EA-18G, said the US’ protracted acquisition schedule means that the radar market will remain relatively stable. “With the defense budget down, there are fewer programs, but there are still opportunities out there. There’s still the need to protect the US in a way that we really haven’t much before,” he said. Future platforms that will include new radar selections include the frigate version of the US Navy’s littoral combat ship and the sixth-generation fighter, Hulsey said. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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U.S. Working To Keep Up With Surging Weapons Demand: Pentagon The U.S. government is working hard to ensure quicker processing of U.S. foreign arms sales, which surged 36 percent to $46.6 billion in fiscal 2015 and look set to remain strong in coming years, a top Pentagon official said. “Projections are still strong,” Vice Admiral Joe Rixey, who heads the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), told Reuters in an interview. He said the agency was trying to sort out the impact of a much strongerthan-expected fourth quarter as it finalized its forecast for arms sales in fiscal 2016, which began Oct. 1. The fight against Islamic State militants and other armed conflicts around the globe were fueling demand for U.S. missile defense equipment, helicopters and munitions, Rixey said, a shift from 10 years ago when the focus was on fighter jets. “It’s worldwide.The demand signal is coming in Europe, in the Pacific and in Centcom,” he said, referring to the U.S. Central Command region, which A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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includes the Middle East and Afghanistan. U.S. companies and some foreign countries have expressed growing frustration in recent months about delays in arms sales approvals. They argue that the U.S. government has not expanded its capacity to process arms deals despite a big spike in such transactions. Jeff Kohler, Boeing Co’s vice president for international business development, said earlier this month he and his Gulf customers were “a little frustrated” with delays in getting U.S. approvals for fighter jet sales. A $3 billion deal for 28 Boeing F/A-18E/F fighter jets for Kuwait, and a separate Qatari deal for F-15 fighters, have been delayed for some time. Rixey said DSCA was keeping up with surging arms sales requests largely through process improvements and better training, but he warned that potential cuts in Pentagon headquarters funding could pose a problem. DSCA is handling a total of 13,500 cases with a total value of $461 billion. Last year’s total was the biggest yet, outside of a spike caused by Saudi fighter jet sales in 2012. Rixey said his agency was coordinating more closely with the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Commerce Department and other Pentagon agencies and leaders to advocate for U.S. arms sales as a key instrument of U.S. foreign policy. He said requests from countries that were “well-behaved” and protected U.S. technology were generally processed quickly, but the
U.S. government would take its time vetting sales to countries with weaker records on human rights and technology. DSCA had increased training and was working on a variety of initiatives, Rixey said, including pre-processing reviews and stockpiling some munitions and other weapons that were in high demand by using a special revolving defense acquisition fund. Congress has authorized the agency to spend up to $400 million from the account since it was reconstituted in 2011, about $75 million of which remains available, said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Joe Sowers. Rixey said some munitions had also been sold from U.S. military reserves to ensure that they were available to allies quicker.
EVA Finalises $8 Billion Deal For Boeing Planes The fast-growing airline will use the 24 Boeing 787-10s and two 777300ERs to support growth plans in coming years, EVA President Austin Cheng said in the statement. EVA said it had ordered engines for all 26 planes from the aviation unit of General Electric Co.Boeing’s 777s and 787s compete with the A350s and A330s of Airbus Group SE. The deal comes just over a month after EVA signed a letter of intent for
the aircraft, which will be delivered over six years from 2017. EVA plans to deploy the planes on medium and long-haul routes to Southeast Asia, Oceania and North America. That will help it tap the increasingly important trans-Pacific market by using its Taipei hub to connect Asian and American cities. Regional rivals such as China Airlines Ltd, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Korean Air Lines Co Ltd , Japan Airlines Co Ltd and ANA Holdings Inc also have widebody jets on order from Boeing and Airbus. Source: Reuters
Analysis: Japanese Automakers Helping Boost US Manufacturing Sector, Economy In The Hill “Congress Blog,” Rutgers University Economics Professor Thomas J. Prusa, Ph.D. states that “one of the most significant contributors to the nation’s manufacturing sector” has been the rise of the Japanesebrand auto industry within the US, which currently supports 1.52 million American jobs, according to a new Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association report. Currently, Japanese automakers have “26 manufacturing plants and 34 R&D and design centers” in the US, with those facilities employing 91,000 American workers and providing “economic benefits that resonate throughout the surrounding communities.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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CSX Exploring Use Of Drones For Track Maintenance CSX Corp. is exploring the use of drones for track maintenance and emergency situations, Chief Executive Officer Michael Ward said at the RailTrends 2015 conference held in midtown Manhattan. Ward was accepting an award for the railroad innovator of the year when he mentioned that the Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad and its competitors have begun researching and testing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for track and bridge inspection and in the event of a derailment. Drones can cover much greater distances than a person in a truck or railcar and feed visual information back to the operator, who can determine if further inspection is required. “Right now our primary focus is on bridge inspections,” he added when asked about CSX’s use of drones. “As you know, a drone will actually get you underneath a bridge and get you very close, to see whether you need a human to come and take a closer look at it.” Unlike in the trucking industry, where road and bridge infrastructure are maintained using tax dollars, railways own and operate their own track and are responsible for the upkeep and safety of those assets. “And the other place we’ve been exploring it – although our safety record has greatly improved as an industry – is in derailments. Especially if there is one where there happens to be a chemical aspect to it, you can get a drone in there faster than you can get humans in there to see what you’re dealing with.” Ward said he believes there may be more uses for drones in the railroad industry going forward as well, but did not elaborate on what those might be.
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Meanwhile, a Federal Aviation Administration task force released its recommendations regarding a registration program for unmanned aircraft systems that will affect the use of drones in both commercial and recreational settings. The likely outcome of the recommendations is that all drone users within the United States will have to register with the federal government in order to continue flying the UASs legally. Similar to a driver’s license for a car or even gun registration, the idea is that having people on record as drone users will reduce the chance they might use those drones for illegal purposes and for identification of a drone operator in the event of a crash or other incident. Under the recommended plan, which the task force was quick to point out is not binding, all drones weighing a more 250 grams (about half a pound) would be subject to registration. People would receive an ID number after registering that is required to be affixed to all drones they fly in a place where it is easily visible.
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A New Metal Designed for Airplanes Is 99.99 Percent Air The new material could significantly reduce the weight of airplanes, decreasing fuel consumption Imagine flying 35,000 feet in the sky within an airplane made of metals that are 99.99 percent air. That reality isn’t too far of a stretch, as Boeing—the world’s largest aerospace company and the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners—recently joined with HRL Laboratories in creating microlattice, the world’s lightest metallic
material. For the past six years, scientists at HRL Laboratories have been working on their microlattice technology. “The concept is very similar to the structure of human bones,” says Dr. Tobias Schaedler, a senior scientist at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, California. “Our bones, much like the microlattice, are composed of a very strong and durable exterior, while the interior is hollow.This is how our bones are not only tough but lightweight as well.” The metal is first constructed of lattice structure made of 3-D–printed polymers, which are coated with an extremely thin layer of nickel—so thin in fact that the metal is one hundred times finer than a single human hair. Afterward, the polymers are washed out, leaving a hollow tube of 100-nanometer-thick nickel, which is then combined to construct a larger mass of metal. HRL Laboratories has created the lightest metal in the world. Formerly known as the Hughes Research Laboratories, HRL is aiming to implement the use of a metal that is half the density but the same strength as the ones currently utilized on commercial aircraft.The new microlattice technology would help bring down the overall weight of airplanes, ensuring less fuel consumption during operation, which is the largest overhead cost for airline companies. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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“We found the penguin feathers to be superhydrophobic meaning they are extremely water repellent,” Pirouz Kavehpour, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA and a co-author of the research, told The Huffington Post. “We believe there are lessons we can learn from the structure of penguin feathers to design effective anti-icing surfaces for aircraft wings, power lines, and many other applications of significance.”
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That’s thanks to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) studying how airplanes may learn de-icing secrets from penguins, who survive forays into frigid waters and across icy landmasses without becoming living popsicles thanks to their ultra ice- and water-repellent feathers. Temperatures in Antarctica can nosedive to -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, and wind speeds can reach nearly 90 miles per hour – conditions far more extreme than most commercial aircraft will ever experience. Yet penguins on the coldest continent don’t ice over, a problem planes in cold climes consistently confront and one that can lead to loss of control and even accidents. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Their feathers also had tiny pores that trap air, making them extremely effective at repelling water and preventing ice formation. That’s because once a drop of water hits a surface protected both by a coating of oil and tiny pores, it takes on a spherical shape and the beads of water can roll off or be shaken away.What’s more, when water beads up and takes on a 6:33 AMspherical shape, it makes less contact with the surface, therefore delaying ice formation. The researchers examined the feathers of both gentoo penguins – which live in Antarctica and the southernmost parts of South America – and those of Magellanic penguins – which live in warmer climates in Chile, Argentina, and even Brazil. They found only the gentoo penguins – who must survive colder climes – have the small pores, and they also use a more water-repellent oil. Penguins’ anti-icing solutions may hold valuable lessons for planes. Icing on airplane wings, flaps, and rudders, changes the airflow around a plane and can diminish the lift force that keeps a plane aloft. In severe cases, icing can cause a temporary loss of control and even accidents. Between 1995 and 2000, about 8 percent of airline accidents were caused by the effects of icing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. While there’s more research to be done about how penguins may specifically inspire safer planes, researchers have posited that future planes may have pitted surfaces and lubricants to prevent ice formation. “Airlines spend lots of time and money applying chemical de-icers to planes that fly in winter weather,” the researchers said in a statement. “Superhydrophobic surfaces inspired by penguins might be cheaper, longerlasting, and more environmentally-friendly.” Source: Reuters
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Defense Department’s intent is that the share of work for the major defense primes will “end up being almost the same, regardless of who wins it.” To be sure, Northrop Grumman’s win of the bomber contract, which could reach $80 billion including development costs, is a big loss for St. Louis-based Boeing Defense, Space and Security. But for the Puget Sound area, the jobs outcome may not be that different. This region has evolved into one of the nation’s leading centers of advanced carbon composites manufacture, through a combination of the B-2 and F-22 military legacy, and more recently, Boeing’s commitment to build the 777X’s carbon composites wings in Everett. This strength, and the region’s relatively close proximity to the likely bomber final assembly site in Southern California, could bring even more work here than if Boeing had been building the plane in St. Louis, Clark said. “The result may be better for Puget Sound,” he said. “What it means is that subassemblies that could have gone to another vendor had Boeing won the contract, will go to Boeing and Puget Sound.” Cost will be a key factor in these decisions, because Northrop Grumman will want to build assemblies as cheaply as possible, said Mark Gunzinger, another senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense.
Boeing’s Loss Of Bomber Contract Could Mean Jobs For Puget Sound Region Boeing just lost the contract to build the Air Force’s next bomber, but the Puget Sound area could still win big chunks of bomber work. There’s ample precedent, because Boeing workers in the Seattle area built wing and fuselage structures for the current B-2 bomber and the F-22 fighter. At the peak of B-2 production, 10,000 Boeing workers in the Puget Sound area were building assemblies for the plane. In 1991, the B-2 employed 10,000 people in the Seattle area. In recognition the fourth operational B-2 was named Spirit of Washington. The long-range strike bomber will be no different, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow and military expert at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, in Washington, D.C. “It will work out that Boeing will get some of that business, but in a different form than they might have hoped,” he said, adding that the A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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“Boeing is a world leader in manufacturing techniques and technology. If it could bring its skills to help support this program, to whatever extent Northrop could need them, all the better,” he said. “It could be a shot in the arm for Boeing in your own area.”Source: Puget Sound Business Journal.
Global Microsatellite Marked To Reach $2.5B The global nanosatellite and microsatellite market will reach $2.5 billion by 2020, according to a forecast by market research firm Research and Markets. This reflects a compound annual growth rate of 23.2 percent from $889.8 million in 2015. The strongest growth will be in Earth observation and remote sensing. North America will be the largest market. Demand will also be driven by the “low cost of design, increasing demand for miniature satellites, and huge investment from Silicon Valley,” the report said.
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More Than Just A Machine Shop At Rauch Engineering Prototyping can be a challenge. We live in an era of fast-moving start-ups and Kickstarter revolutions, which leads to specialized machining and short turn-arounds. Chris Rauch keeps his “dual aspect engineering company” running steadily, thanks to both a lathe and mill from Tormach. Rauch is a self-taught machinist and professional mechanical design engineer who operates Rauch Engineering with his PCNC 1100 and 15L Slant-PRO Lathe™. “We make parts that we design, and we make parts for other companies,” he explains. “We specialize in underwater robotics and our products consist of peripheral components for underwater robotics such as grabbers and thrusters. For our external customers we make parts for vintage Ford’s, and tooling/fixtures for specialty manufacturing companies.” Rauch Engineering is comprised of one fulltime machinist, one full-time engineer, one office manager/bookkeeper, and Rauch himself, who splits his time between engineering and machining. “At this point the two Tormach machines are doing all the work in the shop,” he explains. “We are pretty much maxed out on machine usage. We run the mill and lathe over seven hours a day, and we often run the mill over-night, if we have a well proven code and a minimum number of tool changes. Our experience is that if something is going to fail it will occur during a tool change.” Rauch has his lathe set up with both a quick change tool post and 3-position gang tooling. “We try to minimize tool changes for efficiency reasons but as you may expect we have a lot of tools (20+) that we use on the lathe, thus the choice to go with the QCTP rather than the tool turret,” he explains. “We are presently running batches of 150 parts through the lathe.We feed in two-foot lengths of bar stock through the head stock and turn, then cut off the parts. After we have 150 parts thru the first operation we then set-up to run the second operation on the cut-off side of the part.” He uses his PCNC 1100 in a similar fashion, for large (10+) quantity runs, which is why they also utilize an AutomaticTool Changer,
to automate tool changes and keep work moving. For quick, one-off parts, Rauch uses the manual mill or manual lathe that they keep in the shop for just that purpose. Before switching toTormach machine tools, Rauch struggled with a manual machine that was converted to a CNC. “The converted lathe was never repeatable and needed a lot of attention for every part that was machined. By contrast, we are currently running a batch of 300 parts and getting consistent results for every part,” he explains. “Both machines were set-up with a quick change tool post, but with on the Tormach we also have gang tooling for drilling. This greatly reduces the amount of time that we need to spend standing next to the lathe waiting for tool changes.” For Rauch, the strong selling point of Tormach was the customer service, but he’s also found the machines to be robust. “I feel that the hardware is solid and very capable.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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The company is assembling two of the SRK Alpha prototypes, and, counting the BugE and both Gen2 prototypes, has fully assembled 10 vehicles to date. This is the first time the manufacturer has built more than one product from a single design, as well as the first time it has built more than one vehicle at the same time. You can take home the sustainable technology for a base price of $11,900. According to the company’s website, the SRK is just short enough that it can be parked with its nose to the curb. That means three of the small three-wheeled wonders, which get the electric equivalent of 230 miles per gallon, could be parked in a single parallel parking space. Two models can drive 70 to 130 miles on a single charge, accelerating from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 7.5 seconds. Arcimoto, which reported raising $1 million earlier this year, hasn’t sold any vehicles yet. The company is targeting the end of 2016 for its first consumer deliveries, according to Mark Frohnmayer, company founder. He’s accepting preorder deposits, but won’t release sales numbers. The vehicles Arcimoto is building this year are for test and demonstration purposes only.
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Nearly 80 percent, meanwhile, believed that technology will significantly impact their companies’ production, led by digitization, the Internet of Things and analytics.
Cisco analysts projected that digitizing would generate nearly 13 percent in additional profit over the next three years for a $20 billion manufacturer. “When you look at digitization, if we can fully leverage the benefits of digitization and IoT, all the way from core manufacturing out to that end-user experience, the opportunities are exponential because we can better use all of those services, all of that data,” said Tony Bolton of General Motors’ telecommunications division. The report said that one-third of industrial machine builders are already receiving plant data from their customers, while a majority of companies in that sector planned to implement that technology. Only 6 percent did not indicate plans to access customer data. The report, however, also said that the current service-related manufacturing market pales in comparison to its potential.
“One challenge is on the technology side, making sure that the right infrastructure is provided,” said Dirk Slama of Bosch Software Innovations. “The second challenge I would see is more on the organizational level, to make sure that you somehow help your organization move towards these new business models.” In Beaverton, Maxim makes integrated circuits used in industrial applications and systems and devices for automotive and medical customers. “We are proud of the work we do there and the team,” Walden said. “Keeping the Beaverton site will enable Maxim to improve our flexibility and our responsiveness to customers.” The company employs more than 500 people at the fab and another roughly 200 in a Hillsboro office for design, test and sales engineers.
Cisco Consulting Services attributed $383 billion in value to connected products and service models, which effectively leaves 76 percent of its overall value “on the table.”
The company is working on a new building at the Beaverton site to accommodate the Hillsboro workers. That building should be done in November 2016.
In addition, the poll found that just 29 percent of manufacturers believed that their service-related operations would grow at a faster pace than their product operations. Respondents were particularly concerned about business complexity, potential profitability and monetizing customer data.
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Where Do You Want Your Manufacturing Business To Be In 2020? Manufacturing in the US is evolving. Jennifer McNelly, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Institute, states, “Manufacturing is the industry upon which the economic successes of industrialized nations are built. Today, technology and innovation drive growth within the sector and keep the industry current. Modern manufacturing is again changing the global economic landscape and influencing the direction of our future.” In its “Top 10 Manufacturing Trends of 2015,” Manufacturing Global Publication recognized a new breed of product-savvy customer s and the moder n requirement for the ultimate manufacturing flexibility.” Global writes. “Manufacturers will increasingly look towards manufacturing equipment that is adaptable and flexible to appease the needs of consumers, while saving waste and downtime.” Ellison Technologies, celebrating 60 years as an American distribution company, is focused on providing manufacturers with that crucial flexibility. In its latest advance, the company has announced that it is the exclusive distributor for Doosan machine tools in its territory. Graham Hooper, CEO of Ellison Technologies, says, “Times have changed and manufacturers today need a broad, more capable set of tools than ever before. Ellison has always been devoted to combining the right technologies with the best service and support. With Doosan’s broad product portfolio, we can support all manufacturing industries and market segments.” With more than 6 decades serving its customers, Ellison Technologies is the largest machine tool integrator in the U.S., representing 65% of the metal cutting market. With 16 locations across the U.S., Ellison has demonstrated not only its expertise in applying the latest technology and process innovations to improve their customers’ business, but their ability to do so at the local level. Ellison provides not only machine tools, but also engineering solutions, service and parts support, process optimization, turnkey solutions, robotic automation and machine financing. Brent Saxwold, President for Ellison Technologies in Washington and A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Oregon, says, “The Doosan line offers us the ability to provide the highest quality machine tools at market-competitive prices.” Brent adds that Doosan offers a 3-year parts warranty, which is unheard of in the industry. “Our Doosan warranty is offered standard with every purchase”, he elaborates. “Come to any of our showrooms where a live demo will prove what these machines and our process expertise can do.” Pat Urian, President for Ellison Technologies’ Southern California operations, says, “Our priority is to introduce technologies that strengthen our customers’ ability to compete in the markets they serve. Whether the solution involves a stand-alone machine, multi-process equipment, or an integrated manufacturing system with robotic automation, our goal remains the same; to optimize throughput and quality at the lowest per-part manufacturing cost.” He continued, “We are dedicated to helping manufacturers get the most from their technology investments. Ellison has over 40 support engineers just in the Western Region committed to providing preand post-installation support aimed at optimizing machine availability, productivity, and cost of ownership.” Doosan Machine Tools is a superior partner choice for Ellison Technologies.The manufacturer has received a number of awards just in the past year that demonstrate their commitment to excellence. They have been awarded the ‘Presidential Award’ for safety by the Korean government and the ‘IR52 Jang Young-Shil Award’, which recognizes researchers’ accomplishments in the development of new
products in Korea. Additionally, they are proud to have been awarded the ‘Red Dot Design Award’ for the second consecutive year. The Red Dot Design Award is widely regarded as one of the top three design recognitions in the world along with the iF Design Awards and the IDEA Design Awards. An official from Doosan commented, “The company’s second consecutive Red Dot Winner Award attests to the fact that Doosan Infracore has succeeded in markedly boosting both the user-friendliness and the emotional quality of its machine tools.” Andy McNamara, Doosan America’s Director of Sales and Marketing, says, “We place high value on Ellison Technologies’ history — 6 decades serving precision manufacturers. With superior sales, support, technology capabilities and financial stability, we recognize their expertise in supporting their customers’ growth well into the next decade.” He continued, “Ellison Technologies has brick and mortar locations throughout the United States, and their showrooms
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expenditures, such as new equipment. Bonus depreciation allows companies of all sizes to write off 50 percent of capital expenditures in the first year, instead of depreciating the costs over time. These tax breaks “keep more working capital in our business so we can grow our business and make a larger impact in our community,” Duff said at a House Small Business Committee hearing last month. Both of these tax breaks expired at the beginning of 2015, however.The Section 179 expensing limit reverted to $25,000, and bonus depreciation disappeared altogether. Congress is working on a deal to restore these breaks, as it did last year, when it retroactively put them into place for 2014 in mid-December. But Duff and other small business owners told the committee that retroactive tax breaks aren’t much of an incentive for business investment.They need to know ahead of time that these tax breaks will be there. That’s why there was consensus among the witnesses at the hearing that making Section 179 expensing and bonus depreciation permanent — or at least extending them for several years — are the two biggest priorities for small businesses in the so-called “tax extender” package being considered by Congress. “Give us a runway to plan throughout the future,” said Todd Kriegel, CEO of Global Precision Parts, a family-owned metalworking manufacturer with two facilities in Ohio and one in Indiana.
As It Sells Texas Facility, Chipmaker Doubles Down On Its Oregon Semiconductor Fab San Jose, California-based Maxim Integrated Products appears to be making a new bet on its Oregon semiconductor fabrication facility in light of an announcement last month that it is selling its San Antonio facility. Once the sale of the San Antonio fab to Israeli-based TowerJazz is complete in January, the company’s Beaverton fab will be its only in-house plant, said spokeswoman LuAnn Jenkins Walden in an email. Source: Portland Business Journal
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There are lots of uncertainties in business, but taxes shouldn’t be one of them, he said. “We should know what our tax liability is going to be.” Last year, bonus depreciation saved Kriegel’s company $150,000 — “money we used to hire more employees and purchase additional equipment.” This year, many businesses assumed that bonus depreciation and the $500,000 Section 179 expensing limit would be reinstated for 2015 and went ahead with equipment purchases, said Thomas Nichols, an attorney and CPA who is president and shareholder of Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols law firm in Milwaukee. If they’re wrong, these businesses will have a hole in their budgets because they won’t be able to expense as much of their equipment costs this year as they expected. Duff said he knows developers who would like to renovate more empty buildings in Bellefontaine, but the lack of certainty over Section 179 expensing and bonus depreciation is “causing them to not move forward with taking that risk.” “Entrepreneurs and risk-takers like me” need “practical and stable expensing levels established so that we can invest with confidence,” Duff said. “Being able to plan our investment strategies and opportunities will not only strengthen our businesses, but local communities and job growth as well.”
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The test piles undergoing tests after removal from the Bay. MI provided machining of the large diameter structural steel casings. Dardis designed and did some subscale testing for parts he prototyped and manufactured himself. “Then when I got to the final design, and we wanted to make a full scale prototype, I went to Machinists Inc., because they are the best in town,” Dardis said. “I think they are probably the only people that could make this for us. I gave them my design and we built it.” When the project came to Machinist Inc. it was very high level, said Jeff Tomson, Machinists Inc., director of marketing. It took several months working with Dardis on the design and manufacturability. The Washington State Department of Transportation provided long
chunks of construction tubing for the piles themselves. Our role was to create the assembly and the interfacing,” Tomson said. “It’s that interface joint that we manufactured, then welded into place. Did all the final machining on the large diameter tubes. There’s quite a complex joint with some very large diameter o-rings. Pretty tight tolerances for the large structural steel.” For Dardis, working with Machinist Inc. was the only way to go. “I always had really great success with Machinists Inc.,” Dardis said. “Their performance on this project blew us away. We were on a super tight schedule and Machinist was willing to work overtime to help us meet our timeline. And the quality of work was absolutely perfect.”
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Easy Rider: Humanoid Robot Aims To Outpace Valentino Rossi On The Racetrack Yamaha is using the 44th Tokyo Motor Show to show off Motobot, a motorcycle-riding robot that will one day match MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi for speed and skill around the racetrack. Under the banner of ‘Beyond Human Capabilities’, Yamaha says it is using its knowledge of industrial robotics and motorcycles to develop Motobot, which will inform future autonomous systems. According to the company’s website, mechanism improvements, algorithm enhancement through machine learning and other factors required for high-speed track riding will make other types of highlevel riding possible. Yamaha is developing a motorcycle-riding humanoid robot that will one day match MotoGP world champion Valentino The Doctor’ Rossi for speed and skill around the racetrack In the current prototype, Motobot analyses data for vehicle speed, engine rpm, and machine attitude to control its six actuators - for operating the steering, throttle, front brake, rear brake, clutch and gear pedal – when riding an unmodified R1M motorcycle. Yamaha believe that technology for machine position recognition such as high-precision GPS plus various sensors, and machine learning will be utilised by Motobot to autonomously manoeuvre around a racetrack at the limits of the motorcycle’s performance, so that it can improve its lap times with successive laps of the track. Project milestones for 2015 have included riding in a straight line at 100kmh, tackling a slalom course and cornering. By 2020, Yamaha expects knowledge and highly advanced fundamental technologies from Motobot to be utilised in new product developments.
Private-Sector Employers Add 182,000 New Jobs The ADP National Employment Trends report released recently indicated that private-sector employers added 182,000 new jobs in October. The AP reports that ADP also adjusted its September number down from 200,000 jobs added last month to 190,000. The article characterized the October jobs number as “solid but unspectacular,” noting that economists had forecast about 180,000 new jobs. The AP adds that job gains are broad-based; however, “hurt by a strong dollar and economic weakness overseas,” the manufacturing industry “shed 2,000 jobs in October.” According to Bloomberg News, the goods-producing sector, which includes “manufacturers and builders,” gained 24,000 jobs in October, and the service-providing sector added 158,000 jobs.The article adds that the construction industry added 35,000 jobs. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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The $100,000 Job: Be An Apprentice MikeTaylor may represent the bridge to America’s job skills gap.He went to a 4-year college and then waited tables at a restaurant even as he struggled to pay off college loans. Two years later, he did what many Americans are doing less and less: he became an apprentice.
to the Labor Department, as the programs were slashed. Labor unions have historically funded apprenticeship programs -- not the federal government. And as labor unions have lost bargaining power over time, funding and popularity for apprenticeships has whittled down.A push to send more high schoolers to 4-year colleges and budget cuts during the recession didn’t help either.
There are 5.8 million job openings in the United States -- a record high “As the country goes more and more non-union, these opportunities number. It’s a positive, and indicates that companies are hiring. But hidden have disappeared,” says Arthur Klock, director of the Plumber Local 1 behind the huge number of job openings is the fact many Americans don’t apprenticeship. have the skills to fill them. One possible solution is apprenticeships like Taylor’s. You get paid while Apprenticeships aren’t that easy to get in either. Klock’s apprenticeship has you learn and work.What’s better is you complete an apprenticeship with about 500 spots, but he routinely gets 2,000 applicants. Some apprentices no student debt and some of those skilled jobs pay better than entry level like Broadbent camp outside for three days just to get an application in. positions on Wall Street. Klock says his program has a 90% completion rate. “Apprenticeship is the other college, except without the debt,” U.S. Apprenticeships are not without fault. Not all apprentices go on to Secretary of Labor Tom Perez told CNNMoney. 6-figure salary jobs. Some programs are heavily skewed towards white men. Programs like Plumber Local 1 have made a push to include more President Obama is betting on apprenticeships to help bridge the job skills minorities and women. Still, apprenticeships nationwide tend to lack gap. His administration set aside $175 million in grants -- the largest ever diversity. Klock argues that he tries to recruit women and gets laughed at. federal grant program for apprenticeships. However, there are women like Brandi Dunham, a Milwaukee native A native of Hazlet, NJ, Taylor left New York’s St. John’s University with and big Green Bay Packers fan. “You can’t live in Milwaukee and not be $75,000 in student loan debt. He knew that making ends meet while a fan,” she says. Dunham took online college courses with the University paying off his mountain of debt wouldn’t be feasible on a job waiting tables. of Phoenix in 2006 and took on student debt. He thought about being a cop in 2009 but no one was hiring during the Great Recession. Dunham worked for nine years as a bank teller making $22,000 a year. Eager for a change and a raise, Dunham applied to be an assembly worker at Taylor is now in a 5-year apprentice program at Plumbers Local 1 in Hayes Brake, a Milwaukee-area company that makes brakes for motorcycles Queens, N.Y. Every two weeks, he attends class one day and works nine and farming equipment. days -- each of those days, including his class, are paid for by the program. Wages may not be growing across the country, but they are growing for many apprentices.
Hayes offered to pay for Dunham to take an 18-month apprenticeship program while she worked. Dunham, 32, finished last year and now makes $37,000 a year.
Taylor makes $28 an hour. Next year, as his skills improve, he will make $42 an hour. Taylor has paid down much of his student loan debt and he bought a house in Hazlet, NJ, last year with his wife, who’s expecting their first child.
Dunham wants to make more -- and she expects she will -- but it’s a big boost from her days as a bank teller, and she gets to spend weekends with her 17-year-old son -- something she didn’t have at the bank.
When Taylor finishes the apprenticeship, he can opt to take a few more “I was new to the whole factory setting...with the class I was able to learn classes to obtain an associates degree -- all paid for by the apprenticeship a lot of different things,” says Dunham. program. There are some downsides. Some say they feel under appreciated by their “I wish I would’ve done this sooner,” says Taylor. “How many 28-year old customers and sense a negative stigma about hands-on work from the desk job workers. kids do you know that can actually own a home?” Taylor and other plumbing apprentices, like Nick Broadbent, make Stigmas aside, apprentices say their training and career track is putting $117,000 on average in their first year out of the program. That’s right: them on the path to the middle class. It could help bridge another gap: plumbers pull in more fixing pipes at Wall Street banks than entry level income inequality. bankers.“Rightfully so, we have more skills than the bankers,” quipped “The pay is good, often better than a college grad can earn out of the gate. Chris Pancia, another apprentice at Plumbers Local 1. This opens the door to closing income gaps,” says Diane Swonk, chief Apprenticeships appear to be gaining momentum this year, but it hasn’t economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago. “Not everyone is built for a been always been that way. In fact, between 2002 and 2013, the number [4-year] college degree.” Source: CNNMoney of apprentices in the U.S. dropped from 469,000 to 288,000, according A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The manufacturing sector is largely flashing near term weakness today, with a strong U.S. dollar, stalling industrial production and weak global demand, however Oregon manufacturing job growth is as strong as ever over the summer and into the fall. Given the industry is highly cyclical it is important to follow such developments and discuss with our advisors to what extent these trends are temporary or could spread to the rest of the economy. However, from a bigger perspective, manufacturing has long been considered among the good middle-wage jobs. Yet Alana Semuels in The Atlantic recently and Lydia DePillis at The Washington Post last year detail the lackluster manufacturing wage trends. In particular the two-tier wage scale seen in many places these days where recent hires earn significantly lower wages than workers under older agreements. While such two-tier scales appear to be uncommon here in Oregon at least based on the lack of public statements and reports, we have certainly noticed that relative manufacturing wages have eroded in recent decades.
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I learned what it takes to grow a smalltown tool and die company into a major player, but also learned what it means to fail. I took a company that was almost bankrupt and turned it into a thriving enterprise, only to have to close that same company.We’d built some major projects for a couple of automotive customers but they were having financial difficulties and we ended up with $15 million worth of equipment that we couldn’t sell. Our bank closed our lines of capital, which forced us to close the business. Blue: What were the top things you learned from that experience? Woods: You must build from a very sound financial and business plan, plus a strategic technical and innovative plan. Be sure you have the right advisors that will honestly tell you if you need to rethink your strategy. Blue: That’s an excellent point because CEOs tend to latch onto an idea and go running with it, thinking it’s the right thing to do, before really looking at it closely. Woods:That was actually my high and my low in getting the company to the size we did — having 150 people working for me and then having to close the company back in 2006. One other important key attribute is creating four core principles: passion, pride, family and fun. If you don’t have passion and pride about what you are doing, you shouldn’t be there. Blue: What is AMT all about? Woods:AMT’s job is to understand what’s happening in the manufacturing industry, communicate that to our members and provide them with the services to leverage it. We also communicate the importance of policies and programs that encourage
research and innovation, and the development of educational initiatives to create tomorrow’s workforce. Every two years in Chicago, AMT runs the largest manufacturing trade show in the hemisphere, the International ManufacturingTechnology Show, and also we provide technology centers in China, India, South America and Mexico.
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A large missile-defense contract announced last month likely means good news for Aerojet Rocketdyne. Defense contractor Raytheon Co. was awarded $543.3 million to deliver its Standard Missile SM-3 interceptors to the Missile Defense Agency. Rancho Cordova-based Aerojet Rocketdyne builds components of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors, shown here launching from a U.S. Navy ship. The interceptors are manufactured by Raytheon Co., which recently landed a $543.3 million government contract for the missiles. Rancho Cordova-based Aerojet provides the launch engine and highly maneuverable third-stage engine to the system, which is designed to shoot down incoming missiles high in the atmosphere. U.S. Missile Defense Agency bought 17 of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IIA systems under the latest contract.
Aerojet builds the MK 72 booster, which launches the missile, and the maneuvering propulsion system that hits the target missile, said Amanda Schildt, spokeswoman with missile systems at Raytheon. Raytheon and Aerojet also announced a successful test of a similar system. Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missile on Wednesday successfully intercepted a missile in a test from an Aegis Ashore weapon system. The test was conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Aerojet provides the MK 72 booster for that system and engines that maneuver the warhead. In the Hawaiian test, Aerojet also supplied a second-stage rocket. The new potential orders from Raytheon are more good news for Aerojet, which at the end of November announced that it landed two contracts related to manned space travel worth nearly $1.4 billion. Aerojet is the region’s largest locally based public company. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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participated in the Aviation Sustainability Center conference at the Seattle Museum of Flight that month. Yang’s patented process uses catalysts to convert the lignin into a mix of hydrocarbons, which can then be turned into jet fuel.Yang’s team is working with Boeing Co. to test using these hydrocarbons for jet fuel. If it’s successful, the technology could light up a new industry in the Northwest, turning the 10 million tons of wood waste the region generates annually into at much as 400 million gallons of biofuel. Alaska Airlines, which teamed with the Washington State Universityled Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance in early June, is planning a first flight using the waste wood fuel early next year, said Ralph Cavalieri, executive director of the alliance, in October. “This is all about taking Northwest forest slash piles, and finding a purpose from them, other than letting them rot,” he said. “It’s a very detailed and complex project, to get all of the participants lined up to get this to work. Source: Puget Sound Business Journal
Top Stories Of 2015 The end of 2015 marked an eventful year for the aerospace industry. The F-35 continued to dominate headlines as the F-35B neared its in-service date and the US considered ordering up to 450 of the fighter jet from Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin also acquired Sikorsky from United Technology Corp. in a transition free of regulatory hurdles. In other acquisition news, Textron Aviation acquired the assets of UTC Aerospace Systems. Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman secured a bid from the Air Force to build the Long-Range Strike Bomber, which could join the pantheon of storied bombers such as the B-52 to the B-2. In a nod to warbird history, a flyover in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day was streamed live from Washington, D.C. Both Lockheed and Northrop Grumman were listed on the top 20 defense contractors for 2015, joining Raytheon, Boeing and General Dynamics in the top five. Boeing faced a rocky year in 2015 as it downsized its satellite division. However, growth areas in aerospace continue to shine. The Scorpion team unveiled design changes for its aircraft slated to enter production in 2016. The Orion drone from Aurora Flight Sciences also set an endurance record for an 80-hour flight. What’s ahead for 2016? The Defense Department is seeking more input from Silicon Valley, but lawmakers have expressed concern over a rule that could undermine the effort to reach out to private firms.
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Used machine buying and selling isn’t the latest ‘hot new’ industry. In fact, the Resell CNC management team says their industry is flat, perhaps even declining. So it is really exceptional to meet this company that has experienced 3,209% growth (that’s not a typo) over the past 3 years! Resell CNC consists of 2 divisions; the division that buys and sells used machine tools for the precision manufacturing industry, called Resell CNC, and their 2nd division, called Resell CNC Auctions, which offers customers the ability to buy and sell used machine tools and other manufacturing equipment through online auctions. Just months ago, for the 2nd straight year, the company was named to the prestigious ‘Inc. 500’, a list of America’s 500 fastest growing private companies.This year Resell CNC Auctions earned the #108 spot overall, and the #7 spot in business products and services. (Resell CNC Auction’s Inc. 500 award is pictured at Times Square in New York, above.) Eric Schurenburg, President and Editor in Chief of the Inc. Magazine, says, “As an Inc. 500 honoree, Resell CNC Auctions now shares a pedigree with Intuit, Zappos, Under Armor, Microsoft, GoPro, Oracle, and other notable alumni.” Resell CNC CEO John Butz says, “We are pleased to have once again been recognized as an Inc. 500 company. We are committed to our customers and to being the simplest, most reliable and trusted platform for buying and selling used manufacturing equipment.” He continued, “To demonstrate our commitment, just over a year ago we added a new office in Phoenix, Arizona, with Mike Mills heading up our West Coast operations, as an example of bringing ourselves closer to our customers. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Mike Mills, President for the West Coast operations, says, “What differentiates Resell CNC from the other companies that deal in used machinery sales is our marketing and technology prowess. Our Vice President of Operations Matt Horn came to the company just a few years ago armed with a business degree, an MBA, and very strong marketing and technology skills. He has helped the company to realize this exceptional growth through strong marketing and technology innovations. Everything about our communication systems, our marketing campaigns, and our online auction platform has been designed with the intention of making it very easy to do business with us and this has fueled our exponential growth.”
Matt says, “Mike opened our Western US office just 15 months ago by himself. Today that office has a team of 7 people and we are continuously looking for experienced and motivated people to join our organization nationwide.” He continued, “Our management team is composed of some exceptional individuals who are experts in machine tools, some of which have been certified to the CMTSE standard (Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer). Across the management team, we have more than 100 years of experience. As an example, Mike Mills started his career working in a machine shop, became a journeyman caliber tool and cutter grinder, and subsequently has been in the machine tool industry for more than 3 decades now. Scott Magnuson, President of the Auction Division, and John Butz also have decades of experience in the industry.”
“As a machine tool dealer, I have worked with Mike on many transactions of selling used machinery for my customers. Mike is my ‘go-to’ guy for any trade-in or liquidation. He and the team at Resell CNC are extremely responsive and the transactions are always seamless. Mike and I have a bond. He is reputable, and he has never ‘played me’ like others have done. Mike and the team at Resell CNC make the transaction simple, and I just appreciate that he is always reputable.”
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There are other factors that have fueled the company’s rapid growth including the speed at which the company operates, Mike says, “When you have a used machine you want to sell, we send an inspector to see the machine right away. Buying or selling a used machine tool at Resell CNC could take as few as 2 days.” Mike says, “I joined Resell CNC because I wanted to join a company that had the same vision I had, a company where everyone works together to solve our customer’s needs and to grow together as individuals and a community.When you are able to do that, people take notice and your business grows along with it.” Whether buying or selling machinery, every machine shop can benefit from Resell CNC’s services. To learn how they can help your business, contact them at (844) 478-8181 or visit them online at www.resellcnc. com. If you are interested in joining a technology savvy, rapidly growing company you can email matt@resellcnc.com.
Hear What A Few Of Resell CNC’s Customers Say About Them: “I’ve worked with Resell CNC for a couple of years now, but have known Mike Mills for the last 5 years. I enjoy working with Mike and Resell CNC because of their prompt service, and the trust I have in them. I tried to sell a VF10 and didn’t know Mike had come over to Resell CNC, so I was talking to other machine tool dealers. Not only did they haggle over price, getting paid was going to be difficult because it wouldn’t happen until they sold the machine. When I tracked down Mike at Resell CNC, he offered a fair price, and I was paid immediately. It is a pleasure to do business with a company that is trustworthy and easy to do business with.”
Milo, Operations Manager Manufacturing Company “My relationship with Resell CNC is only a year old, but I have worked with Mike Mills for the last 20 years. Mike is rare in the used machine sale market - he is reputable, genuine, and he really cares about his customers. He isn’t just looking for a quick sale. Mike’s expertise is invaluable, and I often ask him for advice. Mike and Resell CNC stand behind the products they sell, and we always get a fair value. That coupled with the super great traits I have mentioned, makes for a great relationship and supplier.”
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Dr. Lee Hood, founder of ISB, talked about his brand of science, P4 medicine, wellness, longevity and recommended a book called “Consilience:The Unity of Knowledge,” by biologist E. O.Wilson, about methods used to unite the sciences with each other and ultimately, with humanities.It was a lunch for thinkers, and raised $88,000 with more money coming in. That’s a 10 percent increase over last year. Development Director Nick Newcombe was pleased that so many people wanted to learn more and were signing up for future tours of ISB. Source: Puget Sound Business Journal
AC-130 To Get Laser Guns & Air-Launched Drones: Heithold Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command, wants to make the AC-130 a kind of flying aircraft carrier, launching mini-drones mid-flight to scope out threats and targets. Oh, and he wants the AC-130 to have a laser cannon as well. Speaking to the Association of Old Crows’ annual conference on electronic warfare, Heithold didn’t spend much time talking about EW. Yes, the AC-130’s current defensive jamming and spoofing suite — comparable to that on the aging B-52 — will be upgraded on the future AC-130J model, but even that won’t be enough to protect the gunship against increasingly sophisticated future threats. “It’s been very successful at this point in defending itself on the target,” Heithold said. “That is not going to be case going forward.” Instead, Heithold argued, AFSOC needs new ways to make its low-andslow gunships more survivable: “The key, I believe, is to pursue high energy laser capabilities.” Heithold sees both lasers and drones as having both offensive and defensive applications. By shooting down enemy surface-to-air missiles, a laser-armed AC-130 could defend not just itself but other coalition
aircraft. After a year of talking with “every industry partner who’s ever even touched a laser…I know the technology has matured now,” Heithold said. “I believe we can put a high energy laser — offensive and defensive — on an AC-130 by the close of this decade.”That doesn’t necessarily mean turning the entire future AC-130J fleet into laser planes, but having “at least four or five of our airplanes modified in this fashion will help.” At the mini-drone project, actual testing is underway. It relies on fitting the existing Coyote UAV to the Common Launch Tube already used by some AC-130 variants to launch Griffin missiles. Once the Coyote (or an alternative UAV in the future) pops out of the tube, it flies itself along a preprogrammed orbit, while a crewman aboard the AC-130 watches the video feed and directs the drone’s camera towards new targets. (This way no human has to fly the drone hands-on every moment the way a Predator or Reaper would require). Bring-your-own-drone has offensive applications. Coyotes aren’t armed, but they can scout out targets that the AC-130 itself can’t see, for example because of bad weather. “I’m a gunship guy that’s spent a lot of my life looking at the top of clouds,” unable to see the target, Heithold said. “I have to take that away from the enemy.” But disposable drones can also protect their AC-130 mothership by probing danger zones. If enemy air defenses make it too dangerous to come close to the target, the gunship can attack from maximum range and send in the drone to make sure its attacks are still accurate. Source: Breaking Defense A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Ex-Cisco president predicts Elon Musk’s S.F.L.A. Hyperloop will transform labor markets Hyperloop Technologies is building a track near Los Angeles to test how Elon Musk’s high-speed mass transit idea can work.
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Rob Lloyd, who took over as CEO of Hyperloop Technologies Inc. in September after leaving his job as president at Cisco Systems, made some bold predictions about Elon Musk’s ultra-high-speed transit plans
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Study: US Needs 200 New Bombers The Air Force has confirmed it plans to buy 100 Long-Range Strike Bombers, though experts say many more are needed. “Limiting production of the new bomber [L-SRB] to 100 airframes would severely decrease the options available to national decision-makers during times of crisis or periods of instability,” says a study by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “A modernized bomber force of 200 aircraft will sustain America’s asymmetric advantage in long-range precision strike for decades to come.” Source: Defense News
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Majority of B2B Companies Missing Out on Revenue Growth Due to Poor Customer Experience Performance, Study Finds In an environment where business-to-business (B2B) customers are demanding a richer consumer-like experience, new research from Accenture finds that only 23 percent of companies are implementing truly effective customer experience programs and achieving higher revenue growth. According to the Accenture Strategy report, 2015 B2B Customer Experience, of the 1,350 B2B sales and customer service executives surveyed in 10 countries, 66 percent believe that new entrants are providing better customer experiences in today’s age of digital disruption. To compete, incumbent businesses recognize they need to make a significant shift in their business models: 78 percent of executives think higher customer expectations for tailored B2B solutions will have a substantial impact, and 76 percent feel that customers are now more knowledgeable, self-directed, and continually evaluating suppliers. The poor self-assessed performance comes despite the fact that 86 percent of B2B supplier executives continue to view the overall customer as ‘very important’ to their strategic priorities. Furthermore, 74 percent of respondents recognize customer experience will play an even larger role in overall corporate strategy over the next two years. In response to rapidly changing customer demands, new competition and low returns on investment, 45 percent of executives surveyed A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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intend to increase spending by 6 percent or more to improve customer experience programs. However, internal roadblocks are preventing B2B companies from meeting higher customer expectations. Only 32 percent of executives (versus 40 percent polled in 2014) say they are well-equipped with the skills, tools, and resources necessary to deliver the desired B2B customer experience. Executives point to a lack of C-suite attention, customer experience processes, and necessary cross-organizational integration. Accenture Strategy identifies three groups of B2B companies – Leaders, Strivers and Laggards – differentiated by their ability to plan and execute customer experience and deliver annual revenue growth. With just over a fifth (23 percent) of organizations remaining as Leaders since last year, more Laggards have moved up to the Strivers category, increasing it from 48 to 57 percent. The 2015 research shows Leaders generate an average of 13 percent annual revenue growth. Strivers achieve an average of six percent annual revenue growth and Laggards record an average decline in revenue growth of -1 percent. “There’s a clear distinction between the Leaders and Strivers in B2B customer experience,” saidWollan. “Strivers are ‘racing to become average’ and average is a precarious position to be in these days. Leaders see aftersales service as a critical part of the customer lifecycle and they invest not just in new digital technologies, but in traditional customer connection points too. Leaders realize that a multi-channel approach is needed to
reach B2B customers seamlessly and consistently.” How Leaders of Customer Experience Succeed Among the main ways that Leaders generate outsized returns on their customer experience investments compared to Strivers: 1.Leaders “start from the back.”Almost double the proportion of Leaders (61 percent to 34 percent of Strivers) place greater value on after-sales service.They see it as the most important point in the customer lifecycle. 2.Leaders don’t avoid disruption – they create it. Sixty-two percent of Leaders (versus 42 percent of Strivers) see defending their business from new types of competitors as a priority and a third (35 percent) are being more proactive in using customer experience to become the disruptor instead of the disruptee compared to 24 percent of Strivers. 3.Leaders invest heavily in both digital and legacy.Twice as many Leaders (44 percent versus 23 percent of Strivers) believe their digital investments give them a competitive advantage and allocate more of their customer experience budget to digital (67 percent versus 41 percent). But, Leaders also continue to invest in traditional channels, with 39 percent (versus 22 percent of Strivers) spending more on contact centers, field service capabilities and even legacy CRM systems over the past two years. 4.Leaders understand the role and value of the “connected ecosystem.” Leaders are more focused on partner collaboration and performance monitoring to ensure optimal customer experience. Notably, 51 percent of Leaders, versus 29 percent of Strivers, maintain vigorous vendor management programs across several external partners. Source: Business Wire
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By 2050, such machines are likely to “do every job that we presently do,” says Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow at Stanford University and frequent writer on technological trends. “The more I look forward, the more convinced I am that jobs won’t be about sustenance any more. Since everything will be so cheap, our jobs will be about knowledge and the arts. This is what will keep us busy.” The most common tasks for industrial robots today include heavy lifting, welding and applying glue, paint and other coatings. Robots can lift heavier weights than people and are far more precise. Unlike people, they can be relied on to do exactly what they are told. They also can work around the clock. Robots still can’t match people in versatility, common sense or improvisation, however.
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To demonstrate robots’ shortcomings, Rodney Brooks, chairman of Rethink Robotics Inc. and a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, thrusts a hand into his front pocket and pulls out his keys. That task requires far more dexterity than today’s robots can muster. “Our hands are exquisite mechanisms,” Dr. Brooks said. “We’re at least a decade, perhaps two decades, from having robots with dexterity” anywhere near human levels. Given the technological limitations, an increasingly popular approach is to make collaborative robots that work alongside people.The robots do the parts of a task requiring strength and precision, while people
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DHS Undersecretary for Science and Technology Reginald Brothers said the agency’s West Coast branch office plans to “co-invest in promising technologies to accelerate transition to market, demonstrate and pilot near-term technologies and fund new research and development using forward-leaning acquisition methods, many not new but rarely employed.” In addition to IoT security, other projects could include aviation security, biological threats, counterterrorism, border security and cybersecurity. Last year, the National SecurityTelecommunications Advisory Committee, which advises DHS, issued a report warning that the federal government had only five years to secure the growing proliferation of Internetconnected devices and sensors. “There is a small — and rapidly closing — window to ensure that IoT is adopted in a way that maximizes security and minimizes risk,” the committee wrote in a report to President Barack Obama. “If the country fails to do so, it will be coping with the consequences for generations.”
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SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said.
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He said coming up with a car as smart as a human being will take a long time. But that also meant the competition had just begun and no one was ahead significantly. The new company will be hiring researchers and engineers, according to Toyota. Wooing talent is crucial because not only are automakers such as General Motors, Tesla and Nissan competing on autonomous driving but outsiders are as well, including Google, Apple and Uber. “The rapid adoption of advanced technology for the purposes of autonomous driving and connected car services means car companies have to act more like tech startups than traditional automakers,” said Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book. Source: AP Business A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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external data, which hinders the electronics industry due to its complicated supply chain. Some companies, however, leveraged analytics to improve their decision-making processes and product performance. Par ticipants that showed improved performance in most metrics were far more likely to be able access data in minutes rather than weeks. “When we ship a hundred thousand products a day, taking several days to root cause a problem is unacceptable,” said Dell strategist Michael Shepherd, whose company implemented a data analytics system called SupportAssist. The report offered several recommendations for businesses looking to make better use of data, including automating data quality to providing access to suppliers. Companies will also need effective tools to sift through data and identify trends, analysts said. “Unify the data so that suppliers and different functions of the company are seeing the same data sets,” added Dell’s Dustin Bosl. “The supply chain can then naturally align around operational and quality improvement opportunities.” Source: Manufacturing.net
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The AP reports that Stanford University researchers have concluded that allowing people in the driver’s seat to watch a movie or read from the tablet can help keep people alert when they need to take control from a self-driving vehicle. The AP explains that “among the 48 students put in the driver’s seat, 13 who were instructed to monitor the car and road began to nod off ” but “only three did so when told to watch a video or read from a tablet.” The AP says that “there’s no consensus on the right car-to-driver handoff approach: the Stanford research suggests engaging people with media could help, while some automakers are marketing vehicles with limited self-driving features that will slow the car if they detect a person has stopped paying attention to the road.”
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US Automakers Set To Post Best November Sales Since 2001 The Wall Street Journal reports that although overall results were still being calculated recently, US auto sales are on pace to post their best November volume since 2001. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles saw a 3% A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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New Photonic Sintering Method Promises Big Gains Engineers at Oregon State University (OSU) say they have made a breakthrough in photonic sintering that has implications for technologies such as embedded electronics, solar cells and biomedical sensors. Photonic sintering is used to fuse nanoparticles together to form a thin functional film. In the new research, published in Scientific Reports, the OSU team claim they have dramatically improved on previous methods, creating high quality products at much lower temperatures, at least twice as fast and with 10 times more energy efficiency. “Photonic sintering is one way to deposit nanoparticles in a controlled way and then join them together, and it’s been of significant interest,” said Rajiv Malhotra, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the OSU College of Engineering. “Until now, however, we didn’t really understand the underlying physics of what was going on. It was thought, for instance, that temperature change and the degree of fusion weren’t related - but in fact that matters a lot.” According to the researchers, the new process only requires the light from a xenon lamp, which can be used over comparatively large areas, and is much faster than conventional thermal methods. Operating at lower temperatures means that the process can be used on materials such as paper that would otherwise burn. This, in turn, opens up the possibility of incorporating nanotechnology into a range of cheaper substrates, as well as improved efficiency for higher-end electronics such as biomedical sensors and photovoltaic cells.
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“Lower temperature is a real key,” said Malhotra. “To lower costs, we want to print these nanotech products on things like paper and plastic, which would burn or melt at higher temperatures.We now know that is possible, and how to do it. We should be able to create production processes that are both fast and cheap, without a loss of quality.” Other potential uses include gas sensors, radiofrequency identification tags and flexible electronics. As part of the path to commercial production, the OSU team is working with two private sector manufacturers to create a proof-of-concept facility in the laboratory.Source: theengineer.co.uk
Bill Gates On Energy Breakthroughs: ‘If It Works, It Would Be Magical’ Gates, in a paper published and in interviews in Paris, offered insight into the plans. He discussed, for example, the long-hypothesised idea of artificial photosythenthesis, using sunlight to produce liquid hydrocarbons that could replace fossil fuels. “If it works it would be magical,” Gates said, according to a report in the Telegraph. “Because with liquids you don’t have the intermittency problem of batteries. You can put the liquid into a big tank and burn it whenever you want.”
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Biotherapeutics startup Symic Biomedical raised $25 million in Series A-2 funding to further treatments for osteoarthritis and cardiovascular ailments. Lilly Ventures led the round with participation from unnamed new and existing investors. The company has raised $43 million to date. CEO Ken Horne heads up the San Francisco-based company, which was founded in 2012 as a clinical-stage biotherapeutics startup.The company develops multiple compounds that target the “extracellular matrix,” the non-cellular component of tissues, which is critical for healthy tissue function. The company’s library of compounds protect the extracellular matrix from illness or injury-related degradation.
Batteries are a major focus in clean energy because, as Gates said in his energy paper, because solar and wind power are intermittent.
“This $25 million round of financing puts Symic on strong footing to execute on our promising pipeline of compounds,” Horne said in a press release. “We are now well capitalized to move our vascular and osteoarthritis programs through Phase 1/2 studies in the clinic and to continue the exciting research on what our next clinical program will be.”
“Customers still need energy even when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing,” he wrote. “Today that requires maintaining a parallel system powered by fossil fuels.….It would help solve this problem if we could store lots of solar or wind energy and then use it on cloudy or still days.”
Biotech is a sector that has the attention of investors in 2015. The biotechnology industry raised $2.06 billion across 121 deals during the third quarter of this year, slightly down from $2.07 billion in the second quarter across 124 deals, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), with data from Thomson Reuters.
Gates previously has made investments in clean technology through his Cascade Investment LLC, and is an investor in TerraPower, a Bellevue company that’s trying to develop new nuclear reactor technology. Ironically, in Seattle, activists announced they’ve added about 1,000 supporters for a campaign calling on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Recent biotech fundings in the Silicon Valley area include Silk Road Medical, which raised $57 million in October, and Gritstone Oncology, which raised $102 million around the same time. In November, Andreessen Horowitz started a $200 million fund with a focus on areas such as digital therapeutics, cloud technology in biology and computational medicine. Source: SiliconValley Business Journal A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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List Leaders: Meet Oregon’s 5 Biggest Manufacturing Firms Oregon’s substantial manufacturing sector is a highly diversified group of industries, a fact that is evident even in the top five biggest manufacturers on The List published by the Portland Business Jouornal recently. Rooted in the local semiconductor industry, a fourth firm is among the biggest players in the world’s computer hardware and software markets. And finally, one is an automotive giant building freight-hauling trucks out of a Portland facility. These five firms employ well over 35,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington, which represents 71 percent of the total local employment of all 58 companies on The List online. Globally, they boast a workforce of 216,000-plus, or 44 percent of all the firms.
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In terms of company-wide revenue, the top five raked in $250.4 billion in fiscal 2014 (though one of them would not disclose revenue). That’s 70 percent of the $358.8 billion reported by all firms on The List, many of which opted not to disclose it. Oregon manufacturing firms, exporting products all over the world, generate a huge chunk of the state’s economic output: $56.8 billion in 2014 or 25.9 percent of gross state product (GSP) according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Washington’s sector had a slightly higher output last year, $57.8 billion, but only comprised 13.5 percent of its GSP, and California’s massive $255.5 billion in manufacturing output made up just 11.1 percent of GSP. Nationally it accounted for 12.1 percent. While it’s a huge contributor to the state, manufacturing’s impact diminished a little over the last five years. Just after the recession in 2011, it reached $60.4
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Pentagon Contractors Developing Lethal Cyber Weapons Under a forthcoming nearly half-billion-dollar military contract, computer code capable of killing adversaries is expected to be developed and deployed if necessary, according to contractors vying for the work and former Pentagon officials. U.S. troops would have the power to launch logic bombs, instead of traditional explosive projectiles, which essentially would direct an enemy’s critical infrastructure to self-destruct. Lethal cyber weapons have arrived. As previously reported, an upcoming $460 million U.S. Cyber Command project will outsource to industry all command mission support activities, including “cyber fires” planning, as well as “cyberspace joint munitions” assessments. Unlike traditional espionage malware or even the Stuxnet virus that sabotaged Iranian nuclear centrifuges, cyber fires would impact human life, according to former Defense officials and a recently released Defense Department “Law of War Manual.” The visceral response to the word “war” for anyone in uniform is that it’s ugly and people get killed, said Bill Leigher, a recently retired Navy admiral with decades of warfighting experience who now runs Raytheon’s government cyber solutions division. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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“Combatant commanders choose weapons that they know will further their course of action,” he said. If the commander needs to fly an aircraft over an occupied area, and wants to use malware or another cyber capability to help accomplish that goal, the officer must have confidence the cyberattack will work as expected. “I trust it. I know how it’s going to be used, and I believe that it is the best option to execute and it doesn’t create more risk for the 27-year-old Air Force pilot who is flying over a defended target,” Leigher described the decision-making process. In this case, maybe the bull’s-eye would be a maintenance facility on an airfield. By launching a cyberattack, a commander could, for example, shut down the power grid of the facility, and then “you’ve degraded the enemy’s ability to repair aircraft,” Leigher said. Digital arms designed to kill are sanctioned under Pentagon doctrine. There is a chapter titled “Cyber Operations” in DOD’s first-ever “Law of War Manual,” published in June. The section reflects the department’s’ growing transparency surrounding cyberwarfare, national security legal experts say. Less than three years ago, most activities beyond defensive maneuvers were classified. The manual lays out three sample actions the Pentagon deems uses of force in cyberspace: “trigger a nuclear plant meltdown; open a dam above a populated area, causing destruction; or disable air traffic control services, resulting in airplane crashes.” The Pentagon’s stated role in cyberspace is to block foreign hackers targeting domestic systems, assist U.S. combat troops overseas and defend military networks. The U.S. armed forces “are developing tools and capabilities” necessary to carry out all three of those missions, Pentagon spokeswoman Laura Rojas told Nextgov in an email. “We do this consistent with U.S. and international law.” The law is clear that cyber operations might also kill civilians, the experts say. Cyber strikes are allowed even if “it is certain that civilians would be killed or injured -- so long as the reasonably anticipated collateral damage isn’t excessive in relation to what you expect to gain militarily,” said retired Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, executive director of Duke University’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security. “These are essentially the same rules as for attacks employing traditional bombs or bullets.”
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“‘Cyber joint munitions effectiveness’ describes that a particular cyber capability has been evaluated and its effectiveness is known against a particular target,” she said. The target is a person, place or object a commander is eyeing to neutralize, according to the associated Joint Chiefs of Staff policy. “Cyber fires” has a broader meaning and “can be used for offensive or defensive objectives, and can be designed to create effects in and through cyberspace,” she said. Outside the United states, other governments are hiring nongovernment organizations to build cyber munitions, too, Maurer noted. Some of them operate underground. For instance, there are hackers who sell “zero day” exploits capable of attacking systems containing undetected security vulnerabilities known only to the seller. Black hat hackers who can sell cyber munitions to governments as well as ex
“What we see right now is essentially the implementation of the decision,” said Tim Maurer, a cyber policy researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
“I’m fairly confident that U.S. cyber capabilities can be very precise and targeted and tailored,” Maurer said. The question, though, is whether it is possible for “less-sophisticated actors to be similarly targeted and tailored in the tools that they use.”
In elaborating on the term “cyber joint munitions,” CYBERCOM spokeswoman Kara Soules told Nextgov in an email that understanding the success rate of the weapon is critical.
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The Labor Department said that weekly applications rose just 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 260,000, a very low level historically that suggests employers are cutting few jobs. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped 4,000 to 259,250. That is the fewest since December 1973. The figures indicate that businesses remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their workers. Growth slowed sharply in the July-September quarter but that has not spurred widespread layoffs. Hiring is typically healthy when applications are low. Many economists expect job gains to rebound after slowing in August and September. While applications are largely a proxy for layoffs, they can also fall even if layoffs are mostly unchanged. Zach Pandl, an economist at Goldman Sachs, points out that laid-off workers are less likely to seek A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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The number of people receiving benefits also slipped, to 2.14 million, from 2.18 million in the previous week. The strong dollar, weak growth overseas and an excess of stockpiles in company warehouses have weighed on the economy since August. U.S. factory output has also fallen as oil and gas drilling companies have sharply reduced their spending on machinery and equipment. As a result, the economy grew at a tepid annual rate of just 1.5 percent over the summer, the Commerce Department said, down from a much healthier pace of 3.9 percent in the April-June period. Yet so far, large-scale layoffs have yet to materialize. Deutsche Bank, Walmart, and Biogen, among others, have recently announced job cuts remain low.Growth was held back in the third quarter as companies sold off some of their large stockpiles of goods, which means they ordered fewer new products.That cut growth by 1.4 percentage points, but is likely a temporary hit to the economy.Source: AP Economics
Amazon Joins Apple, Google, Microsoft In The $300B Club Amazon’market cap surged past the landmark $300 billion as shares climbed 2.2 percent in trading last month.The company is now worth more than Boeing, Costco, Starbucks, Expedia and Weyerhaeuser combined. The Seattle-based online retailer joins companies including Apple, Google’s parent company Alphabet and Microsoft in the $300 billion valuation club. Amazon shares have been climbing since the company reported a surprise profit in its most recent quarter. Jeff Bezos became the country’s third-richest man following Amazon’s profitable quarterly report, making Seattle home to two of the three richest men in the U.S. Seattle-based companies are experiencing big gains in market caps. Tableau Software’s valuation has climbed to nearly $7.5 billion and biotech company Juno Therapeutics’ has soared to nearly $5 billion. Facebook, which has a large Seattle office, hit the $300 billion milestone earlier this week after share prices soared following the Silicon Valley company’s better-than-expected third quarter earnings report. Source: Puget Sound Business Journal
The Manufacturer’s Manufacturer’sSecret SecretWeapon Weapon The Micro Magic These are incredible times in the manufacturing industry. Machine and cutter technologies continue to improve at warp speed. There is no shortage of videos by Okuma, Mori, and Makino touting their multi axis high speed horizontal and vertical mills, and multi spindle, seven to nine axis live tooling lathes.These machines will reduce 5 to 25 pounds of billet into functional parts in just minutes.These offerings are impressive to be sure. None, however, is more intriguing to me than the world of small. Not all that many years ago impressive small diameter parts were created on cam operated screw machines. Intricate parts were created on Hardinge or jeweler’s lathes. But they were all round! How times have changed. With the advent of CNC multi-spindle and multi-axis Swiss turning and CNC Swiss micro machining we live in a different world today. We have a large market for small parts that no longer remotely resemble the round stock they originally came from. On the new dual spindle multi-axis live tooling Swiss machines, a round piece of stock can end up a close tolerance, square, oblong, hexagonal part, side contoured, threaded, pocketed from any angle ready for a customer’s assembly into micro part. I mentioned large market, here are just a few industries served: • • • • • • • •
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The concept of small is fresh in my mind because my wife had knee surgery just two months ago. The camera they inserted in to her leg was smaller than the eraser on a pencil. The instrument had several small machined parts which are large in comparison to components used in other medical devices. That got me thinking about the plethora of mini sized catheters used in a multitude of complex surgical procedures – much smaller than the ones used for knee surgery. While touring my Swiss manufacturing principal, I was shown several functional parts that would fit comfortably inside the small curve of a paper clip. Parts .005” in diameter while holding tolerances of.0003” are not uncommon in the world of micro machining. Suture ferrules, transducer rings, lens collets and the like, all being created on my favorite Citizen machines.The Citizen machines are manufactured by the industrial division of the Citizen Watch Company.
There is nothing more beautiful or magical than seeing a bank of these machines, eight in a row – standing at attention 24x7, spitting out parts in a variety of materials by the thousands. The only thing needed is electricity, oil, and good information. If you or someone you know has a need for small parts, call Stephen at SMH Inc. 425.501.7342 or visit www.smhincllc.com, SMH Inc. specializes in providing resources and design guidance, from product development through mature manufacturing. We s e r v i c e m a ny manufacturing industries including Photonics, Aerospace, Electronics, Medical and Dental Equipment, Consumer Products, Automotive, Transportation, and Defense. Our commitment to reshoring and fueling American Manufacturing is paramount. SMH Inc. has assembled a cadre of principals who have been carefully vetted for quality, responsiveness, and competitiveness in their respective manufacturing fields: Die Casting, Investment Casting, Sand Casting, Machining, Swiss and Micro Swiss Machining, Injection Molding, Precision Stamping, Metal Forming, Precision Sheet Metal, Forging, Tube Bending, Wire Forming and Springs, Related Tooling, Design and Engineering, & Prototyping. As advocates of Lean Manufacturing, we consult with manufacturing executives overseeing purchasing, engineering, and program development to align their companies with the appropriate resources for their product development and manufacturing requirements to ensure stable and reliable supply chain fulfillment.
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Nike also announced a new 125,000-square-foot R&D facility on its Washington County campus that will develop new manufacturing techniques. Source: Portland Business Journal
Adidas AG is one step closer to making sneakers in stores.The sportswear giant announced a partnership with Manz AG that will expedite its effort to automate and localize manufacturing. The partnership is part of the Adidas Speedfactory initiative, which started in 2013.
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Adidas, like other sportswear companies, wants to make products in stores in order to minimize shipping and labor costs. Most athletic footwear and apparel is made in Southeast Asia factories. Adidas recently unveiled 3-D printing technology that is critical for the push to automate manufacturing. By 2020, Adidas plans to have “speedfactories” operating in Germany and the U.S., according to a news release. The first will open next year in Germany, the company said in an interview with Reuters. “Speed wins in every sport,” said Adidas AG executive board member Eric Liedtke, in the news release. “And speed is a competitive advantage in our industry, too.”
To get his PhD, MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.
Nike Inc., the industry leader, also is investing heavily in automated manufacturing. At an investor day this month, Chief Operating Officer Eric Sprunk announced a partnership with Flex, a $26 billion manufacturing company.
Barry’s destination was a farm in western Massachusetts. It had a great restaurant, a friendly owner and a ton of space. Boston, with all of its density, wasn’t the right place to test an automated drone flying at 30 mph.
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Barry’s trips to the farm grew out of conversations five years ago with his adviser at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Could a lightweight drone be launched at obstacles, and avoid them with no prior knowledge of its surroundings? Barry didn’t think he had a chance. Computers were too slow. But his adviser reminded him of Moore’s Law, the observation that computing power doubles roughly every two years. Fast forward to today. Moore’s Law delivered, and now Barry will be defending his thesis next month. A new video shows his drone avoiding trees at 30 mph. There’s nothing special about the components. The drone is powered by the same chip that’s in a Samsung Galaxy S3. Barry shot the video as proof for his thesis committee. The work is significant because it shows a drone avoiding obstacles in an area that hasn’t been previously mapped. As Barry told me, the drone has no clue what’s about to happen. Generally, autonomous robots — be it a self-driving car or a drone — are given maps of their surroundings to assist them in navigating. It’s also noteworthy that Barry’s drone weighs 664 grams, about the weight of a bottle of Hershey’s syrup. Building drones that can navigate on their own generally requires adding a lot of weight. A significant barrier to deploying drones is what’s called sense and avoid — drones will need to be able to identify dangers and navigate
away from them. Drones won’t be delivering packages or pizza to your backyard until this problem is solved. Big tech companies such as Amazon and start-ups such as Skydio are tackling this challenge. Barry is quick to note that he hasn’t solved sense and avoid. And his work doesn’t answer all of the safety question about autonomous drone flight. “Is this going to solve drones hitting airliners? No, because airlines are coming in at 300 mph,” Barry told me. “You need to make a decision long before 10 meters away.” Barry’s drone works by scanning 10 meters ahead of it for obstacles. It’s programmed to adjust to obstacles such as the tree branches we see in the video. Barry expects that just as automatic braking systems are emerging on cars, we’ll see automated braking on drones. “Wouldn’t it be cool if your DJI Phantom or whatever says, ‘Oh, I don’t want to go there, there’s a tree there.’ ” The drone would take control and navigate away from a risk on its own, and return control to its pilot once the hazard was avoided. Barry is sharing his work with anyone now on Github. His focus will shift from drones after graduation, as he’s accepted a position at Boston Dynamics, the leading robotics firm that Google acquired in 2013. Source: The Washington Post A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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North Western Machinery____ 206-583-2333 Swift Tool Co, Inc._______ 800-562-0900 Multi-Spindle Machining Chiron America_________ 704-534-5436 Parts Washing Gosiger_____________ 937-586-5067 Profile & Bar Machining Chiron America_________ 704-534-5436 Sawing Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply___509-534-1208 CNC Machine Services______ 206-999-3232 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 North-South Machinery_____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery____ 206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools___ 510-249-1000 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__ 303-761-3000 Rosco Precision Machinery___ 206-818-6813 Saw Replacement Parts CNC Machine Services______ 206-999-3232 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__ 303-761-3000 SawBlade.com_________ 800--240-2932 Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 King Machine Inc.________ 509-435-6741 Sub Spindle Lathes Rosco Precision Machinery___ 253-333-2439 Turning Centers CNC-PROS____________ 602-344-9753 Used Wire EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. ________ 612-840-0037 Desert EDM___________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network__________ 480-836-1782 MATERIAL Aluminum Bralco______________ 602-722-3324 Fry Steel_____________ 800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc.________ 855-516-3825
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Industrial Metal Supply Co.___ 818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation______ 425-204-2601 Sunshine Metals_________ 760-579-8327 TCI Precision Metals_______ 800-234-5613 Aluminum Extrusions Aluminum Precision_______805-889-7569 Bralco______________602-722-3324 Armor:Commercial Kloeckner Metals________480-389-2883 Service Steel___________503-224-9500 Armor: Military Grade Kloeckner Metals________480-389-2883 Service Steel___________503-224-9500 Brass Bralco______________602-722-3324 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel_____________ 800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc.________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co.___ 818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation______ 425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper____800-362-5255 Bronze Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Sequoia Brass & Copper____800-362-5255 Carbon Steel Bralco______________602-722-3324 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel_____________ 800-423-6651 Laser Cutting Services, Inc___ 503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation______ 425-204-2601 Cobalt Alloys Aerodyne Alloys_________ 800-337-3766 United Performance Metals__ _888-282-3292 Copper Bralco______________602-722-3324 Gorilla Metals Inc.________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co.___ 818-729-3333
Ryerson Corporation______425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper___ 800-362-5255 Drill Rod AZ Tool Steel__________ 877-795-1600 Electrical Steels Fry Steel_____________800-423-6651 High Temperature Alloys United Performance Metals_ _888-282-3292 Laser Cut Material Laser Cutting Services, Inc___ 503-612-8311 Lead Industrial Metal Supply Co.___818-729-3333 Material Sales Coastal Metals__________800-811-7466 Fry Steel_____________800-423-6651 Kloeckner Metals_______ 480-389-2883 Laser Cutting Services, Inc___ 503-612-8311 Sunshine Metals_________760-579-8327 United Performance Metals_ _888-282-3292 Metals: Bar & Plate Fry Steel_____________ 800-423-665 Ryerson Corporation______425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper___ 800-362-5255 Sunshine Metals_________760-579-8327 United Performance Metals_ _888-282-3292 Nickel Alloys Aerodyne Alloys_________800-337-3766 Fry Steel_____________800-423-6651 Marzee Inc.___________602-269-5801 United Performance Metals_ _888-282-3292 Plate: Wear and Structural Kloeckner Metals_______ 480-389-2883 Ryerson Corporation______425-204-2601 United Performance Metals_ _888-282-3292 Precision Ground Flat AZ Tool Steel__________ 877-795-1600 TCI Precision Metals_______800-234-5613 Sheet & Coil
Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com
Ben Gowers Account Manager
Cell: 208-866-8867 10457_IMS_BC_8up_front_shells.pdf
11/10/10
PERRY PALLET CO. PERRY
JOSH PERRY
Capabilities:
Phone: (360)366-5239 Email: solutions@perrypallet.com Web: www.PerryPallet.com
8300 San Fernando road Sun Valley, Ca 91352
Sales Manager
Serve your pallet, crate & lumber needs Heat-Treat (HT) for export shipment
MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
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www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
Regional Sales Manager
8300 San Fernando road Sun Valley, Ca 91352 MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
Tool Company Inc.
8300 San Fernando road Sun Valley, Ca 91352 121 Perry St. • Saginaw, MI 48602
Jeff Bridgett
For No. CA, OR, and WA publication Northwest Edition Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless
Ben.Gowers@delcam.com
11:48:58 AM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
8300 San Fernando road Sun Valley, Ca 91352 MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
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Ryerson Corporation______ 425-204-2601 Stainless Steel & Steel Aerodyne Alloys_________ 800-337-3766 AZ Tool Steel___________ 877-795-1600 Bralco______________ 602-722-3324 Fry Steel______________800-423-665 Gorilla Metals Inc.________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co.___ 818-729-3333 Kloeckner Metals________ 480-389-2883 Laser Cutting Services, Inc____503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation______ 425-204-2601 TCI Precision Metals_______ 800-234-5613 United Performance Metals__ _888-282-3292 Titanium Rod, Bar, & Wire Aerodyne Alloys_________ 800-337-3766 Bralco______________ 602-722-3324 Tool Steel AZ Tool Steel___________ 877-795-1600 Industrial Metal Supply Co.___ 818-729-3333 TCI Precision Metals_______ 800-234-5613 CNC MASTERCAM TRAINING K
Streamingteacher.com METROLOGY PRODUCTS Rosco Precision Machinery___ 253-333-2439 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Bixby Machine Tool Supply___ 509-534-1208 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery_______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. _____ 306-434-8844
Jorgensen Machine Tools____ 800-952-0151 North-South Machinery_____ 253-333-2439 8300 San Fernando roadOff Saws Band & Cut Sun Valley, Ca 91352 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions___ 714-620-5560 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA___ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR___ 503-887-1003 Innovative Tool Sales______ 714-780-0730 North-South Machinery_____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery_ 8300 San Fernando road___ 206-583-2333 Sun Valley, Ca 91352 Rosco Precision Machinery___ 253-333-2439 CNC Turret Punches Muratec_____________ 949-466-8255 Drill Lines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Cold Saws/Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.__ _503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions___ 714-620-5560 Hardware Insertion Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Iron Workers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. _____ 306-434-8844 Jorgensen Machine Tools____ 800-952-0151 Laser Cutting Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery_______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. _____ 306-434-8844 North-South Machinery_____ 253-333-2439 Magnetic Drills/Cutters MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
Innovative Tool Sales_______714-780-0730 Material Handling Systems 8300 San Fernando road Hydmech Sawing Solutions____ 714-620-5560 Sun Valley, Ca 91352 Metal Marking Systems Kwik Mark Inc___________ 815-363-8268 Swift Tool Co, Inc.________ 800-562-0900 Notchers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.____ 503-620-9031 Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/Systems Fab - Line Machinery_______ 206-972-6215 8300 San Fernando road SunMachinery____253-333-2439 Valley, Ca 91352 Rosco Precision Plate Bending & Rolls Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.____ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools_____ 800-952-0151 Power Tools Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA____306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR____503-887-1003 MP Industrial__________ 800-759-4282 Presses Bixby Machine Tool Supply___ 509-534-1208 Press Brakes Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Fab - Line Machinery_______ 206-972-6215 Gladwin Machinery________ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA____306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR____503-887-1003 North-South Machinery______ 253-333-2439 Punches Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.____ 503-620-903 Gladwin Machinery________ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA____306-434-8844
Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR___ 503-887-1003 Rolling Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Shearing Machines Fab - Line Machinery______ 206-972-6215 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 North-South Machinery_____ 253-333-2439 Sign & Graphic Cutting Solutions Tooling Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.___ 503-620-9031 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__ 303-761-3000 PALLET SYSTEMS Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation_______847-593-8420 Manual Lift Off Pallet Systems
MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 fax (818) 729-3377 suNvallEy@IMsMETals.COM www.INdusTrIalMETalsuPPly.COM
Don Klein - Vice President 415.491.4456 direct 415.902.5302 cellular donald.klein@usbank.com
Midaco Corporation______ 847-593-8420 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation______ 847-593-8420 Shipping Solutions Perry Pallet Co.________ 360-366-5239 Wood Pallets Perry Pallet Co.________ 360-366-5239 PRECISION TOOLHOLDING PRODUCTS Tooling Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc._763-682--3122 Tooling Systems Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc._763-682--3122
Stacy Bohms - Relationship Manager 503.603.2745 direct stacy.bohms@usbank.com
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Global Leader in Garnet Abrasives
Andy Wells n
Regional Sales Manager
Sherpa Design, Inc.6700 N New York Ave / Ste 231 Portland Oregon 97203 www.sherpa-design.com
B A R T O N I NTERNATIONAL sales: 800.741.7756 cell: 253.988.5934 email: awells@barton.com web: barton.com
Pat Barrett Owner & Founder
info@sherpa-design.com
503-771-3570 ext. 105 503-771-3575 Fax
GMA Garnet Group __________ 832-243-9300 Delcam______________877-335-2261 Waterjet Hoppers Solid Products__________ 480-206-0330 Barton International______ 800-741-7756 Mechanical Design GMA Garnet Group ______ 832-243-9300 Cimatron________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Waterjet Replacement Parts Delcam______________877-335-2261 Custom Packaging/Shipping PROG. SYSTEMS Barton International______ 800-741-7756 Sherpa Design__________ 503-771-3570 Supplies Factory Automation/Logistics dtiEXACT_ ___________ 360-866-1337 Post-Processor Software North-South Machinery______253-333-2439 Alliance Packaging_______ 206-445-5898Engineering/Mechanical Design Sherpa Design__________ 503-771-3570 CAD/CAM Software, CAD Sherpa Design_________ 503-771-3570 Automatics & Machinery Co.__303-990-6190 SPINDLES & SLIDES Environmental Management Delcam Software________ 877-DELCAM1 Spindle Rebuilding/Repair UL DQS Inc.___________ 360-901-4785 MRP Software C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.___503-691-0955 Financial Services SigmaTEK____________ 513-595-2022 GMN USA LLC___________800-686-1679 Intech Funding_________ 800-553-9208 Setco _______________714-222-6523 Nesting Software SigmaNEST___________ 513-595-2022 Quick Turn Financial______ 415-608-5692 Spindle Sales New Software, Solid Modeling U.S. Bank Equipment______ 206-948-0022 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.___503-691-0955 Kim@A2Zmanufacturing.com Delcam Software________ 877-DELCAM1 ISO Consulting/Registration GMN USA LLC___________800-686-1679 Gladhill Associates_______ 719-239-9830 Setco _______________714-222-6523 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY The Buyers Guide Santa Cruz Electronics______ 831-479-5444 Great Western Registrar_____ 623-580-1881 STREAMING VIDEO EDUCATIONAL Reaches Over 14,000 Lean Consulting Training TRAINING REPAIR Decision Makers In CNC-PROS____________ 602-344-9753 Gladhill Associates_______ 719-239-9830 Streamingteacher.com The West Coast Region Lambie Engineering_______ 509-868-3100 Bar Feeder Repair SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT WA, OR, & CA! ISO / AS9100 Certification Edge Technologies_______ 562-243-4659 BMSC_______________602-445-9400 UL DQS Inc.____________360-901-4785 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Gladhill Associates_______ 719-239-9830 Want More SaleZ? TOOLING SYSTEMS UL DQS Inc.___________ 360-901-4785 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Place Your Business MP Industrial__________ 800-759-4282 Card Here Today! UL DQS Inc.___________ 360-901-4785 ROBOTICS USED MACHINERY Machine Tool Rebuilding Ellison Technologies_______ 206-669-3578 Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc_ 303-990-6190 LMI Machinery Inc._______ 866-437-7315 EDM Network__________ 480-836-1782 Only $260 For A Full EDM Network____________480-836-1782 Robotic Part Loading Systems Year! Management Systems Training Jorgensen Machine Tools_____ 800-952-0151 Midaco Corporation_______ 847-593-8420 BBMSC______________6_ 02-445-9400 K.D. Capital Equipt________480-922-1674 Call Now For More Gladhill Associates_______ 719-239-9830 ROUTERS North Western Machinery_____206-583-2333 Information! Rosco Precision Machinery___ 253-333-2439 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Performance Machine Tools____ 510-249-1000 Quality Management System Resell CNC_____________ 844-478-8181 SAFETY Registration WATERJET CUTTING Fire Protection Systems UL DQS Inc.___________ 360-901-4785 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.____503-620-9031 Rotarex North America_____ 480-689-8756 Kim@A2ZManufacturing.com Supply Chain Assessments Flow International____________ 909-620-5707 SAWS Gladhill Associates_______ 719-239-9830 King Machine Inc._____________ 509-435-6741 Band & Cut-Off Saws Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Machine Toolworks____________ 800-426-2052
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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes
JEFF TOMSON
CELL: 360.202.7342 jefft@machinistsinc.com
P.O. Box 80505 7600 5th Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98108
800.244.4130 •
206.763.0990
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Fax 206.763.8709
MarZee I nc. 2345 N. 34th Dr.
Phoenix, AZ 85009 Home of 5 Omax Waterjets 80” x 240” Cutting Envelope Virtually Zero Taper Available Fast Quoting & Turn Arounds Prototype to Production
602-269-5801
The Manufacturer’s Secret Weapon
602-269-5810 1-877-885-1059 FAX
www.marzee.com
marzee@marzee.com
3D TOOLS
Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776 Dolphin Investment Castings___ 602-272-6747 3D Printing Proto & Production Buyken Metal Products______ 206-947-9122 Precision Casting Repair______801-972-2345 CHEMICAL ETCHING NW Rapid Mfg.__________ 503-434-8557 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Speciality Bending PMA Photometals_________480-773-3239 Ultimate 3D____________503-848-8227 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Vacco Industries __________626-450-6472 Brazing: Dip 3D Scanning Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Structrual Bending CUSTOM CREFORM ASSY. NW Rapid Mfg.__________ 503-434-8557 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Brazing: Vacuum PlaSteel______________480-491-8100 Ultimate 3D____________503-848-8227 Tube and Pipe Bending Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 SLS (Selctive Laser Sintering) CUTTING Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 BROACHING Ultimate 3D____________503-848-8227 Bar & Plate Cutting Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776 BONDING ASSEMBLIES AZ Tool Steel____________877-795-1600 Ponderosa Ind____ _______303-298-1801 Adhesive Cascade Systems Technology___503-640-5733 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Vacco Industries __________626-450-6472 Specialty Steel Services______801-539-8252 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs.__360-735-3763 SW Waterjet & Laser________480-306-7748 CASTING BONDING Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 DIE CASTING AATC____________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Diffusion BENDING SMH Inc LLC____________360-341-2226 Vacco Industries __________626-450-6472 RJM Sales Solutions________630-849-8644 Mandrel TVT Die Casting__________800-280-2278 BRAZING Investment Casting-Precision Albina Co., Inc. __________866-252-4628 DIES Bending Solutions, Inc.______360-651-2443 dtiEXACT______________360-866-1337 AATC____________ 866-792-2814 X 235
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Innol/ative Tool !!iales Manufacturers Representatives
Randall J. Wilson Industrial Products 755 East Debra Lane Anaheim. CA 92805
Manager
ITS Office, (714) 780-0730 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690
randall@lnnovativetooisaies.com
Fax,
[714] 780-0735
www.innovativetoolsales.com
[ell,
(714) 51 2-73 I 4
Evans Precision_________ 623-582-4776 Aero Tech MFG___________ 801-891-2740 Valley Machine Shop, Inc.____ 425-207-5951 Micropulse West Inc.________480-966-2300 Micropulse West, Inc.______ 480-966-2300 Buyken Metal Products______ 206-947-9122 Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc.______ 714-373-0098 Cygnet Stamping & Fab_______818-240-7574 Wrico______________ 480-892-7800 Micropulse West, Inc.______ 480-966-2300 Gillaspie MFG___________ 360-921-3973 DEBURRING Forming & Fabrication Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 NW Metalcraft Industries_____ 888-280-7080 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Stevens Tool & Die________ 503-682-3185 Mountain View Machine______ 435-755-0500 Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: EDGING QUAL-FAB, Inc.____________206-762-2117 ELECTRO-FORMING United Performance Metals____888-282-3292 Medium & Large Rickard Engineering _______ 866-845-8838 AEI Fabrication_________ 480-733-6594 Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 EDM SMH Inc LLC____________ 360-341-2226 Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 ELECTRO MECHANICAL EDM: Dialectric Systems Sub-Assembly Builds Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 Buyken Metal Products_____ 206-947-9122 /Filtration Cascade Systems Technology__ 503-640-5733 Weiser Engineering________ 303-280-2778 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs._ 360-735-3763 Ebbco Inc_____________ 586-716-5151 Tool & Dies
ENGINEERING/DESIGN EDM: Drilling Small Hole Layke Inc._____________602-272-2654 Cascade Systems Technology__ 503-640-5733 EDM Express____________800-780-7075 Hexatron Engineering______ 801-363-8010 Lambie Engineering_______ 509-868-3100 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) FABRICATION Micropulse West, Inc.______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc._______714-373-0098 Stevens Tool & Die_________503-682-3185 EDM: Wire Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 EDM Express____________800-780-7075
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Gillaspie MFG__________ 360-921-3973 Fabrication: Custom Metal Group Mfg Serv_________ 480-966-3952 AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Buyken Metal Products______ 206-947-9122 Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 NW Metalcraft Industries____ 888-280-7080 Cygnet Stamping & Fab_______818-240-7574 QUAL-FAB, Inc.___________206-762-2117 Group Mfg Serv__________ 480-966-3952 SMH Inc LLC___________ 360-341-2226 Architectural Forming & Fabrication Industrial Machine Svcs______ 503-240-0878 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 NW Metalcraft Industries_____ 888-280-7080 Solid Form Fabrication_____ 503-435-1400 Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 PlaSteel______________ 480-491-8100 Fabrication: Sheet Metal AEI Fabrication_________ 480-733-6594 QUAL-FAB, Inc.____________206-762-2117 Tube & Pipe Bending Fabrication Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 SMH Inc LLC____________ 360-341-2226 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628
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www.tfcplating.com Mystique Engineering & Mfg Dan's Machine Works
Darrin J. Caschette President
13305 41st Ave NE | Marysville, WA 9827I 360-386-6294 | 888-280-7080 x204 djc@nw-metalcraft.com www.nw-metalcraft.com
Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com
AS9100C ISO9001:2008
503-771-0969
info@tfcplating.com
Swift Tool Co, Inc.________ 800-562-0900 ISO9001:2008
GUN DRILLING Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776
Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com
444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323
Bending Solutions, Inc._____ 360-651-2443 FINISHING Arizona Finishing________ 602-438-4443
HEAT TREATING Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630
bourdelaisgrinding@yahoo.com Silk Screening
Superior Grinding_________801-487-9700
Arizona Finishing________ 602-438-4443 TCI Precision Metals________800-234-5613
Grinding, Centerless FIXTURING Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 Arizona Hard Chrome_______602-278-8671 Real Axis Machining_______ 360-723-5386 Ron Grob Co____________970-667-5320 GASKETS Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 3-D Plastics, Inc._________ 503-720-0572 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Grinding, Double Disc GRINDING Real Axis Machining_______ 360-723-5386 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 AZ Tool Steel___________ 877-795-1600 Galvanizing: Hot Dip Industrial Precision Grinding___310-352-4700 TMM Precision _________ 800-448-9448 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 TCI Precision Metals________800-234-5613 Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc.___ 408-727-6630 EDM Express___________ 800-780-7075 Grinding: OD
Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Evans Precision_________ 623-582-4776 Arizona Hard Chrome_______602-278-8671 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 Precision Tech___________801-285-7288 Liquid Painting Mountain View Machine_____ 435-755-0500 Ron Grob Co____________970-667-5320 Aero Tech MFG___________801-891-2740 Ron Grob Co___________ 970-667-5320 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 MPI International________ 956-631-6880 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding_________801-487-9700 Passivation Superior Grinding________ 801-487-9700 Grinding: Surface Coating Technologies_____ _623-581-2648 TCI Precision Metals_______ 800-234-5613 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Grinding, Blanchard ChemResearch___________602-253-4175 Polishing AZ Tool Steel___________ 877-795-1600 Industrial Precision Grinding___310-352-4700 Arizona Hard Chrome_______602-278-8671 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966 Diversified Metal Services____ 801-972-6093 Superior Grinding_________801-487-9700 Powder Coating Aero Tech MFG___________801-891-2740 Evans Precision_________ 623-582-4776 TCI Precision Metals________800-234-5613
Columbia Manufacturing Svcs.__ 360-735-3763 Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714 Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776 MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Cryogenics Phoenix Heat Treating_______ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100 Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Heat Treating/Aerospace Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864 HONING Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 HYDRAULIC REPAIR Arizona Hard Chrome_______ 602-278-8671
GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTS Grinding: Tool & Cutter RJM Sales Solutions________630-849-8644 Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 Sandblasting INJECTION MOLDS Byington Steel Treating, Inc.___ 408-727-6630 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding_________888-487-9701
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Scott FerguSon
Marketing & Sales Manager
AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO
Plastic Injection Molding______ 509-531-2634 TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL
INJECTION MOLDING Plastic Injection Molding______ 509-531-2634
480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210
LABELS-DECALS-OVERLAYS RJM Sales Solutions________ 630-849-8644 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting EDM Express____________800-780-7075 AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Faustson______________ 303-420-7422 Buyken Metal Products______ 206-947-9122 Grovtec US, Inc. __________503-557-4689 dtiEXACT______________ 360-866-1337 Howard Precision Machine____ 801-619-9850 SW Waterjet & Laser________ 480-306-7748 Larkin Precision Machine_____831-438-2700 United Performance Metals____888-282-3292 Machinists Inc.___________360-202-7342 Weiser Engineering________303-280-2778 NW Metalcraft Industries_____888-280-7080 Wrico_______________480-892-7800 PlaSteel______________ 480-491-8100 Laser Cutting: 3D Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 SW Waterjet & Laser________ 480-306-7748 Real Axis Machining________360-723-5386 Micro-Laser Ron Grob Co____________970-667-5320 Vacco Industries __________626-450-6472 St. Vrain______________ 303-702-1529 Precision Etched Parts SMH Inc LLC____________360-341-2226
Vacco Industries __________626-450-6472 LEVELING United Performance Metals____888-282-3292
MACHINING Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. __ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________ 928-636-2115 Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine______435-752-0934 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778
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Cascade Engineering Tech ___ Clings Aerospace________ Columbia Manufacturing Svcs._ Machinists Inc.__________ St. Vrain_____________
Machining: Chemical 503-266-1300 480-968-1778 Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 360-735-3763 Machining: Horizontal Boring 360-202-7342 Machinists Inc.__________ 360-202-7342 303-702-1529 Machining: Proto-R & D Strom Manufacturing_______503-447-1021 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. __253-395-7381 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Western Precision Products, Inc._ 503-786-8923 Cascade Engineering Tech ___ 503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine_____ 435-752-0934 Machining: Aerospace
Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.______623-277-8031 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 dtiEXACT_____________ 360-866-1337 PlaSteel______________480-491-8100 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Sunshine Metals__________ 714-225-4972 Larkin Precision Machine____ 831-438-2700 Real Axis Machining_______ 360-723-5386 Treske Precision Machining ____ 503-625-2821 Layke Inc.____________ 602-272-2654 Ron Grob Co___________ 970-667-5320 TVT Die Casting__________800-280-2278 Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Savage Machining Inc.______805-584-8047 SMH Inc LLC___________ 360-341-2226 Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 St. Vrain_____________ 303-702-1529 Strom Manufacturing_______503-447-1021 Strom Manufacturing_______503-447-1021 Weiser Engineering________303-280-2778 SMH Inc LLC___________ 360-341-2226 Treske Precision Machining ____503-625-2821 Western Precision Products, Inc.__503-786-8923 Teton Machine _________ 208-642-9344 TVT Die Casting_________ 800-280-2278 Machining: 5-Axis Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Western Precision Products, Inc._ 503-786-8923 Accutech Machine Inc_______ 801-975-1117 Western Precision Products, Inc._ 503-786-8923 Machining: CNC Milling
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Heather Cutler Sales Manager OFFICE 503-406-3774 MOBILE 503-853-6234 hcutler@omep.org
Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Machinists Inc.___________360-202-7342 Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 Machining: Medical Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Faustson______________ 303-420-7422 Accutech Machine Inc_______801-975-1117 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.______ 623-277-8031 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Grovtec US, Inc. __________503-557-4689 Machining: Production Cascade Engineering Tech ___ 503-266-1300 Accutech Machine Inc_______ 801-975-1117 Howard Precision Machined Prod._ 801-619-9850
Central Valley Machine_____435-752-0934 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. __ 253-395-7381 Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs._ 360-735-3763 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs.__ 360-735-3763 dtiEXACT_____________ 360-866-1337 dtiEXACT______________ 360-866-1337 EDM Express___________ 800-780-7075 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.______ 623-277-8031 Faustson_____________ 303-420-7422 Grovtec US, Inc. __________503-557-4689 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Howard Precision Machined Prod._ 801-619-9850
Industrial Machine Svcs______503-240-0878 Larkin Precision Machine_____831-438-2700 Layke Inc._____________602-272-2654 NW Metalcraft Industries_____888-280-7080 Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Real Axis Machining________360-723-5386 Savage Machining Inc.______ 805-584-8047 SMH Inc LLC____________ 360-341-2226
Gillaspie MFG__________ 360-921-3973 Larkin Precision Machine_____831-438-2700 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 PlaSteel______________480-491-8100 Strom Manufacturing_______503-447-1021 Howard Precision Machined Prod._801-619-9850 Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 Strom Manufacturing_______503-447-1021 Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 Larkin Precision Machine____ 831-438-2700 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Western Precision Products, Inc.__503-786-8923 Layke Inc.____________ 602-272-2654 Western Precision Products, Inc.__ 503-786-8923 Machining: Turning With Live Tooling NW Metalcraft Industries____ 888-280-7080 Machining: Shaft Turning Weiser Engineering________303-280-2778 Micropulse West, Inc.______ 480-966-2300 Machinists Inc.___________360-202-7342 Machining: Turning Large Portland Precision Manufacturing_503-253-6700 Machining: Swiss Machinists Inc.___________360-202-7342 Real Axis Machining_______ 360-723-5386 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________ 928-636-2115 Valley Machine Shop, Inc._____ 425-207-5951 Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 dtiEXACT______________ 360-866-1337 MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Savage Machining Inc._____ 805-584-8047 Grovtec US, Inc. __________503-557-4689 SMH Inc LLC___________ 360-341-2226 Contract Manufacturing Howard Precision Machined Prod._ 801-619-9850 Strom Manufacturing______ 503-447-1021 AATC____________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Ron Grob Co____________970-667-5320 Sunshine Metals_________ 714-225-4972 AEI Fabrication__________480-733-6594 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Teton Machine _________ 208-642-9344 Western Precision Products, Inc.__ 503-786-8923 Albina Co., Inc. __________866-252-4628 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. __ 253-395-7381 Machining: Turning Valley Machine Shop, Inc.____ 425-207-5951 Bending Solutions, Inc.______360-651-2443 Accutech Machine Inc_______ 801-975-1117 Western Precision Products, Inc._ 503-786-8923 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________ 928-636-2115 Cascade Systems Technology___503-640-5733 Machining: Large Accutech Machine Inc_______ 801-975-1117 dtiEXACT______________ 360-866-1337 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs.__360-735-3763 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 EDM Express____________ 800-780-7075 dtiEXACT______________360-866-1337
Passivation, Electroless Nickel, Gold, Hard Chrome, Silver, & Tin Plating. 206-947-4052 geoffs@askogroup.com Flex-Pro Manufacturing.______ 623-277-8031 G & G Custom Metal Fab_____ 503-931-7069 Group Mfg Serv__________ 480-966-3952 Larkin Precision Machine_____ 831-438-2700 NW Metalcraft Industries_____ 888-280-7080 Portland Precision Manufacturing_ 503-253-6700 QUAL-FAB, Inc.____________206-762-2117 Rickard Engineering _______ 866-845-8838 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ____ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting__________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc.__ 503-786-8923 Industrial Manufacturing Albina Co., Inc. __________ 866-252-4628 Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech MFG___________ 801-891-2740 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs.__ 360-735-3763 METAL INJECTION MOLDING RJM Sales Solutions________ 630-849-8644 Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy____ 503-253-5294 Personal Collectables Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy____ 503-253-5294 Production Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy____ 503-253-5294 METALIZING Controlled Thermal Tech _____ 602-272-3714 METROLOGY Part Probing & Inspection Blum Novotest __________ 909-670-8411 Production Metrology Blum Novotest __________ 909-670-8411
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SMH Inc LLC___________ 360-341-2226 Tool Measurement Blum Novotest ___________909-670-8411 Mold Making 3-D Plastics, Inc._________ 503-720-0572 Tool Breakage Blum Novotest ___________909-670-8411 Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634
ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052
PLASMA CUTTING
Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 G & G Custom Metal Fab_____ 503-931-7069 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 PRECISION FORMING Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271
Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 Cygnet Stamping & Fab______ 818-240-7574 TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 PLATING MOLDING: RUBBER Gillaspie MFG___________ 360-921-3973 Gold ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052 Molds: Plastic Injection Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052 Pacific Tool, Inc__________ 425-882-1970 SMH Inc LLC____________ 360-341-2226 EPSI_______________ 714-519-9423 EPSI________________714-519-9423 QUAL-FAB, Inc.___________ 206-762-2117 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 SpringWorks Utah_________ 801-298-0113 MOLDS Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800 Aero Tech MFG___________ 801-891-2740 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271 PRINTING Anodizing Advanced Mold Technology____ 714-990-0144 Hard Chrome Arizona Finishing_________602-438-4443 ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 UV LED Printing Arizona Hard Chrome_______602-278-8671 Bright Tin Milco Wire EDM,, Inc._______ 714-373-0098 Alliance Packaging________ 206-445-5898Plastic Injection Molding______ 509-531-2634 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052 Custom Package Printing Precious Metal Plating Co.____ 800-481-6271 NAD CAP & Boeing Approved Alliance Packaging________ 206-445-5898Molds: High Volume Class 100 Processes Advanced Mold Technology____ 714-990-0144 Chrome/Nickel/Palladium Flat Bed Digital Printing Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271 Alliance Packaging________ 206-445-5898EPSI_______________ 714-519-9423 Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Nickel-Bright Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Bridge Molds PROCESSING: METAL Advanced Mold Technology____ 714-990-0144 Gold Tech Industries_ _ _____ 480-968-1930 Coating Acid Pickle Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 MPI International_________ 956-631-6880 Insert Molding Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271 Chemical Advanced Mold Technology____ 714-990-0144 TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 Coating: Black Oxide LA Specialties___________ 602-269-7612 GTin / Zinc Plate PACKAGING/SHIPPING SUPPLIES Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052 MPI International_________ 956-631-6880 Alliance Packaging________ 206-445-5898 Coating: Dry Film Lube Passivation Plating Alodine Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 EPSI________________714-519-9423 ASKO Group____________ 206-947-4052
Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome TFC Plating____________ 503-771-0969 Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 PC BOARDS Surface Mount & Thru Hole
Cascade Systems Technology___ 503-640-5733 PLASTIC MACHINING PlaSteel______________ 480-491-8100 Portland Precision Manufacturing_ 503-253-6700
PLASTIC MOLDING 3-D Plastics, Inc.__________ 503-720-0572 Plastic Injection Molding______ 509-531-2634
Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 MPI International_________ 956-631-6880
TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 Phosphate Silver Plating MPI International_________ 956-631-6880 ASKO Group___________ 206-947-4052 PROTOTYPES Copper EPSI________________714-519-9423 Cascade Systems Technology___ 503-640-5733 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 NW Rapid Mfg.__________ 503-434-8557 Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387 Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271 PUNCHING TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Tin Plating Embrittlement Relief Cygnet Stamping & Fab______ 818-240-7574 EPSI_______________ 714-519-9423 Precious Metal Plating Co._____800-481-6271 Group Manufacturing Serv____ 480-966-3952
Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648
Electroless Nickel
TFC Plating___________ 503-771-0969 QUAL-FAB, Inc.___________ 206-762-2117 Nick Hochuli Sales Engineer
Cell: 937/503-4708 Office: 937/885-1878 E-mail: hn@wohlhaupter.com Wohlhaupter Corporation 10542 Success Lane Centerville, Ohio 45458
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Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 RECYCLING MATERIALS Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 Metro Metals Northwest _____503-819-1284 Bin Service Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 Excess Material Handling Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 Full Service Scrap Management Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 Scrap Metal Prrocessing Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 Waste Metal Management
TUBE BENDING & Mechanical Design Delcam_____________ 877-335-2261 CUTTING FAB SPINNING Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Evans Precision_________ 623-582-4776 Bending Solutions, Inc._____ 360-651-2443 SPLINES Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Specialty Steel Services_____ 801-539-8252 Cygnet Stamping & Fab_____ 818-240-7574 SPRINGS SpringWorks Utah_________801-298-0113 WATERJET CUTTING STAMPING PRECISION Accutech Machine Inc_______801-975-1117 AEI Fabrication_________ 480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Cygnet Stamping & Fab______818-240-7574 dtiEXACT_____________ 360-866-1337 Gillaspie MFG__________ 360-921-3973 Marzee Inc.___________ 602-269-5801 NW Metalcraft Industries____ 888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping____ 480-967-2038 Milco Waterjet__________ 714-373-0098 SpringWorks Utah_________801-298-0113 Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 Stamping:Design
ROLLING Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 SANDBLASTING Byington Steel Treating, Inc.___ 408-727-6630 Production Sawing
SpringWorks Utah_________801-298-0113 Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 Stamping: Light
WELDING Gillaspie MFG__________ 360-921-3973 Custom Metal Fabrication____ 503-788-5701 NW Metalcraft Industries____ 888-280-7080 Cygnet Stamping & Fab_____ 818-240-7574 SpringWorks Utah_________801-298-0113 G & G Custom Metal Fab____ 503-931-7069 Stamping: Production/ Precision
Evans Precision_________ 623-582-4776
Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 Precision Die & Stamping____ 480-967-2038 Mountain View Machine_____ 435-755-0500 SEWING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 Cascade Systems Technology__ 503-640-5733 Weld Metal Works________ 503-788-5701 SHEARING Welding: Aluminum United Performance Metals__ _888-282-3292 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs._ 360-735-3763 TESTING Medium & Large SIGNAGE & DISPLAYS Testing: Corrosion, Product Stress, G & G Custom Metal Fab____ 503-931-7069 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc._______714-373-0098 THERMAL SPRAY Industrial Machine Svcs_____ 503-240-0878 Custom Printing Displays & Signage Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 Friction Welding: Alliance Packaging_______ 206-445-5898 TOOL & DIE DESIGN RJM Sales Solutions_______ 630-849-8644 SILICONE NADCAP Welding 3-D Plastics, Inc._________ 503-720-0572 Wrico______________ 480-892-7800 TOOL Cutting & Grinding Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 SINTERING Powerhaus Precision______ 480-225-8845 Robotic Welding Western Sintering________ 509-375-3096 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.__ 805-583-9966
SLITTING United Performance Metals__ _888-282-3292 SOFTWARE Machining Delcam______________877-335-2261
Weiser Engineering________303-280-2778 Welding: MIG-TIG G & G Custom Metal Fab_____ 503-931-7069 Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs______503-240-0878 WIRE FORMING Evans Precision__________ 623-582-4776 WIRE HARNESSES Cascade Systems Technology___503-640-5733 RJM Sales Solutions________630-849-8644
SW Waterjet & Laser_______ 480-306-7748 United Performance Metals__ _888-282-3292
Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657 SpringWorks Utah_________801-298-0113 Wood Products 5-Axis Waterjet Cutting Stamping:Flat Forming Perry Pallet Co._________ 360-366-5239 Gillaspie MFG__________ 360-921-3973 Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 Micro-Machining NW Metalcraft Industries____ 888-280-7080 REPAIR CNC-PROS_____________602-344-9753
Industrial Machine Svcs______503-240-0878
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Index of Advertisers 3D-Plastics...44,79 AATC...80 Accutech Machine, inc...83 AEI Fabrication...8,82 Aerodyne Alloys...20,77 Aeroform, Inc...83 Aerotech...80 AJAC...74 Albina Co, Inc...14,79 Alliance Packaging...83 Alpha Precision Machining...81 Application Specialties Inc...72 Arizona Finishing...81 Arizona Hard Chrome...83 Asko Group...83 Automatics...7,74 Aviation High School...84 AZ Tool Steel...78 BandSawBlog...56 BandSawParts.com...78 Bar-S...80 Barton International...44,78 Bending Solutions...85 Bilz Tool Co...75 Bixby Machine Tool Supply...74 Blum-Novotest...84 BMSC...40,72 Bourdelais Grinding...81 Bralco...76 Buyken Metal Products...80 Byington Steel Treating...81 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc...76 Calbag Recycling...84 Cascade Engineering Technologies...82 Castrol...87 ChemResearch...82 Chevalier...73 Chiron...47,73 Cimatron...26,77 Clings...84 CNC Machine Services...52,73 Coastal Metals...27,73 Coating Technologies...57,80 Columbia Mfg. Services...64,79 Controlled Thermal Tech...83 Current EDM, Inc....76 Cutting Tool Control...77 Cygnet Stamping...81 DCM Tech...18,72 Delcam...77 Desert EDM...53,72 Dix Metals...35,73 Dolphin Investment Castings...83 dtiEXACT...11,79 EDM Express...80 EDM Network...65,72 EDM Performance..72,73 Edge Technologies...37,7476 Ellison Technologies...1,17,28,29,72 EMKA Beschlagteile...75 EPSI...82 Evans Precision...85 Fab-Line Machinery...75 Fahey Machinery...21,73-75 Faustson...80 Fives...77 Flex-Pro...70,80 Flow International...5,72 A Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST • 86 • DEC / JAN 2015-16 2
Foresight Finishing...82 Fry Steel...74 Fullerton Tool...48,77 Ganesh Machinery...59,72 Gartman Technical...71 Gillaspie...82 Gladhill Associates...74 Gladwin Machinery...55,73 Global EDM Supply...73 GMA Garnet Group...22,75 GMN...30,74 Gold Tech...81 Gorilla Metals Inc...74 Gosiger...74,75 Group Manufacturing...80 Grovtec...49,79 Hangsterfers...72,74 Hardware Speciality...20 Helical...75 Horizon Carbide...74 Howard Precision Mach. Prod...12,84 Hurco...60 Hydmech...9,72 Hyundai...62 Icon Machine Tools, Inc....73 Industrial Machine Services...82 Industrial Metal Supply Co....36,77 Industrial Precision Grinding...84 Innovative Tool Sales...80 KD Capital...76 King Machine...77 Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...46,73 Kwik Mark Inc...66,76 Lambie Engineering...75 LaPorte Insurance...75 Larkin Precision...83 Layke Inc...82 Layke Tactical...82 LMI Machinery...58,73 Machinists Inc....31,79 Mario Pinto...75 Marzee Inc...56,79 Mazak...52 MCAM NW...38,73 MET-TEK Inc...80 Methods Machine Tools Inc...73 Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...82 Micropulse West...81 Midaco Corporation...74 Milco...84 Mountain View Machining...81 MP Industrial...72 North-South Machinery...19,72 Northwestern Machinery...75 NW Metalcraft...81 NW Rapid Manufacturing...10,79 OMEP...83 ONA EDM USA...77 Optical Gaging Products Inc...75 Pacific Continental Bank...32,77 Perry Pallet...77 Phoenix Heat Treat...81 Pinnacle Precision...81 Plastic Injection Molding...80 Portland Precision...82 Precious Metals Plating...49,85 Precision Die & Stamping...80 QUAL-FAB, Inc....79
Resell CNC...2,42,43,76 Real Axis Machining...82 Rickard Engineering...79 RJM Sales Solutions...85 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...77 Roentgen USA...73 Romi Machine Tools...76 Ron Grob...80 Rosco Precision Machinery...60,72 Rotarex...78 Royal products...46,73 Ryerson...23,72 S.L. Fusco...87 Santa Cruz Electronics...25 Savage Machine...47,79 Saw Blade.com...88 Scotttrade Bank Equip Finance...77 Seco...75 Selway Machine Tool Co...72,74 Sentry Insurance...76 Sequoia Brass & Copper...78 Setco Spindles & Slides...77 Sherpa Design...12,78 SigmaTEK...76 SMH Inc LLC...69,79 Southwest Turbine...36 Specialty Steel...80 Spring Works Utah...80 St. Vrain Manufacturing...80 Star Metal Fluids...73 Steel Services Grinding...81 Streaming Teacher...39,78 Strom Manufacturing...13,79 Summit Machine Tool...51,72 Sun Grinding...80 Sunshine Metals...15,76 Superior Grinding...45,79 Sustaining Edge...75 Swift Tool...16,41,68,73 TCI Precision Metals...74 Tell Steel...67,76 Teton...82 TFC Plating...81 Thermal-Vac...82 Tormach...25 Treske...24,82 Trusty Cook...33,72 TVT Die Casting...62-63,79 UL DQS Inc...77 Ulbrich..73 Ultimate 3D...80 UNIST...3 United Performance Metals...54,74 US Bank Equipment ...77 US Shop Tools...61,76 Vacco Industries...83 Valley Machine Shop...81 Verisurf...75 Vision33...75 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...73 VTN Manufacturing...79 Weiser Engineering...81 Western Precision Products...10,79 Western Sintering...41,79 Wohlhaupter...84 Wrico Stamping...32,79
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