Rocky Mountain Edition A2Z Manufacturing Magazine Sept-Oct 2020

Vol. 13, No. 5, Sept / Oct 2020

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

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We are aware that there are multiple companies in each state participating in programs that include COVID-19 test kits, personal protective equipment, and ventilator components. While most of these companies do not want to be singled out or recognized by name, we believe it important enough to the local manufacturing community that their contributions not go without thanks. Your friends, your neighbors, your peers, and perhaps in some cases, your competitors, are doing what they can to ensure we get back to a more normal way of life.

American manufacturers of all sizes, from all regions and industries, are stepping up to fight this invisible enemy. Whether redirecting resources toward production of open-source face shields, ventilator components, or test kits, Americans are heeding the call. And while we thank these manufacturers, it is more important to acknowledge the real heroes in this battle: the healthcare professionals, the pharmacists, the truckers, the grocery store employees, and all those who remain engaged with the public despite the risks.

Together, as Americans in all capacities, we will overcome. Thank you to everyone for doing their share.

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Foresight Finishing Has Placed Itself At The Forefront Of The New Push In The Electronics Industry To Not Only “We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our Be Nadcap Accredited For Plating, common humanity matters more.” Bill Clinton But Also Nadcap Accredited For Heat What our country would look like if there were more cooperation, Treat “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy.

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particularly in our government today. Cooperation is, after all, one of the most widely taught skills.At an early age, we are taught “united we stand, divided we fall.” Cooperation means to work together to achieve a common goal. In the workplace this means a healthy environment in which employees work side by side to achieve both personal and organizational objectives.They must work with others, instead of against each other, to be productive.

So how does cooperation happen in a person? Is a person innately cooperative; in other words is it a personality trait? Studies say cooperation is indeed a personality trait. It is one of the “character” dimensions in Cloninger’sTemperament and Character Inventory (Dr. C. Cloninger developed an integrative bio psychosocial model of human personality). Through this model, cooperativeness is assessed with five subscales in the Temperament and Character Inventory: 1.

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Social acceptance vs. intolerance Empathy vs. social disinterest Helpfulness vs. unhelpfulness Compassion vs. revengefulness Principles vs. self-advantage

In business, cooperation is always advantageous. It improves overall employee performance and organizational productivity. In a team, each employee is responsible for success. It is a combination of strengths, which can also lead to minimizing individual weaknesses. In this case, the strengths and weaknesses of team members can enhance and complement each other.

With team cooperation, everyone’s morale will get naturally boosted once there is a healthy work environment, improving employee motivation and ultimately incline everyone towards the achievement of organizational goals, visions, and objective.

A Stanford study from a few years ago found that even the mere perception of working collectively on a task can supercharge our performance.

Participants in the research who were primed to act collaboratively stuck at their task 64% longer than their solitary peers, while also reporting higher engagement levels, lower fatigue levels and a higher success rate. What’s more, this impact persisted for several weeks.

A similar finding emerged from a recent joint study between the Institute for Corporate Productivity and Rob Cross, Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Business at Babson College.

Its study examined more than 1000 companies, and found that companies that promoted collaborative working were 5 times as likely to be high performing.

I have interviewed hundreds of small manufacturing companies in my past 15 years in this industry. Intuitively, I can attest to the value of cooperation in these companies. It appears that business owners and managers who value teamwork and cooperation tend to have organizations with much lower turn over. People, it seems, value working in a healthy, cooperative environment.

In closing, I wish you all the best during this difficult period in all of our lives. Hang on to those great employees and encourage an environment where cooperation thrives. God bless our troops and our front line workers.

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Announcements & Releases ELFA 2020 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity Reports New Business Volume Grew 10.5% in 2019 New business volume grew 10.5% in the equipment finance industry in 2019, according to the 2020 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA).The rise in new business volume marked the 10th consecutive year that businesses increased their spending on capital equipment.

The 2020 SEFA covers key statistical, financial and operations information for the $900 billion equipment finance industry, based on a comprehensive survey of 100 ELFA member companies. While the report does not reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the equipment finance industry—as it focuses on data from fiscal year 2019—it provides insight into multiple aspects of the industry, as well as the state of the industry preceding the pandemic.

Survey Highlights Key findings for 2019 as reported in the 2020 SEFA include: • New business volume grew 10.5% in 2019. The rise was stronger than the 4.4% increase achieved in 2018, and considerably stronger than the growth of the nation’s GDP, reported at 2.3% for 2019 by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

• By organization type, banks saw a 12.8% increase in new business volume, independents saw an 8.4% increase and captives saw a 6.9% increase. By market segment, new business volume grew 20.0% in the large ticket segment, 9.0% in middle ticket and 8.1% in small ticket.

• From an asset perspective, the top-five most-financed equipment types were transportation, IT and related technology services, construction, agricultural and industrial/manufacturing. The top five end-user industries representing the largest share of new business volume were services, agriculture, wholesale/retail, industrial and manufacturing, and transportation.

• Delinquencies edged up in 2019 to 2.1%, from 1.8% in 2018.

Delinquencies have been on the rise since 2013 when only 1.2% of receivables were over 31 day past due.

• Charge-offs increased marginally overall to 0.3% of average receivables in 2019.

• Credit approvals remained steady year-over-year, as did the percentage of those approved applications being booked.

• Employment levels grew slightly by 1.2%.

ELFA also released a companion report to the 2020 SEFA called the 2020 Small-Ticket Survey of Equipment Finance Activity. The report, which focuses on small-ticket and micro-ticket equipment transactions among the SEFA respondents, found that new business volume in the small-ticket space grew by 5.8% in 2019.

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US Gives First-Ever Ok For Small Commercial Nuclear Reactor BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have for the first time approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor, and a Utah energy cooperative wants to build 12 of them in Idaho.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday approved Portland-based NuScale Power’s application for the small modular reactor that Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems plans to build at a U.S. Department of Energy site in eastern Idaho.

The small reactors can produce about 60 megawatts of energy, or enough to power more than 50,000 homes. The proposed project includes 12 small modular reactors.The first would be built in 2029, with the rest in 2030.

NuScale says the reactors have advanced safety features, including self-cooling and automatic shutdown.

“This is a significant milestone not only for NuScale, but also for the entire U.S. nuclear sector and the other advanced nuclear technologies that will follow,” said NuScale Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Hopkins in a statement.

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The Department of Energy has spent more than $400 million since 2014 to hasten the development of the small modular reactors, or SMRs. “DOE is proud to support the licensing and development of NuScale’s Power Module and other SMR technologies that have the potential to bring clean and reliable power to areas never thought possible by nuclear reactors in the U.S., and soon the world,” said Rita Baranwal, assistant secretary for Nuclear Energy.

The energy cooperative has embarked on a plan called the Carbon Free Power Project that aims to supply carbon-free energy to its nearly 50 members, mostly municipalities, in six Western states.

The company plans to buy the reactors from NuScale, then assemble them in Idaho. The company is also looking to bring on other utilities that would use the power generated by the reactors.

Cooperative “members themselves would use a portion of the electricity, but other utilities would become involved and purchase power,” said LaVarr Webb, spokesman for the cooperative.

He said not all the power that will be produced from the proposed reactors has been allocated, but he expects more interest with the U.S. approval of NuScale’s design.

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He said the next step is for the cooperative to submit a combined construction and operating license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The process also includes an environmental analysis. Webb said the cooperative will likely have that ready within two years.

The first small modular reactor is scheduled to come online in 2029, with 11 more to follow in 2030.

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Manufacturing and the overall economy continued to grow in August, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s August report on business. Their purchasing manager’s index for manufacturers grew to 56.0% in August, an increase of 1.8 points from July.

The ISM’s production index rose to 63.3%, up 1.2 points from July.

New orders and prices both increased by more than 6 points in August, as the new orders index rose 6.1 points to 67.6% and prices increased 6.3 points to 59.5%. The PMI, new orders, production, and prices indexes all grew for a third month running since pandemic-related contraction in April and May. Trade picked up for the second month in a row in August as the new export orders index grew to 53.3% and the imports index rose to 55.6%. Suggesting resurgent demand, the ISM’s index tracking order backlog rose 2.8 points to 54.6% as it, too, increased for a second straight month while supplier deliveries slowed for a tenth.

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with inputs remaining at parity with supply and demand,” said Timothy Fiore, CEO of ISM. Contraction in manufacturing employment slowed but did not move into growth territory in August, sustaining a 13-month trend of shrinking workforce numbers. The ISM’s employment index for August is 46.4%, 2.1 points higher than it was in July.

Quoted respondents to the August ISM survey were more optimistic than they were in June and July as the recovery maintained its course.

“Business is very good,” wrote a chemical products CEO. “Production cannot keep up with demand.” A plastics & rubber products executive reported “solid month-over-month order improvement in all manufacturing sectors” and said they were looking to hire more factory operators.

Others reported continued difficulty, the result both of renewed demand as well as the lingering virus. A respondent from the food, beverage, and tobacco products industry said that ramping up production has been a struggle. “We have started and stopped lines numerous times at all 18 of our manufacturing plants due to COVID-19 issues,” they wrote. A member of the transportation equipment industry noted that pressure on airline manufacturers has not let up: “Airline industry continues to be under great pressure,” they said.

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Small businesses are lauding a healthy economic climate here in Idaho, and national organizations are taking notice.

Next Insurance, a business insurance company, recently released data ranking Idaho as the state with the third-highest job growth within small businesses; Idaho had a 20.7% percent increase in small business jobs over the past four years, according to the study.

Jeremy Field, with the U.S. Small Business Administration, said that for Idaho and the nation, typically small businesses generate two to every three net new jobs.

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Where Will Manufacturing Get Highly Skilled Workers for the Digital Revolution?

There are articles every day in the trade magazines describing the new digital programs that will revolutionize manufacturing.

They are all about bringing digital technology to the shop floor to increase productivity. According to the experts, everybody should be on the Industry 4.0 bandwagon today, or they will be left in the dust.

The articles also say that adopting these advanced technologies will require high-skilled workers who can use the new technologies in their work on the shop floor. But in the rush to adopt the new digital technologies, nobody seems to want to address the big question— where will these highly skilled workers come from and where are the advanced training programs that will teach them the new skills during a skills gap?

I began following the skills gap (303) 466-3777 in 1990 when I read the report foothillsmachinery.com America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages? The report made the case that manufacturing could no Institute said, “The baby boomers’ generation of skilled longer count on just hiring people workers will be retired within 15 to 20 years. Currently for manual jobs or who had the the only source of new skilled workers is from immigranecessary skill sets, but only “5% tion. The result is a projected need for 10 million new of employers in their survey were skilled workers by 2020.” concerned about a skills shortage.”

Their conclusion was “What we are facing is an economic cliff of The report went on to say, “The potential exists that sorts, and the front-line working manufacturing will increasingly move production oppeople of America are about to fall erations overseas to seek the technological talent—if they cannot find this talent here.” off it”. That is where manufacturing is today and people are falling Well, the 2003 report was prophetic in that the baby boomers did retire and the Fortune 500 corporations off the cliff. did outsource millions of jobs. A subsequent report in 2005 said, “It is believed that U.S. manufacturing companies will advance toward their goal of building high-performance workforce by taking a longer-term A 2003 report, “Keeping Amer- investment view of the value of training and development”. But U.S. manufacturing companies did not ica Competitive,” published by Continued Next Page Deloitte and the Manufacturing A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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make the big investment needed in apprentice training that would produce the high skilled workers they need.

A 2018 a study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute showed that “as recently as August 2018, there were 508,000 open jobs in U.S. manufacturing” and this crisis is projected to reach 2.4 million unfilled jobs by 2028. The 2018 study is the sixth survey in the last 30 years that has carefully documented the manufacturing job shortages and the inability of America’s flagship corporations to invest in the kinds of advanced training that would solve the problem. Instead, they opted for the short-term solutions of relying on immigration, outsourcing and automation, but not in advanced training.

A study called the Transformation of Manufacturing by the National Bureau of Economic Research in March 2018 shows that manufacturing has lost 7.5 million jobs since 1980. Two million manufacturing jobs were lost between 1980 and 2000.Five million manufacturing jobs were lost between 2000 and 2019. The study cites the primary problem as a skills mismatch where manufacturing has moved from low-skilled jobs to very high-skilled jobs and the training to support the new jobs simply didn’t happen.

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Despite all of the studies, manufacturing simply didn’t react from 1990 to 2018 with training for the skills needed, and are now faced with the 4th Industrial Revolution and need workers who understand robots, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, and a host of other new digital technologies.The 2018 skills gap report defines five skills that are needed—digital skills, technology and computer skills, programming for robots and automation, working with tools and techniques, and critical thinking—but it doesn’t say how workers will get these skills.

American manufacturing is faced with two different problems. The first is attracting new people into the industry, and the second is investing in training programs to give them the needed skills.

Attracting People into the Industry The Manufacturing Institute surveyed its members and found that the three top reasons for our current skill shortage are: 1. The negative perception by the public of the manufacturing industry (45%) 2. The retirement of baby boomers (36%) 3. New skills needed in the high skilled jobs (36%) The negative perception is driven by two factors—outsourcing of jobs and automation. It will be difficult to do anything about the perception problem because America’s flagship corporations continue to outsource jobs and close U.S. plants. They also are committed to automation to eliminate labor, which many people view as an effort to eliminate white and blue-collar jobs. So, job security is a big issue, and all of the Manufacturing Day events and high school visits won’t change people’s perceptions unless the companies can

do something about job security The problem of the retirement of baby boomers has been known for many years. In the next 10 years, 2.6 million baby boomers are expected to retire from their manufacturing jobs. Since the coming retirements were ignored, there’s little that manufacturers can do now to stop these retirements, except train new workers.

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Investment in Training Employers have also tried signing bonuses to attract skilled people, but they don’t seem to acknowledge the fact that there are few skilled people to hire. They are going to have to accept the fact that they must create this new skilled work force, and the only viable alternative is to focus on investing in advanced training needed for these highly skilled jobs.

But this would require a massive investment in advanced training, and many companies think it should be a public/private investment where the government contributes a lot of the money. The 2018 skills gap report said that apprentice training “has shown to be a promising pathway for many skilled jobs” and “the government and manufacturers together can fund the education and apprenticeship programs to develop a job-ready stream of qualified workers.” This is important because it is the first time that a survey on the skills gap identified the type of training that is needed, which is training that takes thousands of hours, not hundreds of hours.

In the last 40 years, most of the manual and repetitive jobs have been replaced by automation; i.e. robots, cobots, palletizer’s, artificial intelligence and a wide variety of packaging machines.The simple jobs requiring little education and training are pretty much a thing of the past.What is needed today in manufacturing are highly skilled workers like machinists, fabricators, and maintenance people who can troubleshoot repair, and maintain all of this automated equipment.

To train these kinds of highly skilled workers isn’t going to happen with a couple of months of on-the-job training or a few classes at the community college.What is needed are apprenticeship programs like the journeyman machinist programs, which take approximately 2 to 4 years to complete.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the federal agency that keeps track of registered apprentices. Overall, the registered apprentice program has grown from 420,000 registered apprentices in 2009 to 633,000 active and new apprentices in 2019. However, most of the apprentices are in construction, public administration, transportation and warehousing—not in manufacturing.

The data from the U.S. Department of Labor–Office of Apprenticeships shows that in 2009, there were 18,889 registered (active) apprentices in manufacturing—and as of fiscal year 2019, there were 17,334 active apprentices. In December 2019 there were 12.8 million people working in manufacturing, so 17,334 apprentices are about 1% of all manufacturing employees. What this tells me is that American manufacturing corporations do not want to invest in long-term advance training like apprentice training.

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We have been talking about the skills gap and apprentice training for 30 years with very little progress.

A White House fact sheet in 2015 said, “If the U.S. had as many apprentices per capita as Germany, we would have 7 million apprentices”.

Since manufacturing has made very little headway in apprentice training for machinists, fabricators, maintenance people, mechatronics and other journeyman level jobs, I asked myself, just how will all of these workers also be trained in advanced digital technologies?

So, I repeat, with the new stampede to use digital solutions, where will the people who can operate, troubleshoot, repair and maintain these digital systems come from? It appears that we have the proverbial cart before the horse again.

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Take, for example, where people choose to live.

In a study released on Sept. 3 .Tech Domains, talked to U.S-based technology workers in August and found that COVID-19 is placing pressures on tech talent to move to more affordable areas.

The study found that 81% of tech workers living within 30 miles of the country’s biggest tech hubs, including the Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, Boston,Washington, D.C., Austin are considering or have already made plans to move to a more affordable city.

While the entire technology workforce is affected, millennial tech workers have taken a more significant blow than other generations.They are significantly more likely than older tech workers to say that they have considered moving to a more affordable area.

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Key findings from the report, include: 61% of tech workers saying they are working in fully remote environments 74% of tech workers with a full-time job say that they are more likely to consider taking on freelance work since the onset of Covid-19.

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US Military Picks Two Colorado Space Companies To Develop New Communications Network The U.S. military’s Space Development Agency awarded two Denver-area aerospace companies $281.5 million to start developing a new kind of communications network in orbit that’s expected to eventually grow to hundreds of satellites.

The awards were made public this week by the SDA, a procurement agency of the Department of Defense.

The contracts call for Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space and Denver-based York Space Systems to develop 20 satellites to test out the beginnings of what’s called a mesh network meant to improve communications from existing satellite systems upon which U.S. warfighters and their allies depend.

The project is called the SDA’s Space Transport Layer Tranche 0 and is meant to be the start of large new space communications network.The satellites are supposed to be ready to launch in two years, by which time the SDA expects to be awarding work to build more satellites.

Lockheed Martin Space, a division of Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. won a contract worth $187.5 million, with it as the prime contractor and about 54% of the work expected to be done in Colorado.York Space Systems, a satellite-building startup, won a contract worth $94 million.

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York, formed in 2016, has its headquarters, a production facility and a satellite-control center on the campus of Metropolitan State University. Its first satellite, for the U.S. Army, launched last year.

The SDA’s communications network is meant to be an adaptable, secure network of many small satellites that can communicate among each other and with existing military satellite systems to quickly carry data to warfighters on the ground or in the air.

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Such a mesh network would make military space communication faster and more resilient, said Eric Brown, director of mission strategy for Lockheed Martin Space’s military space business.

That’s particularly important for U.S. soldiers, sailors and pilots as other nations push to develop more advanced weapons capabilities, including in orbit.

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Lockheed Martin Space plans to use satellite bodies made by Tyvak, a small-satellite startup in which Lockheed has invested. Lockheed will integrate technologies into the satellites that are developed by Canada’s Telesat and other partner companies, Brown said.

The SDA envisions its network as a sort of “internet of things” in space, he said. Brown likens it to smart appliances people have adopted in their homes, many of which can now communicate with each other and work in concert.

“It stopped being individual smart devices and it started being a smart home, and I think that’s where we are in military space technology — on the cusp of true smart technologies,” he said.

York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin Space are contracted separately and are not working together on the project.

Part of the point is to enable different companies’ satellites to network seamlessly with each other, allowing the military to scale a larger network that isn’t tied to a single vendor, Brown said.

As a result, the SDA is expected to bring in other contractors on future rounds of the network development.

“Going from 10 satellites to 200 satellites is going to be a really big jump for any one company,” Brown said.

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Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts L3Harris Technologies Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $13,534,278, fixed-price incentive firm modification (P00008) to contract FA8823-20-C-0004 for system sustainment services Option Year 1. This modification updates and revises the maintenance of space situational awareness integrated capabilities sustainment performance work statement requirements for the current option year. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Dahlgren, Virginia, and is expected to be completed Jan. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $21,165,500 are being obligated at the time of award.

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Total cumulative face value of the contract is $98,994,351. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Roy, Utah, has been awarded a $13,293,562,839 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for a tested and fully qualified design of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). The GBSD will replace the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon system. This contract will provide for the engineering and manufacturing of the GBSD. Work will be performed in Roy, Utah, and multiple other locations nationwide, and is expected to be completed February 2029. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and one offer was received. Fiscal Year 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $85,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8219-20-C-0006).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Boulder, Colorado, was awarded an $8,000,000 modification (P00094) to contract W9113M-12-C-0055 for engineering services support for the Joint Tactical Ground Station. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $810,000 were obligated at the time of the award.

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L3Harris Technologies Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $22,152,476 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for a research project for the Secure Advanced Framework for Simulation and Modeling (SAFE-SiM) program. SAFE-SiM seeks to build a government owned and controlled, faster-than-real time modeling and simulation environment. This capability would enable rapid analysis supporting senior-level decisions for concept of operations development, force structure composition, resource allocation and

targeted technology insertion. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado (23%); Arlington,Texas (25%); Round Rock, Texas (18%); Camden, New Jersey (13%); Chantilly, Virginia (8%); Culver City, California (7%); and Clifton Park, New York (6%), with an expected completion date of September 2021. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,275,000 are being obligated at the time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition in which 10 offers were received. The Defense Advanced Research Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR0011-20-C-0145).

Northrop Grumman System Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded a $135,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for remanufacturing efforts in support of the air launch cruise missile inertial navigation element. Work encompasses the disassembly, cleaning, inspection, maintenance, re-assembly, testing and finishing actions as required to return the end item to a like-new condition.

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4 Considerations for Reshoring Supply Chains For the past 30 years, businesses have capitalized on the rise of globalization, and this is especially true for manufacturers. China has risen to dominate global trade since it was inducted into the World Trade Organization in 2001 thanks to low costs, a massive pool of qualified labor and unmatched production capacity.

But, 2020 brought a major test for those global supply networks, and when something is tested, weaknesses are exposed. Businesses received a sudden wake-up call, realizing just how much they didn’t know about their offshore suppliers and manufacturers and this lack of visibility caused major problems. A survey by the Institute for Supply Management revealed that 97% of businesses experienced or will experience supply chain disruptions. However, in March, only 44% said they had a plan to overcome these disruptions.

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Here’s what businesses need to consider when reshoring their supply chains: 1. It’s not an all-or-nothing proposition For U.S. businesses that have been operating abroad for decades, it may seem cumbersome and unrealistic to replace an entire network of suppliers, manufacturers and distributors with partners in North America. But, you don’t have to. You could start by just adding secondary suppliers in the U.S. or using a contract manufacturer in Mexico while keeping your established partners overseas.

Additionally, there are alternative options that make supply chain relocation less daunting.

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Sourcing and manufacturing locally make businesses more flexible and responsive, which improves resilience when the unforeseen strikes. Many are exploring this option – 55% of supply chain leaders told Gartner they expect to have a highly resilient supply chain in 2-3 years, up from 21% that said they have such a supply chain today.Though finding partners outside of China is not the only path to better resilience, 33% said they have or will move sourcing and manufacturing activities outside of China in the Gartner survey.

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The first is delayed differentiation or postponement, a process where a business outsources certain component manufacturing and then handles subsequent processing steps internally. A warehouse in North America receives components in bulk and employees handle light assembly, packaging, labeling and shipping to the final destination. Postponement can decrease lead times and works well for direct-to-consumer brands, as it enables them to keep more of the right end product on hand to quickly fulfill customer orders.

The second is a joint venture model where a business can partner with other businesses in the same vertical to stand up a factory or supply a specific material.This enables the business to split the cost of capital and labor and as such, is particularly appealing to more risk-averse or midsize businesses.

Both of these options will help mitigate the impact of another major disruption without fully uprooting a long-standing network.

2. Greater flexibility and control When China became the global hub for manufacturing, the rationale for many businesses was they were sacrificing flexibility for significant cost savings. This compromise set businesses back this year as long lead times in China made last-minute production changes almost impossible.The closer the supply chain, the shorter the lead time, meaning you can better accommodate a surge or decrease in demand for certain products.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) also ensures local manufacturers and suppliers follow certain labor and environmental regulations, helping a business gain greater control

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In addition to the labor practices mandated by the USMCA, the agreement also regulates greenhouse gas emissions. People are becoming more aware of the environmental impacts of their consumerism, with 81% of global consumers saying it’s very or extremely important businesses try to improve the environment. Another 38% say they will pay more for goods that use sustainable materials, according to a Nielsen report. This passion is shared greatly by the largest generation of consumers – Millennials and Gen Z - although their older relatives are also paying more attention to this issue. Having suppliers or manufacturers in North America provides more clarity around the sustainability of your operations, therefore giving you more confidence in communicating about the environmental impacts to your customer.

3. Costs may be lower than you think Unsurprisingly, the number one reason China has dominated the global supply chain market is overall costs, and labor makes up a large piece of that. But, as the country became the world’s largest exporter, it lifted the entire economy, and wages increased.

Now, the average hourly rate for a manufacturing employee in China is about $2 more than that of a worker in Mexico. Other capital costs in Mexico like real estate, land and machinery are also comparable to China. However, it’s worth noting that both Mexico and emerging manufacturing hubs like Vietnam do not offer the same production capacity as China.

If a business is looking to move parts of its supply chain onshore, it still may be look-

ing to offset the cost of relocation. Automation bePMa 4/6/2020 can 2:04:17 driver of those savings as automated material handling can help businesses with labor-intensive processes such as sorting, packing and packaging. The equipment is expensive and finding labor that can maintain the heavy machinery can be challenging, but the investment is often worth it in the long run. Keep in mind that automation is a better option for organizations in the hard goods space that can use robots to assemble products versus apparel, which must be sewn by a human.

4. Reshoring makes more sense for certain industries Before deciding to reshore your supply chain, it’s important to consider your industry. As noted earlier, the production capacity of China is unrivaled with exports totaling $2.5 trillion in 2019, far more than the United States’ $1.65 trillion, according to Statista. Finding qualified labor in China, no matter what industry you’re in, is hardly an issue. Some other countries may not be able to support the needs of large businesses, especially in industries that went entirely offshore in the last few decades.There are other sectors that rely on components produced exclusively offshore – for example, a large electronics manufacturer that needs chips, processors and displays – making it nearly impossible to have a fully Continued Next Page A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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However, organizations that make essential or highly-regulated products such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices and construction materials have a stronger case for a local or even U.S.-based supply chain because greater control over the end product is critical. These types of businesses are also more likely to earn government subsidies to help with the higher costs of a predominately U.S.-based supply chain.

The pandemic has created a “new normal.” Failure to address the underlying problems in manufacturing will leave us susceptible to future disruptions and economic uncertainty. AME’s “Manufacturing Marshall Plan” provides a solid start to prevent that. By: John Sprovieri

While a mass exodus of production from Asia by U.S. businesses is unlikely, the past six months have highlighted the limitations and risks of an entirely offshore supply chain. Many organizations should and will rethink their strategy and look to strengthen their supply chains to be better prepared for the next disruption. If your business is thinking about reshoring its supply chain, keeping these considerations in mind will help leaders figure out if it’s the best way for your business to improve supply chain resilience. By: Matt Wisner

AME Issues Plan to Increase US Manufacturing Jobs Since the end of the Great Recession, U.S. manufacturing jobs increased steadily, from 11.5 million in December 2009 to 12.9 million in November 2019. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. In just five months, we lost nearly 1.4 million jobs. Fortunately, that trend began reversing in May, and the sector has recovered 623,000 jobs through July. Still, there’s a lot of work to do.

Beyond the economic and job losses, the pandemic exposed our overreliance on imports of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Clearly, we must think differently about how and where to make our products.

To that end, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) has published a new report, “A Manufacturing Marshall Plan,” that maps out how manufacturers can prevent post-pandemic supply chain disruptions, boost productivity and reskill their workforces.

The plan advocates for reshoring, near-shoring and what it calls “LeanShoring,” the idea that if manufacturers can reduce costs by just 10 percent through continuous improvement and waste elimination, then 40 percent of what is now offshored could be reshored profitably.

Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since Late 2018 U.S. manufacturing expanded in August at the fastest pace since late 2018, powered by growth in new orders that are a bright spot in an otherwise struggling economy.

A gauge of factory activity increased to 56 during the month from 54.2 in July, Institute for Supply Management data showed. Readings above 50 indicate expansion, and the figure surpassed nearly every estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists and the median projection of 54.8.

The purchasing managers group’s measure of orders, which jumped more than 6 points, reached the highest point since the start of 2004.

The increase in bookings, along with declining inventories, should continue to underpin production.The ISM’s gauge of output improved to a more than two-year high, though factory employment remained weak.

“The index was stronger than July but we’re still recovering from the historically low levels of the pandemic,” said Timothy Fiore, chairman of the ISM Business Survey Committee, said on a call with reporters.

At the same time, Fiore said he expects the recent strength to continue in September, traditionally a good month for factories.

Fifteen of the 18 manufacturing industries tracked by the ISM, the most since March 2019, reported growth in August, led by wood products, plastics and rubber, food and textiles.

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“Business is very good. Production cannot keep up with demand.”

– Chemical Products “Current sales to domestic markets are substantially stronger than forecasted.” – Fabricated Metals “Homebuilder business continues to be robust, with month-overmonth gains continuing since May.” – Wood Products “Capital equipment new orders have slowed again. Quoting is active. Many customers waiting for the fourth quarter to make any commitments.” – Machinery “We are seeing solid month-over-month order improvement in all manufacturing sectors such as electrical, auto and industrial goods. Looking to add a few factory operators.” – Plastics

Establishing new domestic supply chains will require manufacturers to increase productivity, speed and quality. All of which can be helped through the digitalization of production. By pairing a connected environment of people, processes and services with the generation of actionable data, manufacturers can realize smart industries that foster innovation and collaboration.

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Workers in these smart factories will require digital fluency, technological savvy and data analytics know-how—skills that previous generations did not require and that future generations often lack. Development of a skilled workforce must begin with increasing both the quantity and quality of recruits. Vocational education at the high school level must be revived. The report details how employers, community colleges and other organizations are advancing apprenticeships and work-based

The pickup in U.S. manufacturing output is slightly faster than Europe’s, according to separate data from IHS Markit. At the same time, an acceleration in new orders contrasts with a slight slowdown in that gauge for the euro area, highlighting uneven global growth.

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In addition, the U.S. gains aren’t enough yet to bring back manufacturing jobs:The ISM’s employment index, while rising to a six-month

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The ISM report doesn’t detail the actual levels of improvement in manufacturing since the survey of purchasing managers asks whether activity is increasing, decreasing or stagnant. So the figures are subject to big swings during turning points in the economy such as now.

The ISM’s index of factory inventories fell to 44.4 in August, the lowest since January 2014, indicating stockpiles were declining at a faster pace. Customer inventories contracted at the quickest rate since June 2010, the report showed.

“The recovery in production is badly lagging the stronger turnaround in spending, with the result that inventories are now looking very lean,” Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics Ltd., said in a note. “That points to further gains in production in the months ahead.”

The overall manufacturing gauge was also boosted by a slowdown in delivery times, which indicates supply bottlenecks.The ISM’s measure of export orders also rose to the highest level since the start of the year. Bloomberg News; By: Katia Dmitrieva

Maxar Lands Satellite Work Worth Hundreds Of Millions Tied To 5G Spectrum Clearing TheWestminster-based aerospace company won a contract to build a fifth satellite for Intelsat, the final one the McLean,Virginia-based company is ordering to shift its video distribution over North America to new frequencies and clear spectrum for 5G wireless services.

The companies announced the contract to build Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 satellite last month.

Intelsat is also having Maxar build another geostationary communications satellite, making a total of six satellites ordered from Maxar, which the company says is work worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The companies have worked together for decades, dating back to Maxar’s predecessor company in satellite manufacturing, Space Systems Loral, which was acquired in 2012 by what’s now Maxar.

“With a relationship dating back to the 1970s, Intelsat has procured 59 spacecraft from Maxar,” said Megan Fitzgerald, Maxar’s senior vice president of space programs delivery. “We’re delighted to add Galaxy 37 to the five other spacecraft we’re currently building for Intelsat.”

Intelsat has commissioned new satellites to move its video distribution to new frequencies under a federal government program paying satellite companies to make way for wireless telecommunications companies to use specific parts of the spectrum band for 5G services.

The spectrum clearing for 5G, overseen by the Federal Communication Commission, is injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into Colorado aerospace.

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If your Copper, Copper alloys or Stainless Steel parts are very small, ultra precision and require Nadcap accredited plating, likely you consider Foresight Finishing to be an integral supplier to your business.The company, based in Tempe, Arizona for the past decade, specializes in plating connector contacts, RF components and loose piece contacts. Typical parts have tolerances as tight as +/- .0002. The finished parts pictured in the blue container to the right measure .1481” in length and .012” in diameter, and there are approximately 10,000 of these parts. Parts on the left are a result of Foresights pristine pre-clean and heat treat process.

Casey Weizel, co-founder with his brother Joe, says, “Our customers all across the United States have been utilizing our Nadcap accredited plating processes, but major OEMs are now starting to flow down Nadcap heat treat in the electronics industry. For the past few years, we’ve had a number of customers request that we add heat-treating to our list of competencies. 2 years ago, we brought heat treat in-house, and we perfected the process for the ultra small precision parts that are the cornerstone of our business.”

The contacts and connectors Foresight plates are typically used in the Aerospace and Defense industries. As such, just like plating for these industries requires Nadcap accreditation, they would also require Nadcap for heat-treating.

Casey says, “We’ve been heat treating for the past couple of years, but only for customers who didn’t require Nadcap accreditation.That being said, it has always been part of our business plan to achieve Nadcap accreditation for heat treating.”

He added, “Our customers regularly tell us that standard heat treat companies who heat treat larger parts are not set up to handle ultra precision small parts.”

Casey and Joe enlisted the help of Rod Beverley to spearhead the company’s preparation for Nadcap accreditation for heat treat. Rod says, “6 months ago we began the difficult process of accreditation, and in June of this year, we were 34 28

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Today, customers who machine very small parts that require both heat treat and plating, Nadcap accreditation, can simplify the number of companies in their supply chain and send their parts to Foresight Finishing.

Casey says, “A major challenge that is witnessed across the electronics industry is plating coverage on the insides of small heat-treated beryllium copper parts. One can have the best plating chemistry in the world, but heat treat scale and parts not cleaned properly prior to heat treat is often a major contributor to this issue.”

He adds, “Foresight Finishing has in process inspection that validates the cleaning of heat-treated components so we don’t go to plating with contaminated ID’s. However, this does not correct the problem — it only identifies it, until now. The combination of Foresight’s small parts plating line, pre-clean process and vacuum furnace provides our platers with a bright, pristine, oxide free surface that eliminates harsh cleaning cycles that can undersize and etch parts.

Foresight’s heat-treating process creates a surface that accepts the plating deposit willingly instead of hampering it.”

Joe says, “Before we opened our plating business in Arizona, both Casey and I had worked for many years plating in Minnesota, where we grew up.We learned much about the process, and we also knew that one of the key differentiators we could offer our customers over other platers was state of the art technology and processes. Foresight Finishing’s plating processes and equipment are best in class.The prep processing we’ve instituted prior to plating significantly reduces our turn around times.When we made the decision to add heat-treating to our business, we applied these same principles. Our built in cleaning processes help to ensure that the parts that we heat treat

About Vacuum Heat Treating Vacuum furnaces have massive advantages over traditional heat-treating methods. As a whole, vacuum fur naces are ideal for very high temperature p ro c e s s i n g, a n d they’re built to do this safely and efficiently.

are free of debris and oils. When we heat treat and plate a part, our prep and clean process can take 30 minutes. In comparison, if we plate a part that hasn’t been properly cleaned by an outside heat treater, the cleaning process can take hours or even days de-scaling the parts.”

Vacuum heat-treating creates an oxygenfree environment so your metals receive all the benefits of heat treatment, without any of the downsides of oxygen contamination. Parts come out clean,

Joe says, “We did research prior to investing in our heat treat oven. We wanted to ensure our oven would be the best fit for the type of parts we plate. In our analysis, we determined that we would purchase a vacuum heat treating oven, as we learned it could reduce cleaning cycle times by as much as 70%.”

Rod says, “We offer some of the most competitive heat treat prices and turnaround available in the market. Our heat treat and hardness testing lot charges are $275 for heat treat and $100 for hardness testing. In the market, our customers have told us that they paid $350 for heat treat and $150 for hardness testing.” He added, “We also hear from our customers that 2-3 weeks turnaround for their parts to be heat treated is the norm.

We are running 24x7, and with the best equipment, so we are able to offer 3-5 day turnaround for heat treating and plating.”

Casey says, “Within our Quality Metrics, we are achieving 98.9% on-time delivery and 99.6% quality.” He adds, “When our customers bring us their parts for heat treat and plating, they will see many advantages over using two different suppliers, one for heat treat and one for plating. We can provide reduced variability in the process, we can control cleanliness throughout both processes, and we can reduce their turnaround times.

When you add this to extremely competitive pricing, I think we’ve got an outstanding solution for customers new and old.”

Prior to starting the Heat Treat division in their company, Joe and Casey solicited colleagues for recommendations on a hire. Casey says, “Mary Treiny came highly recommended, and we brought her on-board to get the heat treat division up and running.” He added, “Mary has done an outstanding job, and we are proud to say that through her efforts, we have the best heat treat facility for ultra precision parts around.” Rod adds,” When you add an oven to Nadcap accreditation, it doubles or even triples the accreditation process, it is just that difficult. I think our successful accreditation to Nadcap for heat treat is a testament to both Mary and the company owners’ drive for continuous improvement. I know our customers value what we have put in place to make their jobs just a little more simplified.”

If Foresight Finishing isn’t one of your suppliers, and you have plating and heat-treating requirement, visiting their new facility, purchased 3 years ago, should be a must. I am confident you will not see a special processing facility, with plating and heat-treating, that is as immaculate as you will encounter in this 14,000 sq. ft. state of the art business.

shiny, and ready for use.

Every metal has a different melting point and freezing point. Each desired heat treatment requires precise control over heating and cooling.Vacuum furnaces have incredibly precise controls, and very dynamic controls, so operators can easily control temperature to the finest degree.

Vacuum furnaces can quench without oil. No oil quenching means cleaner parts right out of the furnace.

Vacuum heat-treating creates higher quality products, both in function and appearance. This includes: • • • • •

Reduced distortion Energy efficient Clean, shiny products Increased life cycle of parts Adds value to components through all of the above

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To learn more, contact Foresight Finishing at: (480) 921-0000 or visit their website at:WWW.FORESIGHTFINISHING.COM 35

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The Army is budgeted in its five-year plan to start a competition for the radar in

Why Factories Are So Strong in a Pandemic fiscal year 2017.

The analysis considered the baseline option of a Patriot system with an AESA Manufacturing is usually one ofradar, the a Patriot AESA radar with three antenna arraysworst (enabling Patriot to see behind places to be when a recession itself), a multifunction fire control radar (MFCR), an MFCR a surveillance strikes.

But notwith this time. radar, and the Marine Corps’ Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) made The Institute for Supply Manageby Northrop Grumman. ment last month said that its index The Army looked at the risk and the cost associated with each alternative order of manufacturing rose toin 56 in to fully integrate them into its future Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense August from 54.2 in July, extend(AIAMD) Integrated Battle Command Systeming (IBCS).

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For one, it assumed are in finethe fettle, benefiting from a surge in consumer spending on goods that hasthat far outpaced the rebound in the farinto larger any alternative could in bespending fully integrated the services AIAMDsector. network. Raid vignettes were designed to represent a single battery’s capability.

Commerce Department figures released last week that showed monthly spending on goods, which fellevaluated by aboutthe 15%cost from February April, was 6.1%— above February The Army also based on 91toprocured radars fourits prototypes level in July.

Spendingassets on services, thelaunchers other hand, was still 9.3% below its February and 87 production — andon485 consisting of four prototypes and level in July. It is aassets. change from what has happened in past recessions, where services 481 production spending usually holds up while goods spending falls and takes a long time to recover.

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Overall, the Army determined the baseline Patriot option People are now buying the cars they were making plans had the highest operations and maintenance costs. However, to buy before the Covid-19 crisis struck, but there is no the Patriot upgrades stay within the Army’s cost target and catch-up spending on the haircuts or restaurant meals they would improvements overthere the baseline option in admissed.show Second, in many places remain restrictions dressing threats. on services, such as movie theaters, and even in instances

where restrictions have been lifted, many consumers are Replacement alternatives with X-band interceptor communiuncomfortable about returning to their old routines. cation arrays were determined to be the most costly, exceeding Army cost targets. But they “have the most improvement” over In recent years, purchasing managers indexes have become the baseline Patriot, according to the slides. important indicators of where the global economy might be heading. But in the current slowdown, where small G/ATOR’s average procurement unit cost is between $147 businesses were some of the hardest hit, PMI numbers may million and $254.6 million, MFCR is predicted to cost $223.9 not be telling the full story. WSJ explains. million per copy and the MFCR with a surveillance radar is estimated to cost $326.4 million.

Meanwhile, despite the severe hit the economy took during the spring, and despite an unemployment rate that as of The G/ATOR system — which would need 118 months to July was above 10%, stimulus payments and generous move through the acquisition cycle — was assessed as having unemployment benefits provided people with plenty of high schedule risk in both the technology maturation and risk money to spend—probably more than they would have if reduction phase (TMRR) and the EMD phase. The program the Covid-19 crisis hadn’t struck. Much of that money was could see schedule slippage, the Army predicts, anywhere diverted to spending on manufactured goods. from 14 to 18 months.

Whether people will continue to have the wherewithal The Armybuying concluded upgrades and replacement radar to keep goods,that buoying manufacturers, is an open options take nearly of time to field.

The question—one that the maysame hingeamount on whether Congress and baseline Patriot would reach initial operational capability the White House are finally able to cobble together another instimulus fiscal year 2027, in early fiscal 2028, package this upgraded month. ForPatriot now, though, cutting metal MFCR andbusiness MFCRtowith capability inJustin late fisis a better be insurveillance than cutting hair.

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BYU Students Make Glasses To Help Autistic Kids’ Eye Contact Heidi Kershaw was sitting in on a therapy session with her 7-year-old son, who has autism, when she noticed he kept getting distracted from the therapy exercises. His eyes were glued to the corner of the room, where Mickey Mouse was on the TV.

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If only there were an image of Mickey Mouse on her face, the mom told the therapist, she would finally be able to establish eye contact with her son.

Kershaw, who is the senior vice president of operations at the Entertainment Industry Foundation in Los Angeles, kept the thought with her and came up with an idea: a pair of glasses that stream digital content on the lenses, allowing parents or therapists to keep eye contact with nonverbal children with autism.

After getting turned down by engineering firms who told her the glasses would cost about $1 million to design and develop, Kershaw pitched the idea to the BrighamYoung University Engineering Capstone program, in which senior students undergo a two-semester project related to mechanical, manufacturing, electric or computer engineering.

A team of six students - three mechanical engineers and three electrical engineers - took on the project and developed two prototypes of glasses.

The glasses design chosen by Kershaw, who sponsored the project, consists of two LCD screens, two sheets of teleprompter glass and a speaker, according to a press release.

The glasses, which bear a resemblance to virtual reality headsets, are connected to a control box that allows the user to control the opacity.

The lower the opacity, the more clearly the user’s eyes are visible to the child. By Connor Richards

Skyworks Global Announces Collaboration with Airo1 to Manufacture Gyroplane Skyworks Global Inc. (“Skyworks”) and Airo1 LLC (“Airo1”) are announcing an agreement for Airo1 to produce SparrowHawk III kits for American Autogyro Inc., a subsidiary of Skyworks. This agreement will restart SparrowHawk production in response to demand for the aircraft from both domestic and international customers.

In order to celebrate the start of the agreement, Skyworks will offer a discounted price to the first 10 customers. The normal price is $69,500 and the first ten customers will receive a price of $59,900. Interested customers can contact Skyworks at: info@skyworks-global.com.

The SparrowHawk III is a quick-build gyroplane kit developed and sold

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Airo1 will offer commercial assistance for building the kits. Airo1 will also provide after-market support and replacement parts for the aircraft.

Prior to the introduction of the original SparrowHawk Gyroplane, the homebuilt gyroplane kit industry had a poor reputation due to accidents.

The majority of these could be attributed to flawed designs that misplaced thrust vectors.The SparrowHawk corrected this issue by introducing the innovative “center-line-thrust” placement of the propeller and appropriately aligning the rotor thrust vector.

Over the next several years, other gyroplane manufacturers adopted centerline thrust (others left the market) and the accident rate declined.

As a result, the gyroplane market has experienced significant growth and renewed interest.

American Autogyro is building out a distribution network, recently announcing the introduction of distributors in countries such as Brazil and Australia.

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The $51.2 million project is meant to integrate tracking and command systems for two Spacebased Infrared System satellites known as SBIRS GEO 5 and GEO 6 — being built by Lockheed Martin Space to launch in 2021 and 2022 — and to serve as command-and-control software for three Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) satellites.The military selected Lockheed Martin Space two years ago to lead development of the Next-Gen OPIR satellites, with their launch planned for 2025.

“We understand the OPIR mission end-to-end because we developed, launched, and sustain it, both in space and on the ground,” said Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Space Mission Solutions, in a statement. “We also understand that our nation’s adversaries would also seek to defeat our defensive systems and are committed to developing advanced technology that always keeps us ahead of the threat.”

Its headquarters campus southwest of Denver and offices in Sunnyvale, California, are where it develops global positioning, missile detection and other satellite technologies for the military as well as civilian space vehicles for NASA and commercial satellites.

The U.S. military’s missile-launch detection satellite fleet is managed from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. Separately, the U.S. Army Geospatial Center this week selected Maxar Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MAXR) for a project to create portable tactical ground systems able to downlink geospatial intelligence data from satellites to users in remote locations.

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The Army wants the terminals able to be set up by two people in an hour or less and then help “analyze and disseminate data from commercial Earth observation satellites” and help troops on the ground during military, humanitarian and disaster-relief missions.

The terminals will make use of data and images collected by Maxar’s high-resolution WorldView earth-imaging satellite constellation and are designed to be able to add other commercial optical and synthetic-aperture radar information sources.

“The RGT is revolutionizing the way users in remote sites obtain the critical Earth Intelligence their missions demand – when and where they need it most,” said Tony Frazier, Maxar’s executive vice president of global field operations.

The remote ground terminals are meant to also integrate with a modular field intelligence ground station system being developed by the Army, known as the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node, or TITAN, the company said. By GregNov Avery – Senior AA ZZ MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING SW SW • 53 • Sept // Dec Oct 2020 Reporter, Denver Business Journal 22

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Metals: Bar & Plate AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 Mold Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Nickel Alloys AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Ryerson__________303-227-6310 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Erickson Metals______877-543-6061 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals__801-978-0562 Stainless Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

Kloeckner Metals Corp___480-389-2883 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC________480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp___480-389-2883 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Titanium Laube Titanium___805-388-1050x124 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals______ 877-543-6061 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp___480-389-2883 Laube Titanium___ 805-388-1050x124 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals__________800-203-8000 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Western States Metals__ 801-978-0562

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NEW MACHINERY 3D Metal/ Additive Manufacturing Machines Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 CHIP CUTTING CNC Drilling/Tapping Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 CNC Mills Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 DMG Mori_________ 801-561-2001 Doosan__________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery Sales__ 303-466-3777 Hurco___________ 800-634-2416 J.M. Grisley________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley________ 208-861-8991 KTR Machine_______ 623-202-7177 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Romi Machine Tools LLC_ 859-647-7566 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Tornos USA_________ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine________ 303-424-0268

CNC Lathes Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 DMG Mori_________ 801-561-2001 Doosan___________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery____ 303-466-3777 J.M. Grisley_________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley_________208-861-8991 Hurco____________ 800-634-2416 KTR Machine________623-202-7177 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Smith Machinery Co____801-263-6403 Triad Machine________303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Tornos USA_______ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268

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EDM Machines AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access.____ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 Manual Mills & Lathes KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Angle Rolls Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Band Saws Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Ultimate Machinery_____ 480-966-2000

Bystronic Inc__________213-309-1694 Cold Saws KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 CNC Punching Centers S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 CNC Routers Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Drill Lines Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Fiber Lasers Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Grinding Machines DCM Tech_________ 800-533-5339 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 Iron Workers Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Laser Cutters Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Bystronic Inc__________213-309-1694 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268

Magnetic Particle (NDT) Machines DCM Tech__________ 800-533-5339 Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers Bystronic Inc_________ 213-309-1694 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 OTHER ACCESSORIES Plate Rolls Grinding Accessories Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 Plasma Cutters Tooling Systems Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Desert EDM Sales______ 480-816-6300 Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 USA EDM Supply______ 480-836-8330 KNUTH Machine Tools____ 847-415-3333 PALLET SYSTEMS Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Automatic Pallet Systems Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Press Brakes Automatic Door Opener Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Systems Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Rotary Surface Grinders DCM Tech__________ 800-533-5339 Sawing Machines Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Shearing Machines Action Machinery _______888-289-9100

Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 PLASTICS Acrylics And Polycarbonates Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Plastics: Fabrication Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687

Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 Graphics Materials Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Mechanical/Engineering Material Vacuum Tables DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Gregory S. Pfeuffer

Partner and Business Advisor 3 Park Plaza | Suite 400 | Irvine | CA | 92614 gpfeuffer@muellerprost.com Phone: 314 862 2070

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Reverse Engineering Advanced Coord. Tech ___ _303-469-6161 PROG. SYSTEMS Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Diversified Metal Services___ 801-972-6093 CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Education AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Ogden-Weber Tech College_ 801-395-3795 Rigging & Transfer Delcam (Autodeck)_____ 877-35-2261 IRH ____________801-972-5581 Electrical: Breakers/Switches/ MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 Starters SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 Denver Breaker Supply __ 855-4UR-BRKR Spindle Rebuilding PROTOTYPE MACHINERY GMN USA__________ 800-686-1679 Engineering Services 3D Parts To Go________801-380-7935 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Transportation Financing IRH ____________801-972-5581 RECYCLING Univerity Federal Credit Union_ 801-463-3597 Consulting/Engineering Recyclable Metals First Article Inspection Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Advanced Coord.

Tech _ _ ___303-469-6161 SPINDLE REPAIR Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Heavyhaul RMS Assembly & Mfg_ _ _ 303-777-3064 Scrap Metal Recycling IRH ____________801-972-5581 TOOLING Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Injection Molding Precision Toolholding Products Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 3D Parts To Go______ 801-380-7935 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Inspection Services Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 Advanced Coord.

Tech _____303-469-6161 _ Tooling Systems Robot Accessories Lean Consulting Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 SCHUNK___________ 919-452-4535 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 SERVICES MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Accounting / CPA Live Tool Holders Process Improvement/ Audit Mueller Prost_______ 314-862-2070 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 AS9100 Certification Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 Static Tool Holders BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 X-Ray MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Certified Inspection Service__602-267-0661 Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 TRAINING ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

Business Advisors MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Mueller Prost_______ 314-862-2070 BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 CAD/CAM Training Business Forms/ MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Custom labels/Brochures Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Blackwing Machine_____ 801-645-4485 Pryntink___________ 855-675-1444 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 Calibration Services ISO Registrar Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 CNC/Conventional Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Lean Manufacturing Machining Western States Calibration_ 801-466-1700 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 Consultant,Operational Machine Tool Rebuilding Consultant, ISO Machining Software ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 Davis Applied Tech College___801-593-2483 BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 Nadcap Approvals - Consulting MultiCAM____________ 970218-9046 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 USED MACHINERY Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 Contract Inspection Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 DATRON____________480-826-3689 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Training, Certifications, Nadcap Approvals, Responsible Level III, Aerospace, Petrol Chemical

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Office: 801-463-3597 Cell: 801-979-3361 Fax: 801-294-3319 mdenison@ucreditu.com www.UcreditU.com

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EDM Network_________480-836-1782 K.D. Capital Equipment____480-922-1674 Methods West_________602-437-2220 S&S Machinery Sales_____602-368-8542 Selway Machine Tool_____888-735-9290 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINERY Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 Flow International_______800-446-3569 Global EDM Supply _____480-836-8330 Multicam___________970-218-9046 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 Abrasives/Blast Media Barton International______800-741-7756 LATE BREAKING ADDITION

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3D SCANNING The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 ADDITIVE MFG/ 3 D PRINTING Faustson___________303-420-7422 SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 ASSEMBLIES Advantage Manufacturing__ 877-727-0281 Acu-Tec CNC__________ 303-365-9245 CAID Industries________435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 Dayton Rogers______ 763-717-6303 JD Machine________ 801-782-4403 Pillar Machine________ 801-965-1900 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Wrico____________ 480-892-7800 Electronics Assemblies Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-7270281 CAID Industries_______ 435-890-8823 Welded Assemblies Weiser Engineering_____ 303-280-2778

BROACHING Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products_ 970-482-7676 Specialty Steel Services___801-539-8252

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Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Paramount Machine_____801-886-2755 COMPOSITES S.A. Composites_________970-776-3877 The Toolroom Inc._______ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine______505-823-1453 DESIGNCAD/CAM Wrico_____________480-892-7800 CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 ENGINEERING/DESIGN DIES Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 AzMark___________480-926-8969 EDM CAID Industries______435-890-8823 EDM: Drilling Small Hole LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Coating:Chemfilm Precision Tech________801-285-7288 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 Reverse Engineering Maverick Mold & Machine__ 970-535-4604 Coating: Liquid Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 FABRICATION Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Prec. Mach’d Products______970-482-7676 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 EDM: Wire Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Auburn Tool & Machine_ 303-278-8769 EDM Express_______ 800-780-7075 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Innovative Precision_______801-334-6317 CAID Industries______435-890-8823

CASTINGS Aluminum Casting Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Die Casting TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 CHEMICAL PROCESSING PAS Technologies____ 480-487-1906 COATING Coating:Black Oxide PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

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Paramount Machine

www.paramount-machine.com sales@paramount-machine.com Office: 801.886.2755 Fax: 801.886.2759

CNC Machine & Design___801-531-9922 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine __435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 Fabrication: Filament Winding S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Composites S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Enclosures Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Fabrication: Medium & Large Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

CAID Industries______435-890-8823 EMJD Corp__________ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Fabrication: SheetMetal Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Pillar Machine______801-965-1900 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Fabrication: Steel Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 EMJD Corp________303-761-5236 FINISHING Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 CPCS_____________303-438-8328

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Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Precision Mach’d Prod____ 970-482-7676 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 TVT Die Casting_______800-280-2278 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Anodizing/ Passivation Focused on Machining_____303-922-307 Dry Film Lubrication PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Frontier Group________602-437-2426 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Iron Phosphates Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969

Powder Coating Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Sandblasting Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Shot Peen PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Silk Screening Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443

Passivation Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 Frontier Group________602-437-2426 FOUNDRY PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 Photochemical/Etching GAS NITRIDING VACCO Industries______ 626-443-7121 Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590

GEAR CUTTING Grinding: OD Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Specialty Steel Svcs____ 801-539-8252 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 GRINDING AzMark___________480-926-8969 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Grinding: Tool & Cutter BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 GMN USA_________ 800-686-1679 PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 Exact Tool Grinding_____ 801-712-2720 Prec. Mach’d Products__ 970-482-7676 FORMING Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 Star Precision________303-926-0559 HEAT TREATING The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Grinding, Blanchard Auburn Tool & Machine_303-278-8769 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Quick Turn Machine_____801-334-6800 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 The Toolroom Inc.______801-773-63311 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 HONING/LAPPING Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 LAYKE, Inc._________602-272-2654 IDENTIFICATION Grinding, Centerless Industrial Labels Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 TUFFLabels_________855-855-8833 Silk Screen Grinding, Cold Saw AA Carbide________ 801-486-4881 Arizona Finishing_____602-438-4443

INSPECTION Inspection, First Article Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Inspection Services Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions__888-572-9642 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Advantage Manufacturing____877-727-0281 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 MACHINING Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design Inc_________ 801-531-9922 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414

Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining: 3D Faustson___________303-420-7422 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Faustson___________303-420-7422 GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Paramount Machine___ 801-886-2755 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 41 41

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S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Machining: Aerospace AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Flex-Pro___________480-773-3239 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Paramount Machine____ 801-886-2755 Pinnacle Precision____ 435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products_ 970-482-7676 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Machining: Automatic StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Machining: CNC Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 CNC Machine& Design__ 801-531-9922 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 DMSI___________801-972-6093 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg________970-535-4540 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine__ 435-563-9425 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Quick Turn Machine____801-334-6800 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Electromechanical Design RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Wrico___________ 480-892-7800 Machining: Composites Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Machining: Contract Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245

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American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Paramount Machine____801-886-2755 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 Electromechanical Design Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Machining: DoD CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Machining: Large Diameters GL Manufacturing_______ 801-634-5894 Machining: Laser AzMark___________480-926-8969 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Gerome Mfg________520-622-8402 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 Southwest Waterjet-Laser__480-306-7748 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining:Medical A&L Machining_______303-373-1540 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995

Focused on Machining____303-922-3076 GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______801-965-1900 Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Machining: Mold Base Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Maverick Mold & Machine___970-535-4604

Machining: Production Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Machining: Milling CNC Machine& Design__ 801-531-9922 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Elite Machine________ 801-710-7891 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 CNC Machine& Design__ 801-531-9922 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414

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Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Quick Turn Machine_____801-334-6800 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 S.A.Composites______ 970-776-3877 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 The Toolroom Inc._____ 801-773-6331

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HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine___ 435-563-9425 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine___ 435-755-0500 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 Teton Machining_______208-642-9344 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining: Ultra-Precision Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 MANUFACTURING A&L Machining_______303-373-1540 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design Inc__801-531-9922 Group Mfg Serv______480-966-3952 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 Precision Enterprises___ 731-642-8709 Electromechanical Design CAID Industries______435-890-8823 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 Composites S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Contract Teton Machining_______208-642-9344 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech_________ 480-966-1591

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Production Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 Robotic CNC DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Routering CNC DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Skid Manufacturing ENS Welding Service___208-670-0538 Small Part Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 METAL STAMPING Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 Hi-Production Precision Stamping Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038 Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 MOLDS Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

Molds Steel DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 Arizona Finishing_____602-438-4443 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 PACKAGING Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 PAINTING Coating Technologies_____ 623-581-2648 CPCS___________ 303-438-8328 Frontier Group_____ 602-437-2426 PAS Technologies____ 602-744-2600 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392 Painting CARC Frontier Group________ 602-437-2426 PLATING Blanchard Metals Proc.__ 801-972-5590 Foresight Finishing_____480-921-0000 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Anodizing Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146

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ROUTERING, CNC Micropulse West______480-966-2300 SERVICES AS9100 Certification ABS Quality Evaluations_702-371-7591 BMSC__________ 602-445-9400 MEP___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642

Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Western States Calibration_801-466-1700 SAW CUTTING Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 SHOT PEENING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 POLISHING SINTERING Western Sintering______509-375-3096 PRECISION FORMING SPINNING: METAL Richards Fab________801-409-0392 Thompson Machine_____505-823-1453 Metal Spinning Solutions__ 480-899-0939 SPLINES Wrico____________480-892-7800 Specialty Steel Services__ 801-539-8252 PROCESSING: METAL SPRINGS Custom/Compression/ExtenChemical sion/Assembly/Torsion PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 Etching/Photochemical Flat & Wire VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go________801-380-7935 SPRING WORKS Utah____ 801-298-0113 STAMPING PUNCHING Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Group Manufacturing Serv_ 480-966-3952 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Precision Die & Stamping__480-967-2038 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 RECYCLING Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Recyclable Metals Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 High Production PrecisionUtah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Stamping REPAIR Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Bearing Surface Stamping:Aerospace Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Precision Die & Stamping__480-967-2038 Hydraulic Cylinder Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Stamping:Deep Draw Rolling: thread Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 Scrap Metal Recycling Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Stamping:Design Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Stamping:Flat Forming Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 SPRING WORKS Utah____ 801-298-0113 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Exact Tool Grinding____ 801-712-2720 TOOLING Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500 Western Sintering_____509-375-3096 Custom Tooling BC Tool & Cutter Grinding_ 713-638-0303 Tool Coating BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Tool Refurbishing BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 WATERJET CUTTING Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Leading Edge Machine___435-563-9425 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Robo-Jet___________208-391-7575 Southwest Waterjet-Laser__480-306-7748

WELDING Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 ENS Welding Service____208-670-0538 H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 Pre-Fabricated Pipe Welding ENS Welding Service__ 208-670-0538 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392

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Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Welding: TIG Mountain View Machine____ 435-755-0500 WIRE FORMING Flat & Wire Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 SPRING WORKS Utah____ 801-298-0113 ASSOCIATIONS N. Utah NTMA________ 801-337-7097

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PARTNERSHIP 4thPARTNERSHIP Generation Smith Machinery Company Celebrates 60 Years In Business!

Machinery Co. Thanks ItsThe Customers For The Opportunity To Serve You! This achinerySmith Co. Thanks Its Customers For Opportunity To Serve You! This Year, Company Is Celebrating 40th Year In Partnership with Mazak!

The Company Is The Celebrating Our 40th Year InOur Partnership with Mazak!

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Relationships With Their Suppliers. ds Fab...56Machine...55 The Smith Machinery Team, From Left to Right: AJ, David, Lucas, Clark, Klaus, Olivia, Sue,Thi And FurrPrecision Friend Camera-Shy Cade MA...48 ..47 Smith Machinery is celebrating their 60-year anniversary! Clark Mountain Saw Blades...52 • Mazak – 43 years untain Saw Blades...52 Smith and everyone at Smith Machinery and Smith Neo-Tech, • Marvel – 33 years gen USA...52 Inc., say a big “Thank You” to their loyal customers. “You are the USA...52 • Star CNC (Swiss) – 17 years people that create wealth and great jobs, by manufacturing world• Shigiya – 16 years rob CO....57 class products here in the mountain states!You make our country CO....57 2 Years With better Smith • Romi -14 years and play an important role in the future of this great nation.

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Clark says, “We are proud to have represented the Mazak line for the last 43 el Son & CO..5,23,52 The Smith Machinery team offers their customers superior and on & CO..7,43,52 years. Mazak was the pioneer of Multi-Tasking machine tools and has extended unique platforms that enable unattended operation, advanced ade.com...7 the concept to true DONE-IN ONE® production.Today, with 5-axis HYBRID multi-tasking, 5-axis machining, EDM, as well as Swiss-turning, 49 Multi-Tasking, they produce single machines with the productivity and capaHigh-Speed milling and visual inspection.They carry a full line of ific Cutting Tools...32 bility that once required entire production cells, including subtractive, additive .com...5 quality products that most machine shops need, including sawing, Smith and joining techniques.” He continued, “Mazak believes there is no limit to the 9 Years With Smith 9 Years Withgrinding, Tools Inc...50 milling and manual/CNC combination lathes.They are s Inc...50 sales of machine tools, as long as new products are more efficient and more particularly thankful for the long-term relationships they have Machinery Insurance...54 productive.”

As a family business, Mazak plans and invests with a long-term Machinery with the builders. For the customer, this means better quality ndles & Slides...50 commitment to future generations.This year Mazak is celebrating their 100th 12 Years With Smith and consistency of the sales and support needs you will have, for Spindles & Slides...50 year in business. s, Inc..10,50 the life of the machine.

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