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Editors Corner

The American flag has long been a symbol of freedom and justice.Through wars and in times of peace, the sight of the American flag has given notice to foes and assurances to friends that democracy lives. No other symbol captures the power and glory of our nation like the American flag.

The past few years have seen some untraditional uses of the American flag, and indeed our American flag has been politicized. It is not unusual today to see a flag secured to the back of a vehicle and though I haven’t witnessed this, apparently the flag has been flown upside down. What is going on here?

As it turns out, both flying the flag upside down and on a vehicle are acceptable practices under specific rules and circumstances. When used on a vehicle, the staff should be fixed firmly to the chassis. And according to the U.S. Flag Code, flying the American flag upside down is only meant to be done “as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

A few years ago, progressive activists began flying their flags upside down in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade. And just months later — amid fury over the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug. 8, 2022 — it became a symbol used by conservatives.

Universal flag etiquette dictates that you should display the American flag only from sunrise to sunset. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness. It should not, however, be displayed on days when the weather is inclement.

A few little known facts;

• The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose, nor embroidered on cushions or handkerchiefs, printed on paper napkins or boxes, nor used as any portion of a costume.

• If the U.S. flag does touch the ground, it does not need to be disposed of. This is a myth. Just ensure the flag is washed or dry-cleaned. However, when the flag is torn or in a condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem, it should be destroyed in a dignified and ceremonious fashion, preferably by burning.

The flag — which is meant to represent an entire people — should not simply be the symbol of one political party or another. It should embody the ideas that this country was founded and built on. As a country, we may disagree on a number of things, but in general we share a love of democracy and an appreciation for freedom for all.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” This is America’s founding mandate, and this is what the flag should represent. We can either make the American flag a symbol of what is wrong with our country and how divisive we have become, or it can be a symbol of the hope that Americans have for the future. I know which choice I want. Until next issue, I wish you the best, and as always, God bless our troops.

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Haas Factory Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Mill & Lathe G&M Code Programing Courses

Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each course consists of 3 days of hands-on instruction led by a Haas Certified Instructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control, operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes. Classes are free to all Haas CNC machine owners and operators. Classes are held Monday through Wednesday from 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training. We recommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited.

Training is held at Haas Factory Outlet- Phoenix, a Division of Ellison Machinery facility located at 1610 S Priest Drive, #101 Tempe, AZ 85281. To register and for additional information visit www. EllisonAZ.com or call 480-968-5877.

Star Metal Fluids Welcomes Dan Hodges To The Manufacturing Industry As Our Newest Account Manager

Star Metal Fluids would like to welcome Dan Hodges to the manufacturing industry as our newest Account

Manager here in Arizona! Dan started with SMF in December 2022 as a warehouse associate. Dan immediately demonstrated his ambition and attention to detail. Dan is a great team player and played a pivotal role in helping our Operations Team run smoothly and effectively. Dan recently expressed some interest in the outside sales side of things, so here we are! Dan is an Army veteran and has been together with his wife for 7 years. Their four dogs keep them very busy. Dan enjoys fishing, gardening, and many other outdoor activities. Feel free to reach out to Dan and welcome him to the industry, d_ hodges@metalfluids.com.

Alerus Adds To Equipment Finance Team

Alerus Financial Corporation is pleased to announce it is expanding

Okuma’s MULTUS U3000 Multitasking Machine offers an ideal combination of power, speed, and process flexibility. A broad scope of machining functions and the ability to complete tasks in a single setup make this machine simple and efficient for producing a variety of parts. Combining powerful turning and milling capabilities, made possible with Okuma’s OSP-P300 control, equals one thing – increased production capacity.

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its specialty lending capabilities with the addition of an experienced team focused on providing equipment financing to commercial banking clients throughout the company’s geographic footprint.

Brian Scott joins Alerus as managing director of the equipment finance team. In this role, he oversees the team’s activities and guides lending activities for clients across a range of industries. Scott has over 25 years of financial industry experience and served most recently as managing director of equipment finance at Western Alliance in Phoenix, where he oversaw the equipment finance division and led business development and production.

Daniel Littlefield joins Alerus as a senior credit officer specializing in equipment finance and is responsible for the underwriting and portfolio management of Alerus’ equipment finance division. Littlefield has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry with extensive expertise in portfolio management and credit underwriting.

Michael Ryan joins Alerus as operations manager for the equipment finance team. In this role, he develops and implements processes and procedures, and oversees operations for the team. Ryan has over 20 years of financial industry experience,

with expertise in equipment finance.

“It’s a pleasure to welcome this talented team to Alerus as we add new verticals to meet our clients’ needs,” said Alerus President and CEO Katie Lorenson. “Equipment finance complements our growing business and commercial banking segment. It adds opportunities to expand relationships with existing clients and provides additional offerings to attract and build long-term client relationships.”

The team will be based in Phoenix and will serve clients directly, as well as support Alerus commercial bankers throughout the company’s footprint.

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personal use, and business accounts. With the addition of Arizona Iron Supply, we can accommodate even larger industrial accounts and offer even more equipment and metal inventory to choose from.

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We feel privileged to continue to serve Phoenix and surrounding areas. We can’t wait to show you how this development will improve your metal purchasing, metal recycling, and Rolloff Service experience.

Visit one of our two locations to see how this exciting change will benefit you! Davis Metals: (602) 267-7208 / 3322 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 Arizona Iron Supply: (602) 244-9649 / 130 S 23rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85034

ALRS) is a commercial wealth bank and national retirement services provider with corporate offices in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. Through its subsidiary, Alerus Financial, N.A., Alerus provides diversified and comprehensive financial solutions to businesses and consumer clients, including banking, wealth services, and retirement and benefits plans and services. Alerus provides clients with a primary point of contact to help fully understand the unique needs and delivery channel preferences of each client. Clients are provided with competitive products, valuable insight, and sound advice supported by digital solutions designed to meet the clients’ needs.

Landmark Hosts Open House At Metzfab Industries

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Arizona Tooling & Machining Association (ATMA) News

In April, ATMA partnered with NTMA member, Precision Aero (PA) for a tour of their facility followed by a social at Gallaghers. ATMA would like to thank PA for hosting such a great event! Want to host the next shop tour- contact Barbe Bennett.

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Metzfab’s facility was chosen due to their company growth, and the addition of several new state of the art pieces of equipment. Metzfab is always pushing technology and equipment limits in an effort to build and deliver the best parts to their customers.

Metzfab recently installed a new OMAX 80x 5 axis waterjet, a Bystronic Tube Laser system, a Bystronic ByStar Fiber Laser with full automation, multiple large high performance press brakes, and a fully automated robotic press brake. Installing soon is a new material finishing machine also coming from the Landmark Team.

May 18 was the 9th annual ATMA Ocotillo Golf Tournament with a sold-out field of 144 golfers and 38 sponsors representing 86 companies. 1st Place team -North South Machinery, 2nd Place team - Davis Metals. Get ready for our next golf event September 20 at Grand Canyon University Golf Club!

The Skill Up Arizona Apprenticeship and Awards Foundation announced the first Uniquely Abled

The Landmark Solutions open house event was a success, and we are all excited to continue our long term partnership with Metzfab. Everyone attending the event were impressed with the new equipment and technology, and how this has helped Metzfab grow and diversify their business.

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Overview with Lean Simulation - July 10

Providing all employees with a basic understanding of Lean principles will improve your manufacturing operations. Employees will get the knowledge they need at this event.

ISO 9001:2015 Standard and Internal Process Auditing Workshop - July 25

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Arizona MEP Lean Green Belt Certification - TUCSON - August 5

Designed for leaders in charge of implementing and sustaining Lean activities, this 5-day workshop is loaded with practical examples, breakout sessions and a real-world project where key concepts are applied.

Academy, a 10 week cohort designed to prepare candidates on the autism spectrum for apprenticeships in precision manufacturing, will have a fall semester start date at Gateway Community College, Washington Campus. For more details visit: skillupaz.org

The NTMA/ Arizona Chapter welcomes the following new manufacturing members: Exactitude, Dillon Manufacturing, and Xavier Metal Spinning. Joining as Industry Partners: Hercules Sealing Products, Perfection Industrial Finishing and Foam Packaging Specialties. Not a member and want to be a part of our active manufacturing community? Membership information can be found on our local website: arizonatooling. org or ntma.org

Upcoming Events: July 18, ATMA Dinner Meeting, September 20, GCU Golf Tournament, October 10, Dinner Meeting.

StrataTech Education Group Partners with The Home Depot’s Path to Pro Program to Prepare Students for a Skilled Trades Career

StrataTech Education Group (StrataTech), an operator of skilled trade schools, announced their partnership with The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program, which aims to educate more people in the skilled trades and help them find careers in the home improvement industry. As part of the partnership,

StrataTech will provide educational content designed to equip participants with the fundamental skills and knowledge for a career in professional welding or refrigeration.

With 360,000 new welding professionals needed over the next three years and a projected 6% growth in employment for HVAC technicians from now to 2032, skilled trade educators are necessary to address the need. Couple this with 51% of high school students interested in attending trade school, StrataTech aims to assist aspiring professionals in finding rewarding careers within the skilled trades.

“At StrataTech, we understand the importance of building the next generation of skilled trades professionals, especially amidst the current labor shortage across our country,” said Mary Kelly, CEO and President of StrataTech Education Group. “The Home Depot shares our mission to provide access to education and employment opportunities for aspiring professionals and we are excited about the opportunity to partner with them.”

Since launching in 2021, The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program has been dedicated to promoting

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education in the skilled trades and has built a network connecting more than 40,000 aspiring trades professionals with Pros looking for skilled workers. As part of the partnership, Home Depot’s Path to Pro will collaborate with StrataTech’s schools, including The Refrigeration School, Inc. (RSI) in Phoenix and Tulsa Welding School (TWS) campuses, for Open House events so students can learn about the program and enroll in the Path to Pro Network.

“The Home Depot remains committed to educating more people in the skilled trades and helping people build careers in the construction and home improvement industries through our Path to Pro program,” said Jenna Arca, director of Workforce Development. “We’re excited to partner with StrataTech to expand our current training programs and create new opportunities for future Pros.”

StrataTech’s content is available on Home Depot’s Path to Pro website now. For more information, visit www.pathtopro.com.

Revenues from 3D Printed Medical Devices to Reach $16.5 Billion by 2034 according to study by Additive Manufacturing Research

The 3D printed medical device market will reach $16.5 billion in revenues in 2034 growing from $4.5 billion in 2023 at a 10-year CAGR of 12%.

This is according to “Market Trends and Opportunities in Medical Devices; Prosthetics, Dental, Audiology” a new report published by Additive Manufacturing Research.

The use of 3D printing technology has had a significant impact on the healthcare sector. It has facilitated the production of personalized medical devices, reduced development costs, fostered innovation in advanced devices, and improved accessibility to prosthetics. Over the past two decades, its integration into healthcare has notably enhanced patient outcomes and expanded healthcare accessibility. This technology has played a crucial role in addressing challenges related to the production of medical devices during the COVID-19 pandemic, streamlined the supply chain, and brought device design and production closer to both patients and providers. Looking ahead, the medical device industry, particularly in prosthetics, audiology, and dental fields, is expected to see significant growth as these segments continue to benefit from 3D printing technology.

This study examines the current opportunities for 3D printing in prosthetics, audiology, and dental - the three most significant medical device segments where 3D printing is driving innovation, growth, and adoption. These opportunities encompass technological

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advancements in application-specific 3D printing platforms, particularly in dental, the ongoing digitization of healthcare and medical device supply chains, and the continued progress of regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which are consistently releasing guidance for the 3D printing of medical devices.

been since August 2021.

The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production in March rose 1.4%, returning to growth after an unseasonably stormy February knocked it down 2.6%. The report shows total industrial production rose 2.5% at an annualized rate during the first quarter of 2021 despite the losses endured in February by manufacturing, mining, and utilities companies.

“The decline in shopping interest for EVs comes as the industry has reached an all-time high in EV availability,” Elizabeth Krear, vice president of electric vehicle practice at J.D. Power, said in a press release.

Motor vehicles and parts production, which fell 10% in February, rose 2.8% in March but remained depressed by a persistent shortage of semiconductors. Most durable goods indexes rose between 2% to 3%.

Additionally, the report summarizes the 3D printing technologies and materials applicable to the medical device sector, from leading vendors such as 3D Systems, Formlabs, Stratasys, and Materialise.

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EV adoption falls to its lowest point since 2021: JD Power

On the same index, EV availability scored 54.3 out of 100 points, “the highest it’s ever been,” Krear said.

The industrial production gauge includes productivity in three sectors: manufacturing, mining, and utilities. Manufacturing production (which excludes mining and utilities output) rose 2.7% in March after falling 3.7% the month before. Mining production improved 2.7%, while utility output fell 11.4% thanks to unseasonably warm March temperatures. Manufacturing output rose 1.9% at an annualized rate.

Capacity utilization in manufacturing rose by 1.9 points, also reversing February losses.

Meanwhile, electric vehicles are more available than they’ve ever been.

Electric vehicle adoption fell to just 16.2 on a 100-point scale in April, according to the J.D. Power EV Index, which tracks the electric vehicle market. The score was the lowest it has

Almost all market groups saw improvements in March, despite lingering challenges. The Federal Reserve’s index for other manufacturing, which includes publishing and logging, remained the same, but durable goods and nondurable goods indexes rose 3.0% and 2.6%, respectively.

In nondurable manufacturing, the index for the chemicals industry rose 4.1%, and petroleum and coal products rose 5.7%, although neither sector has fully recovered from severe weather damage—the Federal Reserve noted that some chemicals factories remain offline thanks to damage sustained from February’s winter storms. Most nondurable goods indexes rose between 0.9% and 3.0%.

The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration Study revealed last month that consumer interest in EVs is negatively affected by price, lack of charging infrastructure and worries about range.

For the first time since 2021 (when the study began), car buyers’ consideration of EVs dropped from the previous year. As of May, 24% of car shoppers said they were “very likely” to consider buying an EV, down from 26% a year earlier.

“EV retail share, while having some bright spots

If February was notable for its storminess, March was notable for its heat. The unseasonably warm month coincided with a roughly 10% drop in consumer energy products, and the 11.4% drop in utilitie s utilization was the largest recorded in the history of the index’s 48-year history.

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when it comes to certain models, is not growing at the same pace as EV availability,” Krear said. “This is bringing aggressive conquest sales programs to the EV segment.”

For instance, both Ford and Tesla slashed EV prices earlier this year. And General Motors is partnering with Costco to sell discounted EVs to the wholesale club’s members.In April, average EV prices across the market were 18.3% lower than they were a year earlier, according to Cox Automotive data.“So we’ll see if shoppers find them attractive enough,” Krear said. By Kalena Thomhave

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Expansion of GrovTec Machining’s Production Facility

GrovTec Machining, a leading production machining facility, is thrilled to announce a significant expansion in both capacity and expertise. We have recently acquired over a dozen pieces of equipment and welcomed ten highly skilled workers from a prominent local machine shop that recently closed. This strategic move underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional service and high-quality products to our customers.

In an industry where precision, efficiency, and expertise are paramount, the addition of these machines and additional team members represents a substantial enhancement of our capabilities. The new equipment includes multiple Tornos screw machines, Hydromats and an ABC Index, allowing for greater automation, higher precision, and increased production speeds. These enhancements will enable us to meet the growing demands of our customers and offer more versatile machining solutions.

The ten skilled workers joining our team bring with them years of experience and a wealth of knowledge. Their expertise

spans various aspects of production machining, from programming and operating advanced machinery to implementing quality control measures and optimizing production workflows. We are confident that their skills will integrate seamlessly with our current team, fostering an environment of innovation and excellence.

“We are excited and blessed to have this opportunity to expand our operations,” said Bob Grover, Owner of GrovTec US, Inc. “The acquisition of these machines and the addition of such skilled workers will significantly enhance our production capabilities. This growth not only allows us to support our existing customers with greater efficiency and quality but also gives us the ability to take on new projects requiring even higher production volumes. We are committed to providing precision parts and reliable machining solutions, and this expansion is a testament to that.”

GrovTec Machining would like to extend heartfelt thanks to our loyal customers, dedicated employees, and supportive community. Without your continued trust and support, this exciting growth would not have been possible. We look forward to serving you with these expanded capabilities and continuing to

We are proud to announce QualityMTS has expanded sales and service to Arizona and New Mexico. For 20 years, QualityMTS has supported customers in the Midwest.

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Landmark Solutions To Host Open House With Omax Waterjets

July 31st | San Diego, Ca

Landmark Solutions will be hosting an exciting in-person event with OMAX waterjets at the facility of leading San Diego fabricator, Franklin’s Industries. Don’t miss this

outstanding opportunity to see the latest 5-axis abrasive waterjet technology in action, get feedback from machine owners and operators, and connect with key leadership at OMAX. Lunch to be provided. For more information and free registration, contact: Mike Loken, Landmark Solutions Regional Manager; (714) 620-5385; mikel@ landmarksolutionscorp.com

Revolutionizing Manufacturing Efficiency: Hainbuch America Introduces Groundbreaking AC Line for Automated Workholding Changeover

Hainbuch America, a leading name in machining technology, is proud to unveil its latest innovation at IMTS 2024: the revolutionary AC (Automated Change) Line. This groundbreaking solution marks a significant milestone as the first fully automated system for workholding device changeover, setting new standards in manufacturing

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3. User-Friendly Interface: Designed with ease of use in mind, the AC Line features an intuitive interface that allows operators to program and adapt quickly, enhancing operational efficiency.

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5. Industry-Leading Support: Hainbuch America’s commitment to customer success extends beyond innovative technology. Our team of experts provides comprehensive support, from personalized solutions to hands-on guidance, ensuring a seamless integration of the AC Line into existing manufacturing workflows.

The AC Line represents a paradigm shift in workholding technology, offering manufacturers a seamless and error-free alternative to manual changeovers. By harnessing cutting-edge automation, the AC Line streamlines transitions between workholding devices with unmatched speed and accuracy. This innovation not only reduces downtime but also enhances overall productivity, empowering manufacturers to maximize their machining capabilities. Key

“We are thrilled to introduce the AC Line at IMTS 2024, marking a significant advancement in workholding technology,” said Tim Wachs, President at Hainbuch America. “This groundbreaking solution reflects our dedication to pushing the boundaries of innovation and empowering manufacturers with tools that optimize efficiency, precision, and productivity.”

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Nevada Is Adding More Manufacturing Jobs Than Ever. Will It Boost The Industry?

The giant, decorative soccer balls outside of the Multipure facility in Las Vegas are the last remaining evidence that the manufacturing site once had a different life.

What was once a place for families and recreational leagues is now a sprawling facility filled with pipes, machinery and carbon dust. Dozens work daily to manufacture carbon block filters used in water purification systems sold globally.

The Las Vegas-based company had a chance to move its operations out of state before it bought a new facility, a former sports entertainment complex near the Harry Reid International Airport. But President Zachary Rice said the same forces that brought the company to Nevada almost 30 years ago are the reason they stayed.

“We had an opportunity about two years ago, when we had to change locations, (to look elsewhere),” Rice said. “But the decision was made to stay in Vegas because it had everything we needed. We didn’t need to look outside.”

Rice’s rationale is one shared by others in the local industry. Manufacturing in Nevada has grown significantly in the last five years, according to statewide data. The labor force has grown nearly 17 percent since the end of 2019 – notable because it came after the July 2016 opening of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Northern Nevada’s Storey County. As state and local officials look to diversify the state’s economy, they’ve courted out-of-state manufacturers through tax abatements and other coordination.

But the industry is still nowhere close to being a significant source of employment for Nevadans. It’s ranked 38th in total manufacturing employment and the total share of employment is about 4.4 percent, according to data from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

New and existing manufacturers say the state is well-positioned for future industry growth, even with challenges like limited infrastructure and labor.

Those in the Silver State’s manufacturing industry say the business-friendly climate and proximity to the West Coast are major selling points for building a business here. State and local officials, like the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, are part of the efforts to bring companies looking to relocate into the region. GOED

Executive Director Tom Burns said the investment in advanced manufacturing is meant to help grow the sectors and add quality jobs to the state.

“The development of the IT and advanced manufacturing industries, Nevada’s access to and production of natural resources such as lithium, and its proximity to innovation hubs and talent, has enabled clean energy to flourish,” he said in a statement.

That was the case for Haas Automation, vice president of outside operations Peter Zierhut said. The company is planning a 2.5 million-square-foot facility south of the Henderson Executive Airport, expected to begin construction by September. There, it will manufacture machine tools that other businesses use. The company received a $10.5 million tax abatement from GOED in 2022 for its new facility.

The company, currently manufacturing its products in a 1.2 million-square-foot facility in Ventura County, California, began an expansion search about five years ago. Zierhut said the company felt it wasn’t large enough to get political attention or support for tax abatements and the labor market was limited because of the region’s high cost of living.“There’s a better appreciation of manufacturing in Nevada today than in California,” he said.

Other manufacturers point to a climate that’s suitable for their work. Multipure has been in Las Vegas since 1995, when the family-run company left Southern California after the Northridge earthquake one year earlier caused company leaders to rethink the region. Multipure chose Las Vegas then for similar reasons others list today: a friendlier tax environment and proximity to Southern California. They also noted the region has few natural disasters and a lack of humidity.

Darrin Wilen, principal at Wilen Group, said the company expanded operations to Las Vegas in 2019. The direct marketing manufacturer has two other locations: Long Island and South Florida. When the labor market is tight in Nevada, Wilen said the company looks out of state to recruit, including from its South Florida employee base.

Haas, meanwhile, has focused its pre-opening efforts on boosting awareness to manufacturing careers in Clark County schools. Zierhut said he and the company’s foundation wants to support training pipelines that get students prepared for the skills needed on the job.“It’s gotten really tough to find young people who have any interest, and even exposure, of what is possible in that area,” Zierhut said. “We want to see a better environment and exposure to those kinds of jobs. Because it’s not a strong manufacturing field, we felt we had to invest in it now to help build that.” By McKenna Ross Las Vegas Review-Journal

Raytheon Ramps Up Work On Cutting-Edge SPY-6 Radars With $677M Navy Deal

RTX’s Raytheon business has exercised its third option to continue its work on a massive U.S. Navy contract to build AN/SPY-6(V) radars. The latest contract, awarded earlier this month, is worth $677 million and builds on a $651 million deal announced in April 2022 by the defense contractor’s Tucson-based missiles and defense operation. With all options exercised, the total value of the contract could reach $3.2 billion.

The latest deal provides seven more radars for the Navy, making for a total of 38 radars contracted so far. Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) said that the SPY-6 family of radars is the most tested and advanced radar technology in production today, designed to defend against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hostile aircraft and surface ships simultaneously. They increase detection range, sensitivity and discrimination over legacy radars.

A portion of the work in this contract will take place in Scottsdale, and other locations across the country are also involved. Completion is expected by September 2028. SPY-6 technology is projected to be deployed on 65 Navy ships over the next 10 years, Raytheon said.

That contract is one of several deals and modifications that Raytheon’s Tucson operation has been awarded in recent weeks. Here’s a roundup of the latest

contracting activity:

On June 13, Raytheon announced it was awarded a $12,559,475 Air Force contract modification to further assess the military and operational utility and technical feasibility of a unique systemof-systems capability.

On June 7, Raytheon announced it was awarded a $33,840,000 Navy contract modification for requirements and spares for the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Mod 5 Guided Missile Launching System. Work will be performed in Tu cson, Tempe, Germany and elsewhere, and is expected to be completed by February 2027.

On May 31, Raytheon announced it was awarded a $27,041,956 Navy contract modification to exercise options for Standard Missile depot and intermediate level repair and maintenance. Work will take place in Tucson and other U.S. locations and is expected to be completed by September 2025. By Jeff Gifford –Phoenix Business Journal

Phoenix Well-Positioned To Benefit From Manufacturing Boom, Report Says

Phoenix has the largest manufacturing pipeline in the country out of 100 markets surveyed, according to a new report from CommercialSearch.

This and several other factors has placed the Valley in the top three in the U.S. for regions poised to benefit the most from the resurgence of domestic manufacturing. Dallas-Fort Worth ranked first followed by Chicago for metros that are expected to win from the manufacturing boom.

Manufacturing requirements for ample development space in greenfield locations has placed Phoenix “high on the list” for expanding semiconductors and other industries, the report said. The Valley has a long history with manufacturing and has attracted new investments as a result of its business climate.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Intel Corp. are both building multibillion-dollar complexes in the Valley while other projects across food and beverage, battery manufacturing and electric vehicles have also been built in the area in recent years. Just this week, a New York firm won an auction to acquire more than 2,000 acres around the TSMC factory for a new tech park that could attract even more manufacturing and industrial development.

Metro Phoenix is also No. 1 in the nation for manufacturing growth in the past five years, with 11.4% growth and 6.5 million square feet of new space added. Earlier this year, Phoenix was named the top growth market out of 15 surveyed for manufacturing by Newmark Group Inc.

The region currently has about 10.5 million square feet of manufacturing under construction and had the largest share of modern manufacturing stock out of its total supply, at about 30%, CommercialSearch found.

Phoenix’s existing 64 million square feet of manufacturing space across 3,781 manufacturing establishments makes up about 20% of its overall industrial inventory. For

comparison, Chicago has the largest amount of manufacturing supply at 226 million square feet.

Right now, Phoenix has the most industrial space under construction with 42 million square feet in the pipeline, or about 10% of space under construction in the nation, according to a new report from Yardi Matrix. The next highest was Dallas-Forth Worth, which had 23 million square feet underway. By Audrey Jensen –Phoenix Business Journal

ABB on track to complete $40M Albuquerque expansion by end of year

ABB Installation Products Inc., a subsidiary of multinational corporation ABB Ltd., said Monday it’s on track to finish its $40 million West Albuquerque expansion by year’s end after being issued a building permit for the buildout of a 90,000-squarefoot-plus manufacturing facility.

ABB first announced its Albuquerque expansion plans in late March 2023. The 93,744-square-foot expansion would double the company’s production capacity for electric utility products under its Elastimold brand, which includes a range of underground cable accessories, fuses and switchgears.

Jack Bellissimo, senior vice president of product management for ABB’s installation products division, said the company’s customer base includes utilities and electric cooperatives.“We’re seeing over a year backlog, products that we are queued up to make,” Bellissimo said in December. “That’s part of the reason we’re able to fund this expansion here. We’re really positive about the outlook for the market.”

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Just under 83,000 square feet of the expansion is slated for manufacturing purposes, a building permit issued to ABB Installation Products on May 30 shows. Jaramillo said the manufacturing expansion will add more high-tech robotics and automation equipment to its Albuquerque operations.

Spaceport commercial licensed acres adjacent to the U.S. Army New Mexico, has a rocket-friendly restricted airspace, low population vertical launch complexes, and

ABB expects its expansion to create over 55 new jobs in Albuquerque, including production, engineering and quality specialist roles, Jaramillo told Albuquerque Business First over email Monday. The company currently employs more than 500 people in Albuquerque and plans to scale hiring later in the year as its expansion nears completion; the company has 40 open positions, he added.

“We are thrilled about teaming up with Spaceport America,” said Jon Barela, CEO of The Borderplex Alliance. “Together, we will initiate new programs that stimulate job creation and capital investment in our region. The commercial space industry is expanding rapidly, and this alliance ensures the Borderplex will be at the forefront of this 21st-century industry.”

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Parent company ABB Ltd. is headquartered in Switzerland, and it’s had a footprint in New Mexico since 1973. By Jacob Maranda – Albuquerque Business First

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Belden Inc., a Missouri-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services, has opened a new technology center in Tucson.

Belden’s 300,000-square-foot Fiber Technology Center will be used to advance research and development initiatives for its optical fiber cable and connectivity products, while also being used for distribution and manufacturing, the company said. Belden is headquartered in Clayton, just west of St. Louis.

The Fiber Technology Center is leased and located at the Tucson Commerce Center at 3610 East Valencia Road. It is Belden’s first facility in Tuscon, and includes product distribution and fiber assembly operations that were moved from an existing Arizona company location in Nogales. Belden had outgrown the Nogales site, a spokesperson said.

Belden in an announcement said its new Fiber Technology Center will aid its eight manufacturing facilities and two research and development sites focused on its fiber products. It said the Tucson site will help the company speed up product prototyping, manufacturing and

shipping. Belden declined to disclose how many employees are located at its Fiber Technology Center. An investment cost for the facility wasn’t immediately available.

“As Belden continues to expand fiber production and innovation to help customers build the future, the Fiber Technology Center will allow us to elevate our work and find new ways to respond to customer demand,” said Jay Wirts, Belden’s executive vice president of enterprise solutions, in a statement.

Belden, with approximately 8,000 employees globally, reported net income of $37 million on revenue of $536 million in the first quarter of 2024. That compares with net income of $63 million on revenue of $642 million in the year-ago quarter. Belden said its revenue exceeded its prior first quarter revenue guidance of between $505 million and $520 million, with the firm saying its year over year drop was “driven primarily by lower market demand.”

Belden May 2 said it entered into a deal to acquire Rochester, New York-based Precision Optical Technologies Inc., a provider of networking equipment, for $290 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the second quarter. By Nathan Rubbelke – St. Louis Business Journal

Raytheon Wins Huge Contract To Build Missiles For US Navy With Shared Guidance Technology

Raytheon’s Tucson-based missile manufacturing operation has won a $344 million U.S. Navy contract to develop two military Standard Missile variants that will share guidance technology.

Under the modernization contract, the missiles — the SM-2 Block IIICU and the SM-6 Block IU — will be built to both use a newly designed guidance section, target detection device, independent flight termination system and electronics unit. The common guidance section houses guidance electronics and software.

With both missiles using the same guidance section, Raytheon said it will be able to use a common production line to build them at its Tucson facilities. That allows for flexibility, scalability and cost savings for rapid output, the defense contractor said.

“Upgrades under this contract will allow us to increase speed and efficiency in production of these weapon systems that are integral to the defense of the U.S. Navy and our allies,” said Kim Ernzen, president of Naval Power at Raytheon.

More Raytheon deals in 2024:

• Raytheon gets $1.2 billion deal from Germany for Patriot missile defense system

• Raytheon gets nearly $345 million order in Tucson for StormBreaker missiles

The deal is funded for the most part by foreign military sales. Besides the U.S., the updated missiles will be used by Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea.

The contract is the first of two for the missile upgrade program, covering work on the common missile subsections. Later in the year, a second award is expected for work to qualify the missiles and test the SM-2 Block IIICU at sea.

The Standard Missile 6 has been getting other recent upgrades. J ust last month, Raytheon announced that the latest software configuration for the SM-6 was successful against a medium-range ballistic missile during a Pacific Ocean test. The software configuration enhances the missile’s capabilities and makes it effective for anti-air, anti-surface and advanced ballistic missile defense at sea. By Jeff Gifford – Phoenix Business Journal

Phoenix-based General Metals Manufacturing acquired by Ohio company looking to grow in AZ

G eneral Metals Manufacturing & Supply Co., a Phoenix-based maker and distributor of HVAC equipment and products, has been bought by one of the largest distributors in the nation.Dayton, Ohio-based Winsupply Inc. recently announced the acquisition of General Metals — which primarily serves HVAC contractors in the U.S. Southwest.

General Metals has two locations in the Phoenix metro and one in Tucson. It provides residential and commercial HVAC contractors with everything needed to complete large or small installations for residential, multi-family, retail, factory and office buildings. Most of the company’s HVAC installations and revenue emanate from the single-family residential home sector.

Richard Goettel, current president of General Metals, will continue with the company in consulting while transitioning leadership to Anthony Jackson – who will assume the president’s role. Jackson will relocate from Prescott Winsupply, where he was the president for four years.

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companies, the motivations for staying or leaving remained the same as in 2022. Pay continues to drive attraction and retention, with 56% of employees saying they might consider another job for better pay; they said they’d need at least a 10% increase to do so, however.

Benefits also play a major role in attraction and retention, according to the report. Nearly half of employees said they chose their current employer due to the benefits package, and 54% said they’ve remained with their employer for the same reason.

About 40% said they’d leave their employer for better benefits elsewhere, even without a change in salary. But among those who said their benefits package meets their needs, 82% intend to stay with their employer.

When The Grass Isn’t Greener: Employees Say They’re Staying Put For Now

Employees have decided the grass isn’t greener on the other side of the fence, according to WTW; a large majority of U.S. employees are choosing to stick with their current employer, citing pay, job security, health benefits and flexible work arrangements, June 4 research from the firm indicates.

In the survey, 72% of employee respondents said they plan to stay put, marking a major change from 2022, when 53% of employees said they were looking to leave. In addition, only 11% said they were open to offers compared a quarter of those surveyed in 2022. Only 25% reported feeling stuck in their jobs, down from 35% in 2022.

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The findings mirror a 26% year-overyear decline in attrition rates seen in LinkedIn data since April 2023. Employers should use this time to strengthen retention and build talent pipelines in case the trend reverses, LinkedIn leaders have recommended.

At the same time, HR leaders have reported waning expectations around retention and employee engagement for 2024, according to a report from The Conference Board. In response, most CHROs said their main human capital management priorities include employee experience, organizational culture and development of leadership and workforce capabilities.

Learning and development opportunities could be useful as well. Workers have reported feeling stagnant, replaceable and without internal mobility, according to survey results from the University of Phoenix Career Institute. Nearly three-quarters of workers said they need to learn new skills to stay ahead in their career, and about two-thirds said they’d be more likely to stay with a company that offered ways to upskill, reskill and apply new skills.

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Would you be surprised if I told you Arizona is first in the United States for space vehicle and guided missile manufacturing and second for employment in those areas?

And would you believe “there is no greater or more impactful concentration of space science and engineering professionals in the world than in the state of Arizona. Between the state’s universities, the support we get from companies and institutions across the states, it’s spectacular.”?

If you thought these are my exaggerations, think again. The source of the factoids is Gov. Katie Hobbs while the quote is from Jim Bell, director of Arizona State University’s NewSpace Initiative.

These were among my takeaways after both were among the speakers at the second annual Space Summit held recently in Tempe. (For full transparency, the Arizona Technology Council was a partner of the event).

A day filled with talk about our state’s space ecosystem definitely had me taking stock in what is happening within our borders.

One example supporting the governor’s rankings is Northrop Grumman’s expanding the satellite facility at its Gilbert campus to meet a backlog of orders. The spacecraft being designed, engineered, manufactured and tested there include the JPSS2, -3 and -4 Earth observation satellites for NASA and NOAA, as well as ESPAStar and ESPASat satellites for other customers.

Workers at Honeywell’s Glendale facility are contributing to

fulfillment of a Lockheed Martin contract to support production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for the upcoming Artemis missions to the moon. Honeywell will develop and produce guidance and navigation systems, command data handling, and display and control products.

On the outskirts of Tucson, Raytheon has its Space Systems Operations—more commonly known as the “space factory.” Clean rooms were created for the manufacturing or testing of interceptor technologies for deployment beyond our atmosphere. Onsite are cryogenic chambers for space-simulated testing and the unique three-axis shock and vibration system that generates space flight frequencies.

Phantom Space in southeast Tucson makes what are considered the world’s most efficient and cost-effective small payload rockets while the company also designs,

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For Bell’s evidence, just consider his home base. ASU has more than 120 space industry partners, more than 40 instrument facilities and laboratories, and is part of more than 25 active space missions. One mission involves the university’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, a system of three cameras that has produced high-resolution black and white images and moderate resolution multi-spectral images of the lunar surface.

Also at ASU is the Mars Space Flight Facility, where researchers are using instruments on spacecraft on the red planet to explore its geology and mineralogy. One such instrument is the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a special camera that maps rock mineralogies and detects heat to gather information on the physical and thermal properties of the martian surface.

At Northern Arizona University, researchers are using data from THEMIS to uncover facts about Mars’ volcanic, weathering and alteration processes. They also have played roles in planning the activities of the Curiosity rover on Mars.

The University of Arizona has made its own mark with its team that led the OSIRIS-REx mission that returned to Earth a capsule with rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu. Also, astronomers from the university helped design and develop the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared

“eyes” that collect light to help get a look at the earliest stars and galaxies, nebulous stellar nurseries and planetary atmospheres.

Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic building space vehicles

Looking toward the future of Arizona’s role in space, Blue Origin has set up shop in Phoenix, where it can support operations for avionics, systems engineering and supply chain management across the space company’s programs. Blue Origin is developing reusable launch vehicles and in-space systems that are safe, low cost and meet the needs of civil, commercial and defense customers.

At Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport, a 35,000-square-foot hangar has been completed for Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial space line. That clears the way for the building of Delta-class ships that will be used in flight tests originating from New Mexico’s Spaceport America in mid-2025.

In Sierra Vista, BlackStar Orbital Technologies is creating an engineering and manufacturing facility slated to be operational by 2026. Plans for the site include development and

production of a spaceplane-satellite

designed for missions including Earth observation, environmental monitoring and advanced communication solutions for commercial and defense purposes.

To add to this momentum, Hobbs has signed legislation to create the Arizona Space Commission, which will develop a strategic plan to promote and expand space, aeronautics and aviation in the state. Commission members also are charged with supporting workforce development training to advance emerging technologies needed in space exploration.

Despite what Capt. James T. Kirk told many of us when we were growing up, space is not the final frontier. For Arizona, it’s the new frontier.

Steven Zylstra is president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council.

Onsemi plans $2 billion semiconductor expansion in Czech Republic

Onsemi is investing $2 billion to boost silicon carbide production at its semiconductor manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic, the Scottsdale-based company announced.

ON Semiconductor Inc., which does business as Onsemi, is expanding the company’s existing high-volume fab site in Roznov pod Radhostem, where it produces more than three million wafers annually. The announcement follows reporting that Onsemi will lay off 1,000 workers as part of an effort to cut costs.

The investment in the Czech Republic will be made over multiple years and is intended to strengthen Onsemi’s supply chain for its European and global

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customers. Onsemi plans to ramp up silicon carbide production at the site by 2027, depending upon how quickly it’s able to “finalize its engagement with the Czech Republic government and the European Commission,” the company told the Business Journal.

“Our brownfield investment would establish a central European supply chain to better service our customers’ rapidly increasing demand for innovative technologies that improve the energy efficiency in their applications,” Hassane El-Khoury, president and CEO of Onsemi, said in a statement.

The investment is part of Onsemi’s previously disclosed “long-term capital expenditure target.” It marks one of the largest private sector investments in the Czech Republic’s history.

Onsemi’s expansion is expected to create 1,300 new jobs in Roznov pod Radhostem, where it currently employs 1,700 people. The company is negotiating with the Czech government about incentives for its planned expansion, Reuters reported.By Amy Edelen – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal

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Burgess said the hub will feature “only the best of the best” opportunities. Inventions that will be curated on StartupHub have to be cutting-edge in their field and address clear market needs, TLA said, but they also have to be supported by teams qualified and ready to work with outside entrepreneurs.

There are currently 17 opportunities up on the site. Some early examples highlighted by TLA include a trail-ready snake-bite antivenom kit, a device to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms and an oral treatment for gastrointestinal disease that doesn’t compromise gut microbiome health.

Interested entrepreneurs can use the site’s detailed data points and “meet-the-inventor” videos to gain a broad technical understanding of inventions and a personal understanding of how their inventors work.

A new online hub launched by the University of Arizona aims to help tech entrepreneurs learn about new inventions and research coming out of the school that can provide opportunities to launch or join startups.

Called StartupHub, the site highlights what are considered the most promising opportunities, allowing visitors to check them out by industry — such as diagnostics, digital health or medical devices — or by position, such as CEO, co-founder or chief science officer.

The hub is a project of Tech Launch Arizona, or TLA, UArizona’s office dedicated to commercializing the school’s research and making an economic and societal impact. The office has a venture development team that helps inventors and entrepreneurs connect and launch startups.

“Our goal is to maximize the societal impact of the world-class research taking place at UArizona,” said Bruce Burgess, TLA director of Venture Development, in a statement. “University faculty, staff, and researchers produce hundreds of inventions each year, and this website is strategized for maximum effectiveness in connecting the highestpotential inventing teams and inventions with investors, technology experts, and entrepreneurs looking for their next great business opportunity who can bring those

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How Arizona Is Preparing For A Flood Of New Semiconductor Jobs

As a security guard at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s factory site in north Phoenix, Meareg Mamo has a front row seat for the growth of the Valley’s semiconductor industry.

It’s also sparked Mamo’s interest in changing careers with the goal of someday working alongside other TSMC microchip technicians. Mamo, who has IT experience, sees an opportunity to build a long-term career in the chip industry.

“Chip factories are growing fast, big companies are coming to Arizona and need a lot of workers,” he said.

In April, Mamo was accepted into Quick Start, a 10-day semiconductor technician training program created by Maricopa Community Colleges and industry partners.

“I like the class setup and modules. It’s easy to understand,” he said. “It’s good for people who want to progress in the future.”

By the end of the decade, the U.S. semiconductor industry is projected to face a shortage of 70,000 workers needed to run fabs and make chips used in computers, smartphones, appliances and vehicles.

In Arizona, TSMC and Intel are set to receive billions of dollars in federal CHIPS Act funding to build out their fabs. The two companies expect to create a combined total of more than 9,000 manufacturing jobs.

To answer the call for skilled workers, companies, academia and state officials are championing a handful of apprenticeship programs — including the Quick Start program — to prepare students for semiconductor jobs in what’s projected to be a booming industry.

But there’s a challenge: semiconductor companies have reduced hiring in the near-term amid economic uncertainty and slowing demand, leaving students in apprenticeship programs to wonder when jobs will be available.

The Quick Start program has held 83 classes since its inception in 2022. More than 900 students have participated in the program and 864 obtained semiconductor technician certifications, said Leah Palmer, executive director of AzAMI Workforce/Manufacturing Technologies at Maricopa County Community Colleges.

Despite the program’s initial success, it had to temporarily reduce the number of classes it offered in response to a decline in job openings, Palmer said.

For its part, a TSMC spokesperson told the Business Journal that “hiring at TSMC Arizona is active and ongoing for technician, engineering and business support positions.”

Interest in the QuickStart program remains high. It has a waitlist of hundreds of students with the next round of classes slated to begin in August.

While the Quick Start program is hosting a job fair in May, companies are mostly looking to backfill for attrition as they have experienced a demand slowdown that started in September 2023, Palmer said.

In 2022, the state of Arizona allocated $100 million to enhance semiconductor infrastructure, workforce and research while spurring private sector investment.

Applied Materials and Arizona State University received $47.5 million to establish the first of its kind materials-to-fab laboratory at the university’s MacroTechnology Works facility to support advanced packaging and GaN capabilities. In addition, the state established its first registered apprenticeship program with NXP Semiconductors to support the semiconductor industry.

In January, TSMC invested $5 million to establish a new semiconductor technician registered apprenticeship program. The program kicked off in April with its first cohort of eight apprentices. The program, which is expected to run 18 to 24 months, will scale over five years with an initial goal of training 80

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• Fast fact: Over the past five years (March 2019 to March 2024), the Arizona labor force increased by 9.7%, or 331,188 workers. During this same period, unemployment declined by 14.2%, or 23,669 people. (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Western Maricopa Education Center, a public high school career and technical education center that serves more than 40,000 students in Maricopa County, has already been engaging with TSMC to develop curriculum.

In late 2022, West-MEC Superintendent Scott Spurgeon met with TSMC’s former chief human resource officer, Scott Holman, to discuss the school’s potential for providing career education, training and credentials specifically for the semiconductor industry. With the help of TSMC’s technicians, West-MEC is designing a semiconductor training program for students.In addition, Spurgeon spearheaded efforts to expand WestMEC’s northeast campus to house an advanced manufacturing facility that includes

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“Later this fall, we’ll be breaking ground on phase one of that process,” Spurgeon said. “So we’re not just talking about it, we’re putting our money where our mouth is because that partnership with TSMC for West-MEC is as tight as it gets.”

• Fast fact: Arizona Computer and electronic parts manufacturing, which includes semiconductor manufacturing, is projected to grow by 13% and add 4,470 jobs through 2032. Over 95% of the growth within this industry is projected to occur within Maricopa County. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In February, Holman, the former TSMC executive, was named CEO of the Arizona Education Economic Commission Foundation. The commission is a public-private collaboration that includes more than a dozen companies in manufacturing, health care, technology and defense. A big push for the commission is encouraging industry to engage with the more than 550,000 middle and high school students in the state to share information about potential jobs in advanced manufacturing,

Holman said.

While the commission isn’t expecting companies to share an exact number of workers it expects to hire, it’s requesting a ballpark figure for what they need over the next three years to help CTE programs create certificate programs, Holman said.

Carlos Contreras, director of the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity, echoed that industry needs to be involved in efforts to meet future workforce demand.

According to an employment outcome survey, 33% of students indicated they obtained employment in the semiconductor industry after completing the Quick Start program. It’s challenging, however, to measure an exact number of students with technician credentials who are working in the semiconductor industry as they have to self-report their status and not all of them do, Palmer said. In addition, the Quick Start program credits are stackable with other electrical or safety training courses, potentially allowing students a pathway to a higher-level position within a company.

Michael Charap was driving for Uber when a passenger told him about the Quick Start program, which he applied for in March and was accepted into the April class at Mesa Community College. Prior to the Quick Start program, he applied for jobs at TSMC, but didn’t receive a response from the company. The Quick Start program has been valuable in furthering semiconductor industry knowledge, Charap said. “It gives us a basis for a lot of things – schematics, electrical and we can expand on that knowledge,” he said. By Amy Edelen – Phoenix Business Journal

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It has been a very long time coming for Kelly Denison, owner of Continental Machining Company (CMC), and he finally got his wish. “Six years ago, when I went to IMTS I was actively looking for a 5 axis pallet changing vertical machining center. After learning about several options from a number of OEMs, I determined I wanted the Matsuura machine. And while Productivity Inc., a very trusted supplier/partner of mine, carried the Matsuura line in Colorado and Wyoming, they couldn’t sell it in New Mexico.”

He continued, “A few years later, I went to the Productivity Open House in Minneapolis, where I told Matsuura USA President David Hudson that I would buy a Matsuura machine if they let Productivity carry the line in New Mexico. When David retired, I continued the conversation with current Matsuura USA President Billy Bogue. On March 1st of this year, they awarded the line to Productivity for New Mexico.”

Danny White supports customers in New Mexico for Productivity. Danny says, “Productivity has had the line in Minnesota since 1976, and when Matsuura made the decision to award the line in New Mexico, we were a logical choice. Once we were awarded the line in March, Kelly purchased the first Matsuura later that month.”

Both Danny and Kelly were no strangers to the Matsuura line. Danny has represented Matsuura on the Colorado Western Slope for a few years now, and as a young machinist, Kelly used to manufacture parts on a 1990 CMC owned Matsuura. “I loved the Matsuura”, Kelly says. Danny adds, “I recognized that the Matsuura line was a solid choice for Kelly and the type of work they do.”

For this 6 year project, Kelly evaluated several high end machine tool OEMs, mostly German and Japanese manufacturers. “I was looking for the trifecta of price, reliability and precision. There were very few OEMs that met the trifecta, but also key to me was the relationship I had with the dealer. Several of the options were sold by dealers

who had limited or no presence in New Mexico. This gave us hesitation, enough to eliminate these unfamiliar suppliers.”

Kelly and the team took possession of their Matsuura MX-330 PC10 (5 axis Vertical

Machining Center with 10 pallets) just months ago and he says that the new machine is exceeding all expectations! “We are doing true 5 axis machining on it and we’re already running unattended. What sets it apart from other machines is its fit and finish, and the speed of the machine from tool changes to pallet changes is amazingly fast. This machine can pallet change faster than many machines can change tools.”

Danny adds, “Many shop owners think they can’t capitalize on the features of the Matsuura if they are doing largely prototype work. That isn’t the case, and CMC is a great example of this. They do some of the most complex low volume/high mix parts for the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the labs in New Mexico, including Sandia and Los Alamos. This machine fits their work perfectly.”

Kelly adds, “The footprint on the Matsuura MX-330 PC-10 is outstanding for us, as floorspace is at a premium. Most other machines in this category will have a footprint that is at least 1/3 larger. Even more critical for us – the integration of automation on the Matsuura is absolutely best in class – no other builder can touch this. And it was extremely cost competitive in price, in fact it smoked its competition in price!”

The new Matsuura MX-330 PC10 is still new to CMC, so providing quantitative data on its benefits is limited. Still, Kelly says, “On the first job we put onto the new machine, we had it scheduled for 3 weeks start to finish, based on our experience with the job. We got the job done in 4 days! This was huge for us, and it so exceeded our expectations!” He adds, “Our guys were really impressed with the tool management system — while the machine is running you can load tools for the current or next job; you can tell the control you’ve changed the tool and it measures the offsets when that tool is

called up again.” Danny adds, “Matsuura excels at automation; they do it better than most high end builders, and one of the reasons is that everything is built by Matsuura; they aren’t using a third party for some components of the automation. This is very beneficial to our customers because there is no finger pointing across OEMs when there is a machine issue.

ISO9001 Certified CMC sets itself apart from its competitors in a number of ways. For one, it makes large parts, up to 72” and up to 8’ long in its turning operations. For vertical milling, they can machine parts up to 100” x 40”, and for horizontal milling, it can machine up to 50” cubes. The company offers:

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Just over a year ago, Kelly purchased their first Hwacheon machine, also purchased through Danny at Productivity. “We’ve bought the majority of our 30 machines through Productivity. They are an outstanding partner to us, and their service is best in class. To give you an example, we once had 3 spindles go down at the same time, each on a machine purchased through different dealers. The Productivity machine was up and running in 3 days, and this was over a long holiday weekend. The 2nd machine took 6 weeks to fix, and the 3rd machine took longer still.”

Danny says, “Kelly was groomed from his father, Dave Denison, from the age of 14, and he learned to be a great machinist. What sets Kelly apart from many shop owners is his quest to be more than just a great machinist — to be a savvy business owner who is willing to do what it takes to take the business to the next level — to support his customers with superior parts, but also to perpetuate an environment for the CMC team to thrive. Kelly continues to invest into the business, and CMC utilizes some of the most advanced machine tools you can purchase.”

Kelly toyed with the idea of going back to school to hone his business skills with an MBA, but after discussion with colleagues, he joined a mastermind group. Kelly says the group is made up of business owners in all different industries and it helps members achieve success by sharing best practices, shortening the learning curve for everyone. Members challenge each other to set strong goals — and more importantly, to accomplish those goals. Kelly says that the mastermind group has taught him so much, including the necessity to put together a 10 year plan for growth. He says projecting where CMC would be in the next decade seemed daunting until he learned how others have done it successfully. He and his leadership team are working on the plan to get there. “It is totally doable for us”, he says, continuing, “and we know what steps we need to take to get there.” Most critical in the plan is to use data and metrics in the planning process, Kelly says. “Data doesn’t lie.”

CMC offers its customers a highly skilled team with an average of 7 years of tenure with the company, and an average 12 years in the precision machining industry. As

they continue to grow, they have opportunities for those interested in working at the company. And if you are looking for a very experienced team, ISO certified and approved for DoD, DOE and labs work, contact CMC at 800-777-2483 or visit continentalmachiningco.com

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Australia-based Arizona Lithium Ltd. has opened its 20,451-square-foot Lithium Research Center, which will serve as a “technology incubator focused on the extraction of lithium” from key North American lithium developments, according to a May 31 announcement. Those developments include the Big Sandy Lithium Project in northwestern Arizona and the Prairie Lithium Project in Saskatchewan, Canada, where Arizona Lithium recently commenced drilling operations.

The facility announcement marks another feather in the cap of Arizona’s growing battery manufacturing sector. In the Phoenix metro alone, LG Energy Solution Ltd. is planning a $5.5 billion battery complex in Queen Creek, while the first phase of KORE Power Inc.’s forthcoming 908,880-square-foot battery cell manufacturing plant in Buckeye is estimated to cost $1 billion and bring more than 1,600 jobs to the area.

Arizona Lithium’s Tempe facility features a 16,469-squarefoot processing facility for lithium chemicals and a 3,982-square-foot research lab. It will create more than 20 high-skilled jobs and support hundreds of jobs at the Big Sandy project. The Lithium Research Center is “focused on technological advancements in lithium processing,” according to the announcement.

“We strongly believe the LRC is critical to the company in order to test and optimize our lithium processing technologies and ultimately produce Lithium from both of our major projects, Prairie and Big Sandy, in the most economic and sustainable manner,” said Paul Lloyd, managing director of Arizona Lithium, in a statement.

Arizona Lithium in 2022 announced its plans to bring a lithium research facility to Arizona, but it didn’t yet have a location. At the time, the company said it had accepted a grant for $1 million from the ACA and is eligible for financial programs related to capital investment and job creation totaling more than $100 million. By Paul Thompson

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Pivot Manufacturing isn’t just Hub-Zone designated, a certification that is nearly impossible to achieve. They check so many boxes including:

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The company was founded in 2000 by two very good friends, Steve Macias and Jack Cuddihy. For their first decade and a half in business, the company purchased a number of Haas machines, mostly preowned and they supported aerospace, semiconductor and defense customers with prototype and R&D needs.

Steve says, “Around 9 years ago, in 2015, our business plateaued. We were still busy, but our biggest run was ~50 parts. We were bidding on larger production projects with some of our Tier 1 customers, and we weren’t winning the business. In fact, they would tell us that our quotes were 40% and sometimes higher than our competitors.”

Steve and Jack knew that their pricing wasn’t competitive because the machines they were using, while still working just fine, were too slow and required too many operations for Pivot Manufacturing to be price competitive. Steve says, “We went to a couple of our largest and very long term customers and asked them if they would award us business if we invested in high speed machining. While they couldn’t guarantee this, naturally, they let us know that as a quality supplier to them, they would let us bid on higher volume projects.”

Since its inception, Pivot has been a Haas machine tool user, and they were happy with the machines and service. Jack says, “In 2017 we purchased our first new Haas machines, 2 Haas high-performance super-speed vertical machining centers (VF-2SS). We purchased them from Ellison Machinery, the local sales and service company for the Are You Looking For a

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Haas machine tools. Since then, we’ve added 1-2 new Haas machines every year, and today we have 5-axis machining capabilities.”

The new Haas machines enabled Pivot to competitively bid on projects, and with their 2 largest clients, General Dynamics and Raytheon, they have been successfully more than doubled their business. Steve says, “We have much higher volumes and lower quantities of part numbers, which is a much more sustainable business model than our previous one.” Jack adds, “We have grown our business by more than 150% since investing in new technologies, most notably the Haas mills and lathes. We’ve done this with much more efficient machining, for example taking a 6 operation part with our older machines down to 2 operations with our new Haas machines.”

Steve says that if he and Jack were asked 5 years ago where they saw the business going in the next decade, both would have said that they would continue to build it so that they could sell it, effectively offering the two their retirement plan. That changed a few years ago. First, Steve’s son’s best friend Chance Schreiber came to work for Pivot Manufacturing. Though he came nearly a decade ago, initially sweeping floors, it is in the last several years that Steve and Jack saw Chance’s work ethic, ability to learn, and pure intelligence. Steve says, “The kid is incredible about self-learning. His title today is Quality Manager, but he does so much more. “ Jack adds in jest that Chance has cost the company so much money - through his recommendations they’ve added new Haas machines every year, they’ve invested in a state of the art ERP software (ProShop ERP Software), and they are renovating their facility to accommodate ongoing growth. (Next on Chance’s list is a Haas Horizontal Machining center!)

I mentioned that Chance is best friends with Steve’s son Jack Macias. After college, the younger Macias went to work at Raytheon in their Finance department. When COVID hit, he was required to work from home. Jack

didn’t enjoy this, and Steve invited him to come to work at Pivot Manufacturing. That was more than 3 years ago, and Jack and Chance (pictured on the top picture in this column) are now a major part of Jack Cuddihy and Steve’s succession plan. Steve says, “Our customers really enjoy working with both Jack Macias and Chance, and they each have complimentary skill sets, much like Jack and I do.”

Steve says, “I used to twitch when my partner Jack was going on vacation, as he was integral to our operations. Today, with my son and Chance, I feel comfortable when Jack goes on vacation. I personally just recently took a 2 week vacation, the longest ever since Jack and I founded Pivot Manufacturing.” He adds, “Running Pivot with Jack and having young technically competent support from my son and Chance has made running our company so much more enjoyable for Jack and me. It’s nice to know that in 2-3 years, they will be able to run the day-to-day operations of Pivot.”

Jack Cuddihy says, “We’ve been purchasing all of our new lathes

and mills from Josh Hansen at Ellison Machinery for several years now. Having one control is important to us as we can easily move people around in the shop, based upon needs. We also value having one phone number to call when we have an issue and Ellison Machinery’s local service and support is definitely a plus.” He adds, “Josh and his team are especially invaluable to us when we first purchase a new Haas machine. They help us to accurately quote the parts at a time when we still are not trained in all the machine’s capabilities and what it can do for the part.”

Finding great employees is a challenge for nearly every machine shop, but not so much at Pivot Manufacturing. Jack Cuddihy says, “We’ve had 0 turnover in the past 2 years. People stay with us because we treat them well. We offer a matching 401K plan, medical, vision, and a great vacation plan. We’ve also learned that it’s very important to find new employees who fit with our team, and we use referrals extensively for new hiring.”

There are so many reasons to come to Pivot Manufacturing for your precision machining needs. Steve says, “Just wait until next quarter when our facility renovation is complete; it will be that much more outstanding!” To learn more about how this company can support you, particularly if you are looking to add a Minority-Owned, HUB-Zone certified supplier to your business, contact them at: 602-306-2923 or email: smacias@pivotmfg.com

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Raytheon, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $33,840,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-21-C-5401 for fiscal 2024 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Mod 5 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) requirements and spares. Work will be performed in Ottobrunn, Germany, (46%); Tucson, Arizona (13%); Louisville, Kentucky (13%); Tempe, Arizona (8%); Huntsville, Alabama (4%); Berryville, Arkansas (2%); San Diego, California (2%); Denison, Texas (2%); and various locations across the U.S., and is expected to be completed by February 2027. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding conversion Navy funds in the amount of $16,198,777 (49%); fiscal 2024 other procurement The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $12,559,475 modification (P00022) to previously awarded contract FA865020-C-9310 for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). The

objective of the ABMS program is to assess the military/operational utility and technical feasibility of a unique system-of-systems capability. The systems will be integrated through Raytheon software interfaces to allow for the cueing, tracking, and firing of effectors. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,000,000 are being obligated time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico and others were awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinitequantity contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $4,000,000,000 for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Research and Development Directorate. This contract provides for performing research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, maintenance, support, systems engineering and/or sustainment to provide scientific and technological solutions to meet the Department of Defense’s priority Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction objectives. Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $227,350,165 firmfixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinitequantity contract to provide depot level repairs, logistics support, sustainment engineering, software support, integration support, failure analysis, configuration management, technical data, diminishing manufacturing sources, and material shortages management, training, field support, spares predictions, ordnance assessment, reliability, and management of government property to support AIM-9X and AIM-9X Block II missile sustainment efforts for the Navy, Air Force, Army,

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US Ordnance,* McCarran, Nevada, was awarded a $40,000,000 modification (P00003) to contract W15QKN-22-D-0013 for the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 7, 2026. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $27,041,956 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-23-C-5408) to exercise options for Standard Missile depot and intermediate level repair and maintenance. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (50%); Middletown, Connecticut (13%); East Camden, Arkansas (6%); Joplin, Missouri (5%); Chandler, Arizona (3%); and various locations across the U.S.,and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,755,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $12,559,475 add work modification (P00022) to previously awarded contract FA8650-20-C-9310 to assess

the military and operational utility and technical feasibility of a unique system-of-systems capability. The systems will be integrated through Raytheon software interfaces to allow for the cueing, tracking, and firing of effectors. This additional work modification is for the acquisition of the GhostEye MR additional development and experimentation and is focused on further development and test with the GhostEye radar system. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $50,171,196. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,000,000 are being obligated. The Air Force Research Laboratory, WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Albuquerque named U.S. quantum ‘hotbed’ as coalition pushes for federal funding

A recent report by a quantum industry trade publication named Albuquerque among seven emerging quantum “hotbeds” in the U.S. as millions in federal dollars could flow to New Mexico as part of a three-state coalition’s efforts.

The Quantum Insider, a quantum computing news publication, put out a report in early March identifying a group of U.S. emerging quantum markets. Albuquerque is one of seven markets the publication identified, alongside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Madison, Wisconsin; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Minneapolis-St. Paul; and Rochester, New York.

In naming Albuquerque among those future quantum hotbeds, the report pointed out a large number of research institutions around the Duke City metro area — like the University of New Mexico (UNM), Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory a bit farther away — and a “pro-innovation” government that offers tax credits for research and development and angel investment to spur startups.

Future market opportunities for quantum technology, too, could boost the industry’s development in the area.

“Albuquerque, with its proximity to national labs and a focus on renewable energy, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing sectors, could see benefits from quantum technologies in materials science, energy storage solutions, and optimization of manufacturing processes and aerospace design,” the report reads.

Two of the research institutions named in the report — UNM and Sandia National Labs — partnered in January to launch the Quantum New Mexico Institute, or QNM-I, a collaborative research and development initiative for quantum technology.

QNM-I is supposed to “build on this foundation” of quantum research and development spurred by the university and national laboratories in the state, Ivan Deutsch, Ph.D., QNM-I’s founding director and professor of physics at UNM, said in a statement.

Quantum information technology, or QIT, Deutsch explained, provides the foundation for other quantum technologies like quantum computing or quantum engineering, for instance. That’s where New Mexico has an potential advantage, he said, because of the state’s experience in leading QIT research and development.

“New Mexico has a huge concentration of research and infrastructure in this area,” Deutsch said. “The foundational basic research was critical. It was people wanting to understand the nature of the universe that helped us to unlock these secretes, to realize that if we can manipulate the microscopic world in this way, we can have a new paradigm for how we do computing and do communications and do cyber security.”

The New Mexico Technology Council, too, plans to host an event focused on New Mexico’s quantum ecosystem in late June.

Albuquerque’s spot on the future quantum hotbeds list comes as an interstate coalition that includes New Mexico nears a federal funding decision that could bring millions of dollars to the state’s quantum industry.

That coalition, called Elevate Quantum, includes over 75 organizations across New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. The Biden administration tapped the three-state consortium as one of 31 regional tech hubs, which qualifies the coalition for a chance at tens of millions in government funding support.

Zachary Yerushalmi, Elevate Quantum’s CEO, said the consortium finalized its bid for up to $70 million in federal funding in late February. The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) plans to award funding to five to 10 of the original 31 tech hub designees via the competitive application process.

New Mexico could receive up to $10 million of that potential $70 million, Yerushalmi said. Some of that money — $8 million — would go toward the development of an industrial “maker space” in the state, which could include laboratory equipment for

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Elevate Quantum has estimated about half of all quantum jobs don’t require an advanced degree and the number of quantum technician jobs could double over the next half decade.

Alex Greenberg, economic development advisor for the Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and consortium board member, said the state could also commit $10 million in matching funds to the maker space and workforce development if Elevate Quantum’s funding bid is awarded.

The majority of the up to $70 million in total Elevate Quantum funding would flow to Colorado, Yerushalmi said. Colorado Gov. Jard Polis signed a bill in May committing $74 million in Colorado state dollars to its quantum industry if the consortium is awarded the federal funds, sister publication Denver Business Journal reported. By Jacob Maranda – Albuquerque Business First

East Valley Precision (EVP) was already planning to add wire Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) to its services when Titan Gilroy, owner of ‘Titans of CNC’, asked to tour the EVP facility. Once EVP Owner Rob Lyons learned that Titan owns a GF Machining Solutions CUT P 550 Pro Wire EDM that helped Rob and the team make the decision to purchase the AgieCharmilles CUT P 550 Pro Wire EDM.

Owner Rob Lyons says, “We’ve been providing our customers with several machining services including milling, turning, and waterjet cutting. We’ve been outsourcing work that required wire EDM. We felt it was a good time to pull the work back inhouse as the wire EDM needs from our customers increased.”

EVP evaluated a number of wire EDM manufacturers and given their philosophy to purchase high end machine tools, they were leaning towards the Swiss manufactured GF Machining Solutions AgieCharmilles line. Rob says that when he found out that Titan Gilroy had one he knew this would be an outstanding solution for EVP. “The Swiss manufacturer has more than 100 years of EDM experience, and they are, in essence, the Ferrari of wire EDMs”, he says.

Ron Sheaters, Quality Manager for the company says, “There are so many outstanding features that helped us decide on the Cut P 550 Pro Wire EDM, too many to mention, however, there are a few worth highlighting:

• Machine accuracy; the machine offers a superior ± 2 µm positioning and contour accuracy. Consistent surface finish of Ra 0.2 µm, allowing us to produce parts consistently.

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• Precise Angles; with ‘Taper-Expert’, we can achieve accuracy on small to large tapers from 0° to 30°, with 45° as an option. We can achieve under 1 minute of angle accuracy and even below 20 seconds with calibration.

• Thermostabilization; temperature variation is the biggest deterrent to high accuracy. With our new Cut P 550, even when the temperature in our facility fluctuates, the machine has an integrated thermal regulation that enables us to maintain temperature consistently, within ± 0.2°C.

• Extensive Travels; Our Cut P Pro Wire EDM has X,Y,Z travels of 21.7” x 13.8” x 15.8” and U,V travels of 21.7” x 13.8”, enabling us to EDM large parts.”

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In some use cases, AM has the potential to reduce part lead times by as much as 90%. This is particularly relevant for companies working with difficult-to-machine materials like titanium and nickel-based alloys. Through localized production, manufacturers can mitigate expensive delays by printing and delivering parts in a matter of hours or days.

Government, experts look for ways to promote adoption, as survey finds widespread interest among business leaders. For example, the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) of the U.S. Navy recently incorporated 3D printing capabilities to fabricate replacement parts onsite. An early demonstration of this capability was the fabrication of a component for one of the ship’s radar systems. By utilizing reverseengineering techniques, the personnel at SERMC were able to manufacture a new part along with a spare in just 3.5 hours.

Similarly, the U.S. Air Force and GE Additive’s Pacer Edge program aims to leverage metal AM to produce “cold start” parts that typically have a procurement lead time over 300 days. By eliminating the reliance on forging and casting for these components, the program aims to minimize lead time and eliminate bottlenecks in production, enabling faster, smoother workflows.

These examples demonstrate how industrial 3D printing excels in high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) scenarios, where customized products are manufactured in small batches. This makes the technology particularly impactful in dental and medical settings. Dental products such as bridges

and crowns require a high degree of customization. AM enables dental practitioners to perform 3D scans and produce personalized molds, models and implants tailored to a patient’s anatomy. This process is typically completed on-site and in a significantly shorter time frame compared to traditional methods. As a result, the dental industry stands out as one of the most prominent adopters of AM technology. In 2022, dental 3D printing accounted for nearly one-third of the AM market.

While AM offers numerous benefits, it also presents some challenges. The technology is best suited to small production runs, and the post-production phase can be complex and cumbersome. The lack of shared standards within the industry complicates testing and qualification. Furthermore, the limited “build envelope” or maximum physical size of printed pieces with AM hardware can restrict the range of potential applications, making it most appropriate for small and midsized parts.

Extensive research and development efforts are necessary to unlock the full capabilities of AM. For manufacturers interested in integrating this technology, it is crucial to identify the scenarios where AM can offer the greatest benefits. Conducting an indepth analysis of case studies and practical applications is an important initial phase in this process.

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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Steady in June

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the June 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) . The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 50.2, steady with the May index of 50.7.

When asked about the outlook for the future, MCI-EFI survey respondent David Normandin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wintrust Specialty Finance, said, “The stress the industry is experiencing in small business lending continues with elevated bankruptcy, delinquency, and a softening of credit quality. It is important to remember during these times that well-positioned businesses actually grow, take share of wallet, and expand.”

When asked to assess their business conditions over the next four months, 11.5% of the executives responding said they believe business conditions will improve over the next four months. 76.9% believe business conditions will remain the same over the next four months.

19.2% of the respondents expect more access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions over the next four months. 73.1% of executives indicate they expect the “same” access to capital to fund business.

When asked, 25.9% of the executives report they expect to hire more employees over the next four months, an increase from 22.2% in May. 66.6% expect no change in headcount over the next four months, down from 74.1% last month.

3.9% of the leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as “excellent,” up from none the previous month. 76.9% of the

leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as “fair,” down from 85.2% in May.

14.8% of the survey respondents believe that U.S. economic conditions will get “better” over the next six months, up from 7.4% in May. 48.2% indicate they believe the U.S. economy will “stay the same” over the next six months, a decrease from 63% last month.

In June, 14.8% of respondents indicate they believe their company will increase spending on business development activities during the next six months, an increase from 11.1% the previous month. 77.8% believe there will be “no change” in business development spending.

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“Optimism is based on business initiatives to invest in new technologies and applications, but I believe, at a macro level, the headwinds are stronger than the tailwinds at the moment.” Jonathan Albin, Chief Operating Officer, Nexseer Capital

“The continuation of supply chain issues has led to further delay of new equipment deliveries, putting additional pressure on supply of equipment in our verticals relative to market demand.” Glenn Davis, CEO, RESIDCO

Rocket Lab to receive $24M in CHIPS funding, expand

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Aero space component maker Rocket Lab will receive up to $23.9 million in CHIPS and Science Acting funding, the Department of Commerce announced last month.

The funds will double solar cell production at subsidiary SolAero Technologies’ facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, within the next three years, creating over 100 jobs and adding approximately 25,000 square feet, Morgan Connaughton, VP, marketing and communications at Rocket Lab, said in an email to Manufacturing Dive.

Rocket Lab will also receive $25.5 million in state incentives to assist with the Albuquerque facility upgrades, and claim up to 25% of the federal Investment Tax Credit, the company stated in a June 10 release. The total cost as well as Rocket Lab’s investment is “commercially sensitive,” Connaughton said.

Rocket Lab’s CHIPS award would help the military, NASA and the commercial space industry access specialty semiconductors for security purposes and space exploration,

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Solar cells convert light to ele ctricity in space, powering spacecrafts and satellites like NASA’s Artemis lunar explorations and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, according to the release.

Solar chips are also more resistant to extreme temperatures, various radiation levels and other physical stresses amid launches and deployment, according to aerospace marketplace firm Satsearch.

Rocket Lab is one of two U.S. companies that produces the radiation-resistant chip, according to the Commerce Department release. The other is Boeing’s subsidiary, Spectrolab, in Sylmar, California.

With the CHIPS and state incentives, Rocket Lab will be able to create a sturdy supply chain as well as address the growing security and commercial demand for its spacegrade solar cells.

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A company building spaceflight training technology for U.S. Space Force warfighters raised $100 million in venture capital that will fund significant hiring in the coming months.

Business loan approval rates rose at regional and community banks as well. Small banks granted 49.8 percent of the funding requests they received in August, up one-tenth from July. It represents the highest figure for small banks since November 2014.

True Anomaly, based in Centennial, revealed the Series B funding round, saying it will help the 18-monthold business expand, hiring dozens of hardware and software employees over the next year.

Institutional lenders — pension funds and insurance companies — remained unchanged at an Index record 64.9 percent, up one-tenth of a percent from July’s figure.

Solstar Space Co., a Santa Fe-based startup, announced April 3 it landed a contract under the U.S. Department of the Air Force that will help the company develop one of its flagship space communication technologies.

Loan approval rates among alternative lenders rose to 56.6 percent, one-tenth of a percent higher than in the previous month.

“It’s an awesome external validation of our thesis and the traction we’ve been able to accumulate to date,” said Even Rogers, co-founder and CEO of the company.

True Anomaly has grown from about 50 employees to 107 over the past year. It expects to expand to over 190 by the end of 2024, Rogers said.

Alternative lenders have become a source of quick capital. When small business owners, alternative lenders could approve riskier loans via innovations in fintech, which give them more flexibility than the banks to adjust rates and covenants on the deals. This includes an ability to accept non-conventional sources of collateral, such as real estate and outstanding invoices (h/t Forbes).

The award, a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, is worth just shy of $1.25 million. It’s under AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force powered by the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and operated out of Kirtland Air Force Base.

True Anomaly formed in early 2022 to help the U.S. military, especially Space Force, respond to the growing militarization of space and the need to have space fighters learn and practice the art of flying satellites and spacecraft in orbit in potentially hostile situations.

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Money through the contract will support the development of Solstar’s Slayton Space Communicator product, which is a wideband communications unit that the startup hopes can provide high-speed downlink and uplink communication capabilities between systems on earth and in-space assets for people and spacecraft operating in low earth orbit (LEO).

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The company built a pair of small satellites, called Jackal, that will be used for training after they’re launched to low Earth orbit about 350 miles above the planet.

The satellites are scheduled to blast off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 10 mission carrying many companies‘ small satellites to orbit in March.

Commercializing the Slayton unit has been part of Solstar’s strategic plan “for a long time,” said Brian Barnett, the startup’s founder and CEO. “As LEO becomes increasingly congested, it is imperative that the U.S. Space Force has complete situational awareness,” Barnett said. “Slayton will provide reliable wideband connectivity with space assets to ensure resilient data delivery.”

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

True Anomaly has offices in Colorado Springs, where its training center for U.S. military space fighters, many of them U.S. Space Force Guardians, will be. Its Centennial headquarters, just south of Denver, is where the business designs, builds and operates satellites and develops software for satellite operations.

Slayton, Barnett said, could eventually enable an internet connection for astronauts in space. It could be paired, too, with another one of Solstar’s products, called the Deke Space Communicator, which is a narrowband network device used to provide Wi-Fi access on board space assets like commercial space stations.

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

Its Mosaic software is being designed to use artificial intelligence and automation to help space warfighters fly dozens of small satellites in coordination with each other to a degree that hasn’t been readily available to the military, Rogers said.

Solstar moved into a lab space within NewSpace Nexus’ Launchpad, a multi-purpose facility in Albuquerque operated by the nonprofit NewSpace Nexus, in February. The Santa Fe-based startup will handle the bulk of its product development at the Launchpad, Barnett said.

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

The Space Force in September awarded the company $17 million in a small business innovation research grant to further work on Mosaic. With its new VC funding, the company also plans to build dozens of satellites in 2024 and 2025 it will launch to add to its training portfolio.By Greg Avery – Denver Business Journal

Around 25 people work with Solstar currently in fulltime, part-time and consultant roles. Barnett said the company will look to “beef up” its engineering capability to handle work under the AFWERX contract, which could include a few full- and part-time hires. By Jacob Maranda – Albuquerque Business First

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Rob Lynch, Vice President of the company, says, “In our company, headed up by Matt Hartford, probably 50% of our team does some form of hobby racing. In fact, Matt is an NHRA Pro Stock racer.” For those unfamiliar, Pro Stock cars are some of the most technologically advanced machines in drag racing.

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Rob’s background is in aerospace manufacturing, so he was very familiar with the process and benefits of certification. “The piston rings we make for F1 racing teams, with tolerances in the +/- .00005 range, are every bit as precise as aerospace parts.”

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It’s been six years since Albuquerque aerospace nonprofit NewSpace Nexus first hosted its State of the Space Industrial Base Conference. This year’s event, held last week at the Sheraton Airport Hotel, was the nonprofit’s largest, said its CEO Casey DeRaad.

More than 275 people attended the conference this year, per NewSpace Nexus’ count. It was supported in part by the Defense Innovation Unit, an organization under the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Representatives from those organizations spoke on different panels and helped lead various workshops and “co-innovation sessions” over the three-day event. Besides hosting panels and workshops, DeRaad said a focus of the annual conference is inviting space companies and industry partners from outside New Mexico to the state.

Those companies include Rhea Space Activity, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a growing office in Santa Fe; Space Kinetic, which handles manufacturing and other operations in Albuquerque; and iBOSS GmbH, a German company that recently established an office for its U.S. subsidiary in Albuquerque.

Space industry investors attended the conference, too, including Dan Schatzman, the CEO and senior managing partner of SpaceFund. Based in Houston, it’s a venture firm focused on early stage investments in space startups.

SpaceFund is currently raising its third fund with a target of $100 million. Its current portfolio includes 21 space startups, including Rhea Space Activity.

It’s a good time to invest in the space industry, Schatzman said. He estimated the space industry is “probably growing as fast as [artificial intelligence],” driven primarily by lower costs of launching into space and more players in the industry. A recent report by the Colorado-based Space Foundation shows space workforce growth, as well.

New Mexico, in particular, is “very well positioned to be a leader in the space industry,” he added, because of its location at the center of a broad “Space Valley,” which Schatzman said stretches from Boca Chica, Texas — where space launch company SpaceX maintains a launch site — up through Colorado, which hosts an annual Space Symposium event in Colorado Springs.

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and customers for space companies, DeRaad and Schatzman said.

The timing of this year’s conference was opportune, DeRaad said. That’s because the Department of Defense, in early April, released its 2024 Commercial Space Integration Strategy, which outlines DoD priorities in “integrating commercial space solutions,” according to the Department’s website.

NewSpace Nexus, which hosted the State of the Space Industrial Base Conference, has a group of what it calls “Ignitor” companies that participate in an accelerator and connect with resources in New Mexico. Some of those Ignitor companies, like Marquette, Michigan-based Kall Morris Inc., were at the conference.

The Albuquerque nonprofit also helps organize a Space Industrial Leadership Council, which includes partners like the Space Foundation, Space Florida and Space Northwest. DeRaad said NewSpace Nexus hopes to continue providing workshops for space startups throughout the year alongside those Council partners. By Jacob

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ABB first announced its Albuquerque expansion plans in late March 2023. The 93,744-square-foot expansion would double the company’s production capacity for electric utility products under its Elastimold brand, which includes a range of underground cable accessories, fuses and switchgears.

There’s a growing demand for those products, David Jaramillo, the company’s manufacturing unit manager in Albuquerque, said during a December 2023 groundbreaking ceremony. Jack Bellissimo, senior vice president of product management for ABB’s installation products division, said the company’s customer base includes utilities and electric cooperatives.

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Amount: $2,500 to $7,000+ Deadline: March 1, 2025

Where to apply: https://www. aws.org/Career-Resources/ Students/Scholarships/NationalScholarships/

SME Education Foundation scholarships

Who is eligible: The foundation has more than 60 distinct

scholarship programs for high school seniors and college students pursuing associate’s or bachelor’s degrees related to manufacturing and engineering careers. They include both merit and need-based scholarships.

Amount: $2,500 to $20,000

Deadline: Applications accepted from November 1 to February 1. A single application puts you in the running for all of the scholarships.

Where to apply: https://www.smeef.org/sme-educationfoundation-scholarships/scholarship-opportunities/

DEWALT Trades Scholarship

Who is eligible: Those pursuing a trade degree or certificate at a two-year college or vocational-technical school in the U.S. and Canada.

Amount: A total of $200,000 in scholarships to up to 40 students.

Deadline: Last year’s application window was September through mid-January. Check the website for 2025 details.

Where to apply: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/ dewalttrade/

Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Foundation scholarships

Who is eligible: Students majoring in programs that lead to careers in manufacturing. Must be currently enrolled in or entering a certificate or degree program of 12 or more credit hours, with at least a 2.5 GPA for trade, community or technical colleges and a 3.0 GPA for universities. Recommended fields of study are listed here: https://www.fmamfg.org/foundation/ scholarships/eligibility-fields-of-study-nbt-scholarships

Amount: Depends on the scholarship.

Deadline: Scholarships are award in spring and fall. The next round of applications will be accepted from July 1-September 30, 2024.

Where to apply: https://www.fmamfg.org/foundation/ scholarships

Premier Equipment CNC Scholarship

Who is eligible: Any student interested in pursuing a career in CNC machining or programming.

Amount: $2,000

Deadline: November 1, 2024

Where to apply: https://premierequipment.com/ mechanical-engineering-scholarship/

The Manufacturer’s Secret Weapon

By Stephen Hannemann

A 5-Axis Diamond

Being a manufacturers rep is an exciting business, especially when a rare gem falls in your lap! Two months ago, a business acquaintance pinged me on LinkedIn and wanted to know if SMH Inc. was taking on new business. She thought we should meet the next time I traveled to the Portland area. She was right! Chantelle Sims introduced me to Nathan Eckert, a 5-axis specialist and owner of Speed Metal Fabrication in Wilsonville, OR. It is a veritable diamond mine of machining quality and value!

Speed Metal Fabrication (SMF) is a bit understated – lightspeed would be more appropriate. For our first multi-part project, the quote was turned in just a few hours.

Many shops tout their 5-Axis adaptations which mean smaller size parts and slower machining rates.

SMF has true 5-Axis machines capable of machining gnat-size parts to parts the size of an engine block! Did I mention SMF can run lights out 24/7? SPEED truly fits!

Difficult materials? According to Nathan, no problem! “We machine anything. All aluminum alloys. A lot of mechanical plastics. A lot of 15-5SS, 17-4SS, 304, 316, Inconel, Titanium. A couple unusual ones we like are nickel, even magnesium.”

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, I will stop typing so you can enjoy a photo essay.

Need one part? A low to medium part run? SMH Inc. has your source! Call 425.501.7342 or email stephen@smhincllc.com. You will be happy you did!

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Equipment and Services

NEW MACHINERY

Additive Mfg/3 D Printing

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Sodick 714-318-0095

Automation Equipment/ Robotics

Acieta ____________ 402-650-8132

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

Hexagon 303-859-7159

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

CHIP CUTTING

Boring Mills

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

CNC Mills

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip______480-615-6353

CNC Pros

602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Doosan Infracore America__973-618-2500

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Matsuura Machinery 510-685-6151

Makino 602-228-0347

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

White’s Niche Products 602-290-9402

CNC Lathes

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery

480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Matsuura Machinery 510-685-6151

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

White’s Niche Products 602-290-9402

CNC Drill/ Tapping Machines

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5811

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach ___505-345-8389

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

CNC Punching Centers

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Mesa Mach Sales 480-545-0275

CNC Swiss Turn Machines

EDM Filtration

Desert Machine Sales

Ebbco Inc

Sodick

Ebbco Inc

Sodick

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Honing Machines

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach _ 505-345-8389

623-826-1025

800-809-3901

714-318-0095

EDM: Dielectric Systems/Filtration

__________

800-809-3901

714-318-0095

ELECTRICAL

Equip Hookup & Disconnect

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

Geiger Electric Co

Lighting

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

623-773-1787

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Grinding Machines, OD/ID

Magnetic Drills/Cutters

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Manual Lathes & Mills

ACC Machinery _______ 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip______480-615-6353

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

Tapping Machines

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Automation & Controls

Acieta ____________ 402-650-8132

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Industrial Electric Inc

623-582-5204

Relocation: Electrical

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

Service Upgrades

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

GRINDING

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

Grinding Filtration

Ebbco Inc

800-809-3901

Grinding Machines

ACC Machinery

602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Grinding Machines, Rotary Surface

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

Grinding Machines, Tool

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

Sawing Machines

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462

Echols Saw & Supply 602-278-3918

Mesa Mach Sales 480-545-0275

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Swiss Screw Machines

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462

QualityMTS 847-776-0073

Schenk Intertech 949-360-1512

Sterling Fab Tech _______

855-222-7084 Pipe & Tube

Benders/Notchers

ACC Machinery

S&S Machinery Sales

Sterling Fab Tech

602-258-7330

602-368-8542

Copper State Bolt & Nut 800-603-6887

Machinery 602-258-7330

WaterJet Cutting Systems

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Landmark Solutions 714-393-3783

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Sterling Fab Tech 855-222-7084

Welding Equipment

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

METAL FINISHING EQUIPMENT

Anodizing, Plating, Passivation Equipment

Americhem Engineering ____ 602-437-1188

INjJECTION MOLDING EQUIP

3D Laser Scanners

Hexagon 303-859-7159

INSPECTION EQUIP

3D Measurement Systems

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

303-859-7159

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261

Zeiss Ind. Metrology ______ 800-327-9735

Coordinate Measuring Mach.

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Zeiss Ind. Metrology ______ 800-327-9735

Gauging Equipment

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Magnetic Particle (NDT) Machines

DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339

Metrology Instruments

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335

Hexagon 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Latitude Machinery 602-517-7153

Mitutoyo America _______ 520-709-1261

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Zeiss Ind. Metr ology 800-327-9735

Optical Comparators

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Hexagon ___________

303-859-7159

Mitutoyo America 480-294-7631

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Magnum Precision Mach

602-431-8300

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Methods West

602-437-2220

Perfection 847-545-6906

Resell CNC

S&S Machinery Sales

TSM Machinery

Zachman Machinery

844-478-8181

602-368-8542

602-233-3757

602-908-3447

ACCESSORIES

Abrasives

Barton International _____

800-741-7756

Copper State Bolt & Nut ____ 800-603-6887

Global Superabrasives ____ 888-586-8783

GMA Garnet __________ 882-243-9300

S.L. Fusco ___________ 602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 480-251-6888

S.L. Fusco

Echols Saw & Supply _____

602-278-3918

S.L. Fusco ___________ 602-276-0077

Bar Feeders

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Edge Technologies 951-440-1574

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Bellows

Hennig______________909-420-5796

Blast Abrasives

Barton International 800-741-7756

GMA Garnet 882-243-9300

Cabinets, Custom

Adhesives

602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 480-251-6888

Lone Arrow 480-507-8074

Chip Conveyors

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Chuck Jaws

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Chucks

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

BISON 714-931-1327

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Clamping

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

CNC Collet Chucks

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Collet Fixtures

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Air Blast Cabinets, Blast Rooms

Lone Arrow

480-507-8074

Air Distribution Systems

Magnum Precision Mach

602-431-8300

Stellar Industrial 800-562-8258

Band Saw/ Blades

D & R Machinery

480-775-6462

Chip Management

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Chip Removal

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Coolant Systems

Castrol Industrial 602-921-7634

Ebbco Inc ___________ 800-809-3901

MP Systems

Swiss CuttingTools Tooling Columns

ARNO USA

Live Centers

Royal Products _______ 800-645-4174

S.L. Fusco

Lubricants / Systems

602-276-0077

Star Metal Fluids 800-367-9966

New Way Covers & Repair

Hennig

815-236-8118

Digital Readout Units

Adams Machinery

D & R Machinery

Lone Arrow

Magnum Precision Mach

480-968-3711

480-775-6462

480-507-8074

602-431-8300

EDM Tooling Systems

EDM Network 480-836-1782

EDM Performance 800-336-2946

Enclosures fo Machine Tools

Hennig

Fasteners

Copper State Bolt & Nut

Ebbco Inc

Pallet Systems

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Parts Washing Equipment

D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462

Qualichem, Inc 480-320-0308

S.L. Fusco 602-276-0077

Star Metal Fluids 800-367-996

Power Tools

909-420-5796

800-603-6887

Filtration Equip.

800-809-3901

Stellar Industrial 800-562-8258

R8 Quick-Change Tool System

Royal Products _________ 800-645-4174

Retention Knobs

T.J. Davies 440-248-5510

Regional Sales Manager

480.320.0308

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Vises and Vise Jaws

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Stevens Engineering ______ 602-272-6766

Waterjet Abrasives

Barton International 800-741-7756

GMA Garnet 882-243-9300

Lone Arrow 480-507-8074

Waterjet Accessories

Barton International 800-741-7756

GMA Garnet 882-243-9300

Lone Arrow 480-507-8074

Waterjet Bricks/Hoppers

Barton International 800-741-7756

Waterjet Replacement Parts

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Barton International 800-741-7756

Qualichem, Inc.

Star Metal Fluids

480-320-0308

800-367-9966

Filtermist Mist Collectors

Royal Products

BISON

800-645-4174 Fixtures

714-931-1327

Grinding Wheels

Global Superabrasives

888-586-8783 Grippers

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders

Midaco Corporation

847-593-8420

Robot Accessories

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Safety Equipment

Stellar Industrial 480-251-6888

Sealants

S.L. Fusco 602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 800-562-8258

Spindles

GMN USA ___________ 800-686-1679

Vibratory Equipment

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

GMA Garnet 882-243-9300

Wipers

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Work Holding

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Kurt Manufacturing ______ 763-574-8320

Stevens Engineering 602-272-6766

CONSUMMABLES

Cutting Fluids & Oils (Coolants)

Castrol Industrial 602-921-7634

Echols Saw & Supply 602-278-3918

Pioneer Distributing Co. ____ 602-278-2693

Samuel, Son & Co 602-721-0176

TW Metals 800-203-8000

Brass

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals ___________ 602-688-8003

Bralco Metals Phoenix _____ 602-252-1918

Apache Steel Company

602-323-2200

Sierra Alloys TSI 800-423-1897

Aluminum

Apache Steel Company

AZ Metals

602-323-2200

602-688-8003

Basic Metals 262- 255-9034

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Erickson Metals

Ind. Metal Supply

505-874-3003

602-454-1500

Coast Aluminum 877-977-6061

New Mexico Metals

505-717-1900

Samuel, Son & Co 602-721-0176

Tube Service Company 602-267-9865

Aluminum Extrusions

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Bralco Metals Albuquerque 505-345-0959

Ind. Metal Supply _______ 602-454-1500

Coast Aluminum ________ 877-977-6061

Samuel, Son & Co _______ 602-721-0176

Aluinum Remnants

TCI Precision Metals

800-234-5613

Bar: Large Diameter

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Bralco Metals Albuquerque 505-345-0959

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Bralco Metals Albuquerque __ 505-345-0959

Coast Aluminum ________ 877-977-6061

Coastal Metals _________ 800-811-7466

Ind. Metal Supply _______ 602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals ______ 505-717-1900

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Bronze

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Carbon

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Coastal Metals _________ 800-811-7466

Ind. Metal Supply _______ 602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals ______ 505-717-1900

Cast Iron

Western States Metals _____ 801-978-0562

Castings

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Chrome Rod

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Copper

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Coast Aluminum 877-977-6061

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Drill Rod

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

Extrusions

TW Metals 800-203-8000

Lead

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Material Sales

Jacquet West 310-684-4370

Titanium TW Metals 800-203-8000 Metals

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

AZ Tool & Steel 480-784-1600

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Coast Aluminum 877-977-6061

Davis Salvage Co 602-267-7208

Erickson Metals 505-874-3003

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Jacquet West 310-684-4370

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Samuel, Son & Co 602-721-0176

Sierra Alloys TSI 800-423-1897

Tube Service Company 602-267-9865

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Machine Ready Blanks

Metals-Bar & Plate

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals

AZ Tool &

602-688-8003

Tubing & Pipe

Apache Steel Company

AZ Metals

Ind. Metal Supply

602-323-2200

602-688-8003

602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Samuel, Son & Co

Totten Tubes

Tube Service Company

602-721-0176

602-278-7502

602-267-9865

TUBING: Round, Square, Rectangular

Totten Tubes

602-278-7502

Vice Jaws

TCI Precision Metals

800-234-5613

INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE

Industrial Supply

Abrasives

928-258-2101

Boring Tools

Harvey Performance Tools

602-694-7378

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Carbide

Cutting Tools Consultants

602-277-1342

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools

602-269-1775

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Chucks & Collets

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

Clamping & Gripping

Hainbuch America _______ 818-970-7874

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

4114 West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

4114 West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

4114 West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

Scott Krueger

Scott Krueger

Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Call: (928) 258-2101

Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Scott Krueger

Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Call: (928) 258-2101

Call: (928) 258-2101

SCHUNK ____________ 919-452-4535

Cutting Tools

B&T Tool & Engineering____602-267-1481

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

The Tool Crib Inc. 602-978-3130

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Cutting Tools: Custom

B&T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Drills

Cutting Tools Consultants

602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

The Tool Crib Inc. _______ 602-978-3130

End Mills

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

The Tool Crib Inc. 602-978-3130

Fixtures

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Form Tools

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool

720-273-0846

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

THINBIT _____________ 800-THINBIT

Inserts, Indexable

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

Kyocera Cutting Tools _____ 480-244-4758

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Inserts, PCD/CBN

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Measuring Tools

Industrial Supply 928-258-2101

Reamers & Drills, PCD

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Power Tools

Industrial Supply 928-258-2101

Precision Toolholding Products

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

SCHUNK ____________ 919-452-4535

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019 Socketsl&

________

Midaco Corporation

ROBOTICS

Acieta

Bramac Marchinery

Midaco Corporation

CAD/CAM

Adams Machinery

oftware, Servicing

602-502-9654

847-593-8420

402-650-8132

951-383-4195

Part Loading Systems

847-593-8420

_______ 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Feature Cam __________

602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) ____ 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) ____ 480-696-6056

Vero Software 602-359-2530

Software, Inv. Control

Feature Cam

602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

Software, NC Programming

Adams Machinery

Ellison Machinery

Feature Cam

480-968-3711

480-968-5335

602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

SERVICES

AS9100 / ISO9001 Certification

American Global Standards 617-838-4648

AZ MEP 602-845-1200

KALOS Certifications 480-486-8007

Auctions/Appraisals

KD Capital 800-922-1674

Perfection ___________ 847-545-6906

Zachman Machinery _____ 602-908-3447

Automation & Controls

Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

Banks

Alerus Bank & Trust 480-905-2414

Bank of Herrin _________ 618-942-4200

Banterra Bank 480-770-0007

Tech Financial Services 402-639-0475

Western Banks 480-917-4243

Calibration Services

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Arizona CNC Equip _____ 480-615-6353

Field Calibrations 480-756-8828

Washington Calibration

480-820-0506

Calibration: Repair & Certify

Advanced Coordinate Tech __ 480-921-3370

Field Calibrations 480-756-8828

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Commercial General Contractor

KLM Realty 602-723-3508

Consulting

AZ MEP 602-845-1200

BMSC 480-445-9400

H2H Consulting 602-619-0440

GoYellowbird.com 480-229-2272

Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856

Consulting:Business Improvement BMSC 480-445-9400

H2H Consulting 602-619-0440

GoYellowbird.com 480-229-2272

Contract Inspection

Klontech Measure Sol 480-626-8131

Contract Programming

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335

Klontech Measure Sol ______ 480-626-8131 CNC Training

Schwister

Executive Vice President 9977 North 95th Street, #110 Scottsdale,

Insurance Services

NFP Property & Casualty 480-458-6052

ISO/AS9100 Consulting AZ

602-619-0440

Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856

ISO9001 Lead Auditor Training

KALOS Certifications 480-486-8007

Cyber Security / Business Phones/ / Call Center / Internet

Leasing and Financing

Alerus Bank & Trust 480-905-2414

Banterra Bank 480-770-0007

Epic Finance 402-639-0475

Equipment Leasing Services 480-458-7413

KLM Realty 602-723-3508

Tech Financial Services 402-639-0475 Western Banks 480-917-4243 Lean Consulting AZ

H2H

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

ADDITIVE MFG / 3 D PRINTING

AZMF Precision

602-476-7477

Creedbilt 623-939-8119

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

ASSEMBLY

AAE 928-772-9887

Abrams Airborne Mfg _____ 520-887-1727

AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

CAP 602-464-9629

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

GHT Services 480-396-1800

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd. 602-992-9627

KLK Ind. 602-267-1331

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Tram-Tek ____________ 602-305-8100

United Performance Electronics 760-438-2370

Wrico 480-892-7800

Clean Room Assembly

Jan’s Inc. ____________ 480-833-7305

L&W Fluid 602-323-2560

VFT (Vacuum Furnace Thermocouple) Assemblies

Cleveland Electric Labs ____ 480-397-0036

BAR CODING

Sensing Solutions

Cleveland Electric Labs ___ 480-967-2501

Thermo Couples

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

Bending: CNC

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Cell: 602-391-7169

BROACHING

Air Gear 602-275-7996

Apache Gear, Inc 623-934-7144

CASTINGS

AATC 602-268-1467

Western Cast Parts ______ 480-250-9764

Castings: Prototype AATC 602-268-1467

Western Cast Parts 480-250-9764

Castings: Production AATC 602-268-1467

Western Cast Parts 480-250-9764

COATING

Arizona Finishing 602-438-4443

Bolts Metallizing - CWST ____ 602-244-2432 CAP 602-464-9629

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Gold Tech Industries _____ _480-968-1930

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

The Metal Man 800-448-9448

Sav-On Plating 602-252-4311

Coating: Black Oxide

Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Phoenix Heat Treat ______ 602-258-7751

Coating: Dry Film Lube

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC

CRC Surface Technologies

602-288-0394

Coating: Nickel/Teflon Coating Technologies 623-242-9575 Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Coating: NP3 Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Chemetall 714-739-2821 Coating Technologies 623-242-9575 CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394 Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Coating:Passivation

602-464-9629 Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117 Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Powder Coating Arizona Finishing 602-438-4443 AZMF Precision 602-476-7477 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117

18000 N. Black Canyon Highway

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

AZMF Precision ________ 602-476-7477

BEL Machining_________ 480-445-9881

BID Machine, Inc _______ 480-892-7304

Big O Metals

480-477-9182

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Creedbilt Inc 623-939-8119

Dayton Lamina 248-489-9122

Desert Precision Mfg

520-887-4433

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

Fine Line Fabricating 602-863-3506

Gilbert Metal Stamping 480-503-1283

JD Machine 801-782-4403

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

LEI Machining 928-310-7110

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Magnum Companies

602.272.3600

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Moore Tool & Die

602-909-6697

Nelson Engineering 602-273-7114

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

RM Garrison Machining 623-582-6544

Scriven Precision 480-961-9775

Stewart Precision Mfg 623-492-9400

TMM Precision 800-448-9448

Wal-Tek Industries 623-587-4611

Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778

Whitley Machine________602-323-5550

Wrico 480-892-7800

Aluminum (Medium & Large)

Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493

Bending

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Fabrication: Custom Metal

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

Fine Line Fabricating 602-863-3506

K-2 Mfg 602-455-9575

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Fabrication: Medium & Large

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-1727

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

BEL Machining_________ 480-445-9881

Big O Metals __________ 480-477-9182

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506

Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701

Fine Line Fabricating 602-863-3506

Jan’s Inc. 480-833-7305

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Magnum Companies 602.272.3600

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

RM Garrison Machiing___623-582-6544

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Stewart Precision Mfg 623-492-9400

TMM Precision 800-448-9448

Weiser Engineering _____ 303-280-2778

High Production Precision Stamping

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Precision Die & Stamping __ 480-967-2038

Thompson Machine _____ 505-823-1453

Industrial Repair & Fabrication:

LEI Machining _________ 928-310-7110

Metal Forming

Allfab Engineering______602-437-0497

AZMF Precision 602-476-747

Big O Metals 480-477-9182

Desert Precision Mfg 520-887-4433

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Steve

Plant Manager

Coating Technologies

623-242-9575

Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treating____602-258-7751

TVT Die Casting 800-280-2278

Abrasive Blasting

Thompson Machine

505-823-1453

Wrico _____________ 480-892-7800

Punching

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace

Big O Metals

Desert Precision Mfg

Fry Fabrications

K-2 Manufacturing

Nelson Engineering

Precision Metalworks

623-377-2191

480-477-9182

520-887-4433

602-454-0701

602-455-9575

602-273-7114

602-455-9575

Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778

Roll Forming

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

MPC Machines

Saw Cutting

714-271-5319

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Shearing

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

FINISHING

Arizona Finishing 602-438-4443

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231

Brazing: Aluminum Dip

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-172

Brazing: Induction

Thermal Vac 714-514-8382

Brazing: Vacuum

Thermal Vac 714-514-8382

Carburizing

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Chemfild

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Dry Film Lubrication

Bolts Metallizing - CWST ___ 602-244-2432

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Electro-Polishing

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Glass Bead Clean

A2Z Sandblasting ______ 602-716-5566

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Lone Arrow 480-507-8074

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

Gun Finishing

Louie’s Gun Finishing 602-257-0530

Nitriding: Gaseous

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Nitriding: Salt Bath

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Passivation

CAP 602-464-9629

Coating Technologies ___ _623-242-9575

Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117

CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394

Frontier Group 602-437-2426 Polishing

RM Garrison Machining 623-582-6544

Sand Blasting

A2Z Sandblasting 602-716-5566

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Masic Industries 503-232-9109

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231

Phoenix Grinding 602-437-8401

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

Ron Grob

Shaw Precision

Sonic Aerospace

Powill Manufacturing_ ___623-780-4100

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding… Cylindrical

Grindworks__________623-582-5767

Nexus Manufacturing 480-239-9525

Grinding… Double Disc

970-667-5320

480-785-4925

480-777-1789

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding, Blanchard

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding: Centerless (OD)

Blue Streak Grinding 602-353-8088

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767

National Grinding & Mfg ___ 602-588-2869

Nexus Manufacturing 480-239-9525

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Phoenix Grinding 602-437-8401

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Shaw Precision 480-785-4925

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding, CNC/Contour

Blue Streak Grinding

602-353-8088

National Grinding & Mfg 602-588-2869

Phoenix Grinding _______ 602-437-8401

Air Gear

Grinding…Gear/Spline

602-275-7996

Grinding: ID

Air Gear 602-275-7996

Blue Streak Grinding _____ 602-353-8088

Grindworks 623-582-5767

National Grinding & Mfg 602-588-2869

Nexus Manufacturing 480-239-9525

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

Grinding: Surface

Arizona Wire & Tool 480-813-1002

Blue Streak Grinding _____ 602-353-8088

Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767

National Grinding & Mfg 602-588-2869

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Phoenix Grinding 602-437-8401

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Pro-Tek_____________928-759-9494

Gun Drilling

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

HEAT TREATING

ABS Metallurgical 602-437-3008

Bolts Metallizing - CWST ____ 602-244-2432

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

Thermal Vac 714-514-8382

Heat Treating/NADCAP

ABS Metallurgical 602-437-3008

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/ Aluminum Heat Treating

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Phoenix Heat Treat ______ 602-258-7751

HONING/LAPPING

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Grindworks 623-582-5767

LAYKE, Inc. 602-272-2654

National Grinding & Mfg ___ 602-588-2869

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Silk Screen

Arizona Finishing 602-438-4443

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

INJECTION MOLDING (PLASTIC)

LTM Plastics

KITTING (Electronics)

United Performance Electronics 760-438-2370

MACHINING

Machining: 3D

303-592-9548

Pro-Tek_____________928-759-9494

INSPECTION

Calibration

Field Calibrations ______

480-756-8828

Inspection, First Article

Klontech Measure Sol

Total Quality Systems

480-626-8131

480-377-6422

Inspection Services

Arizona Wire & Tool

Challenger Aerospace

Klontech Measure Sol

Metals Eng & Testing Lab.

Micropulse West

Total Quality Systems

480-813-1002

480-894-0802

480-626-8131

602-272-4571

480-966-2300

480-377-6422

Inspection Services, Welding Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

3D Machine LLC 480-239-8254

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608

Cassavant Machining ____ 602-437-4005

Challenger Aerospace 480-894-0802

L&W Machine Co 602-323-2560

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Micropulse West 480-966-2300

Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022

Machining: 5 Axis

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608

ANEWCO ___________ 520-751-1222

ARCAS Machine 480-562-4203

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision ______ 480-288-6601

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

F&B Manufacturing 602-512-5237

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

JDB Ltd 602-992-9627

LUX Precision _________ 928-380-0317

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Specialty Turn Products 602-426-9340

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

Tech Five Machining 480-699-4856

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Machining: Aerospace

AATC______________602-268-1467

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-1727

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

APS Machining 480-773-1166

Avtek Industries _______ 602-485-4005

Axian Technology ______ 623-580-0800

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

Challenger Aerospace 480-894-0802

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

Gibbs Precision Machine 480-753-1166

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

HK Machining 602-278-6704

L&W Machine Co 602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 LUX Precision _________ 928-380-0317

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069 Matrix Machine 480-966-4451 Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Nelson Engineering 602-273-7114

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Pro Precision _________ 602-353-0022

Service & Sales ________ 480-968-9084

Sonic Aerospace 480-777-1789

Southwest Swiss Precision 602-438-4670

Specialty Turn Products 602-426-9340

MANNA INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

2202 W LONE CACTUS DR SUITE 2 PHOENIX, AZ 85027

CHRIS BRIDGEMAN

602-332-8069

C.BRIDGEMAN@MIT.-AZ.COM WWW.MIT-AZ.COM

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

RM Garrison Machining___623-582-6544

Select Machining ______ 602-881-5845

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

800-280-2278

480-892-7800

achining: CNC

480-239-8254

928-772-9887

520-887-172

602-429-25147

602-437-0322

602-332-3608

520-751-1222

480-773-1166

480-813-1002

480-569-3337

623-580-0800

602-476-7477

480-445-9881

480-892-7304

480-584-5227

480-894-0802

480-967-2501 ____ 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

480-288-6601

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

GHT Services 480-396-1800

Gibbs Precision Machine

GRPM

HK Machining _________ 602-278-6704

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

Infinisys 602-276-2276

Jan’s Inc. 480-833-7305

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

J&R Precision 480-600-3503

JB’s Precision 623-581-9088

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd. 602-992-9627

Jemelco, Inc. 480-804-9541

KLK Ind. 602-267-1331

L&W Machine Co _______ 602-323-2560

LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654

LEI Machining 928-310-7110

Liberty Precision Works 480-584-5227

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Matrix Machine 480-966-4451

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Micropulse West 480-966-2300

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Multi-Axis Machining 623-215-8588

Osborn Products ________ 623-587-0335

P4 Swiss/Lindel ________ 520-792-3160

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

480-753-1166

480-423-3848

Phoenix Fab & Design_____480-590-5058

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

Jon Schaeffer (President)

Office: 602-687-9600

Mobile: 602-881-1055

E-Mail: jon@genesisprecisionaz.com Web: www.genesisprecisionaz.com

Machining: Medical

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

Machining: Milling

3D Machine LLC

480-239-8254

AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594

Allied Tool & Die

602-429-2514

APS Machining 480-773-1166

Avtek Industries 602-485-4005

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Challenger Aerospace

Cleveland Electric Labs

East Valley Precision

Flex-Pro

Genesis Precision

GHT Services

480-894-0802

480-397-0036

480-288-6601

623-581-0551

602-687-9600

480-396-1800

Gibbs Precision Machine 480-753-1166’

GRPM 480-423-3848

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng

520-889-8325

Infinisys 602-276-2276

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd.

Jemelco, Inc.

L&W Machine Co

602-992-9627

480-804-9541

602-323-2560

Liberty Precision Works 480-584-5227

LV Swiss 949-233-7390

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metalcraft Inc.

480-967-4889

Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Multi-Axis Machining _____ 623-215-8588

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

Allied Tool & Die ________ 602-429-2514 Alpha Machine ________ 602-437-0322

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608 ANEWCO 520-751-1222 APS Machining 480-773-1166 Arizona Wire & Tool 480-813-1002 ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337 Auer Precision 480-834-4637

Avtek Industries 602-485-4005

BID Machine, Inc 480-892-7304

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802

Phoenix Swissturn, LLC 607 S. 48th Street, Ste. 104 Tempe, Arizona 85281 602-600-8436

Tim Radziwill Owner / Operator Tim@phoenixswissturn com www phoenixswissturn com

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Aero-Mach Precision ______ 480-201-0251

Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322

APS Machining 480-773-1166

BID Machine, Inc

Continental Machining

Stewart Precision Mfg

480-892-7304

800-777-2483

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Evans Precision 623-581-6200

Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

GHT Services

Gibbs Precision Machine

Infinisys

480-396-1800

480-753-1166

602-276-2276

J&R Precision ________ 480-600-3503

Jaguar Precision Machine __ 505-242-6545

Jan’s Inc.

Jemelco, Inc.

JD Machine

JDB Ltd.

480-833-7305

480-804-9541

801-782-4403

602-992-9627

JWB Manufacturing 480-967-4600

KLK Ind. 602-267-1331

L&W Machine Co 602-323-2560

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889

Micropulse West 480-966-2300

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Phoenix Fab & Design____480-590-5058

Praxis Precision

480-833-1444

Pro Precision 602-353-00220

RM Garrison Machining 623-582-6544

RMSS 623-780-5904

Select Machining 602-881-5845

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

623-492-9400

T-N Machining ________ 602-278-8665

Tech Five Machining 480699-4856

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Machining: Quick Turn

Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551

Gibbs Precision Machine 480-753-1166

Genesis Precision 602-687-9600

HK Machining 602-278-6704

Jemelco, Inc.

480-804-9541

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

RMSS____________ 623-780-5904

Machining: Semiconductor

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331

L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560

Machining: Swiss

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

GRPM 480-423-3848

LV Swiss ___________ 949-233-7390

P4 Swiss/Lindel _______ 520-792-3160

Pacific Swiss & Mfg 503-557-9407

Phoenix Swissturn 602-600-8436

Rhino Machine 480-250-3366

RMG Machining 623-582-6544

Southwest Swiss Precision 602-438-4670

Specialty Turn Products 602-426-9340

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

Wal-Tek Industries 623-587-4611

Mach: Turning CNC

3D Machine LLC _______480-239-8254 AAE 928-772-9887

Aero-Mach Precision 480-201-0251

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608

APS Machining ________ 480-773-1166

ATEC Engineering _______ 480-569-3337

Avtek Industries 602-485-4005

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-397-0036

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

Genesis Precision _______ 602-687-9600

GHT Services __________ 480-396-1800

GRPM 480-423-3848

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd. 602-992-9627

Jemelco, Inc. 480-804-9541

LV Swiss 949-233-7390

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

Paragon Machining & Design _ 480-635-9163

Phoenix Fab & Design_____480-590-5058

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

Rhino Machine 480-250-3366

RM Garrison Mach’ing__623-582-6544

RMSS 623-780-5904

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

Select Machining 602-881-5845

Stewart Precision Mfg 623-492-9400

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Fine Line Fabricating

Fry Fabrications

602-863-3506

602-454-0701

Fine Line Fabricating _____ 602-863-3506

Jan’s Inc. ____________ 480-833-7305

JD Machine

Magnum Companies

801-782-4403

602.272.3600

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Precise Metal Products

Precision Metalworks

602-272-2625

602-455-9575

RM Garrison Machiing___623-582-6544

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Stewart Precision Mfg

623-492-9400

TMM Precision 800-448-9448

Weiser Engineering

303-280-2778

Fabrication: Steel

Magnum Companies

AEI Fabrication

602.272.3600

480-733-6594

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

Allied Tool & Die ________ 602-429-2514

EDM Tech

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477 Big O Metals

F&B Manufacturing

Fine Line Laser Cutting

K-2 Manufacturing

KLK Ind.

Marusiak LLC

P3 Built

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser

Precise Metal Products

Precision Aerospace

Reiter’s Custom Welding

Southwest Waterjet-Laser

The Metal Man

TMM Precision Tube Service Company

Wal-Tek Industries

Wrico Weiser Engineering GRPM Leach Laser LEI Machining Marusiak LLC Paragon Machining & Design Perfection

Challenger Aerospace 480-894-0802

Louie’s Black Oxide ______ 602-257-0530

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453 Whitley Machine________602-323-5550

Wrico_____________480-892-7800

Stamping: Aerospace

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Dayton Lamina 248-489-9122 _____________ 480-892-7800

Stamping: Deep Draw

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Stamping Design

SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____801-298-0113

Stamping Flat Forming

SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____801-298-0113

Stamping: Precision

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____801-298-0113

Stamping: Progressive

Die & Tooling

Moore Tool & Die 480-622-1705

TESTING

Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure 602-464-9629

Chemetall 714-739-2821

Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751

Pilkington Metal Finishing___801-972-2146

Semiray, A Div of Mistras ___ 602-275-1917

Testing: Turbine Instrumentation

Cleveland Electric Lab (CEL) 480-967-2501

THERMAL SPRAY

RM Garrison

Formed Tubing

AERO Spring & Mfg Co 602-243-4329

Tube Bending /Fabrication

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace623-377-2191

Service & Sales 480-968-9084

Tube Laser Cutting/ Fabrication

Wal-Tek Industries _______

623-587-4611

WATERJET CUTTING

Alpha Machine

602-437-0322

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Creedbilt Inc __________

623-939-8119

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

EDM Tech 602-278-6666

Flow International 800-446-3569

Jan’s Inc.

480-833-7305

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Marusiak LLC 480-318-8883

Marzee ___________

602-269-5801

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Milco 714-373-0098

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser 602-484-9393

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

Rhino Board _________ 505-842-5100

RM Garrison Machining 623-582-6544

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Whitley Machine_______602-323-5550

Waterjet, 5-Axis

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Waterjet, Multi head

Whitley Machine_______602-323-5550

Waterjet, High Press. Cutting

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

Marzee 602-269-5801

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser

602-484-9393

Rhino Board 505-842-5100

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

WASHERS

AERO Spring & Mfg Co 602-243-4329

WIRE FORMS

AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____ 602-243-4329

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

SPRINGWORKS Utah 801-298-0113

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

WELDING

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

Alpha Machine ________ 602-437-0322

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

BEL Machining_________ 480-445-9881

BID Machine, Inc 480-892-7304

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Desert Precision Mfg _____ 520-887-4433

Empire Precision Mach. 480-633-4580

F&B Manufacturing 602-512-5237

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Group Mfg. Serv 480-966-3952

Jan’s Inc. 480-833-7305

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575

Magnum Companies 602.272.3600

P3 Built 602-830-8300

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

Quality Mold 480-892-5480

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

RM Garrison 623-582-6544

Scriven Precision 480-961-9775

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Valley Machine Works 602-254-4173

Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Welding: Aerospace

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Welding: Alum. Med & Lg

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

Empire Precision Mach. ____ 480-633-4580

Magnum Companies 602.272.3600

P3 Built 602-830-8300

RM Garrison 623-582-6544

Valley Machine Works 602-254-4173

Consultation

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Weiser/Mile High Precision __ 303-280-2778

Welding: Enclosures

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

Welding: Design

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Welding: Heli-Arc

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Welding: Laser

Cleveland Electric Lab (CEL) 480-967-2501

Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480

Welding: Mig

Allfab Engineering 602-437-0497

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Cutting Edge Mfg 480-609-7233

Frontier Group_________602-437-2426

3D Machine .. ................................82

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace. 68,84

AAE ..91

Abrams Airborne Mfg..............................85

ABS Metallurgical..................................................24,86

ACC Machinery .........................................73

Accu-traq .......................................................81

Acieta.............................................................. 73

Adams Machinery ...................49,71,73,96

Advanced Precision 80

AEI Fabrication...........................................92

Aero Spring & Mfg............................ ........84

Aero Tech...................................................... 89

Air Gear 86

Alerus 45

AllFab Engineering ....................................85

Alpha Machine ............................................91

Alpha Mfg Solutions (AMS) 87

American Aerospace (AATC)...............83

American Tools & Metals..................74,75

Americhem Engineering 75

ANEWCO 88

Apache Gear 85

Apache Steel ..................................................77

APS Machining 87

Arizona CNC 7,57,73-76,78

Arizona Finishing ...................................... 86

Arizona Iron Supply..................................42

Arizona MEP 12,44,67,81

Arizona Tool Steel 78

Arizona Wire & Tool ................... .............93

ARNO USA .................................................76

ATEC Engineering 93

AT&D..............................................................83

Auer Precision..............................................85

Avtek ............................................................... 88

Axian Technology 82

Ayers Gear & Machining 71

AZ Metals ............................................... 14,76

AZMF Precision.........................................92

B&T Tool & Engineering 79

Bank of Herrin 60,80,81

Banterra Bank.................................2,81

Barton International .......................... 48,76

Basic Metals 22,78

Beau’s Crates 80

BEL Machining.......................................... 84

BID Machine, Inc...................................... 84

Big O Metals 33,84

BISON 77

Blaze Precision.............................................83

Blue Streak Grinding 70,85

BMSC 69,73,83

Bolts Metallizing-CWST 83

Bralco Metals..........................................76,77

Bramac Machinery 74

Bystronic 15,74

C&M Rigging 6,81

Capital Metal Finishing............................91

Cassavant CAP 93

Cassavant Machining 90

Castrol Industrial....................................... 76

CBIZ............................................................... 80

Challenger Aerospace 87

ChemResearch(CRC) 28,87

CIS................................................................... 82

Cleveland Electric Labs............................91

Coast Aluminum..................................38,77

Coastal Metals..............................................78

Coating Tech.................................... ......72,83

Collins Metal Finishing............................83

Consolidated Resources.....................40,80

Continental Machining.................1,46-47,88

Continental Precision..........................86,87

Craters & Feighters.....................................80

Crating Tech..................................................71

Index of Advertisers

KTR

Waterjet..........................92

83

LK Metrology 61

Lone Arrow 76

Louie’s Black Oxide ....................... 84,86

LRW Cutting Tools ............................. 79

LTM Plastics 86

Lux Precision 87

LV Swiss ................................................. 92

Lynch Brothers ..................................... 86

Magnum Prec. ..29,73-75,95

Makino 73

MAKstride ............................................ 83

Martin Engineering 81

MarZee 8,85,92

Mario Pinto 80

Matrix Machine ............................. 82,83

Matsuura 73

Mesa Machinery 75

Metalcraft Inc. ...................................... 87

Metals Eng & Testing Labs ............... 83

Methods West.................................74,75

Metzfab 41,90,91,93

Midaco Corp ........................................ 83

Milco ....................................................... 83

Mitutoyo 64,71

MLC CAD Systems 80

Moore Tool & Die ............................... 84

Morsch Machine ................................. 82

Mountain Path Solutions 81

MP Systems 76

MPC Machines .................................... 88

Multi-Axis Machining ....................... 88

NAI Horizon.........................................63

National Grinding & Mfg. 85

Nelson Engineering ...................... 68,84

New Angle Media ............................... 82

New Mexico Metals 78

Nexus Manufacturing 53,86

NFP Property & Casualty ................. 80

North-South ..............................19,73-76

Osborn Products 83,85

P4 Swiss Lindel 87,91

Paragon Machining & Design ......... 89

Paramount Honing Machine 87

Perfection Industrial Finishing 58,90

Perfection Industrial Sales 76

Performance Grinding & Mfg ..........91

Phoenix Fab & Design 87

Phoenix Grinding 83

Phoenix Heat Treat 35,86

Phoenix Swissturn............................... 32

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser 10,90

Pilkington Metal Finishing 92

Pioneer Distributing Co. ................... 83

Pivot Manufacturing .................... 50-51

Platinum Registration 80

Port Plastics 78 Powill Mfg ............................................. 86

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